Okay, maybe it's called the "VirtuSphere" but the ownage is all real.  That's our very own Final Fight: Double Impact producer, Robby Z taking some dives to show that just cause the action is virtual doesn't mean it isn't still serious business. 

Final Fight: Double Impact is coming soon--pick it up and you can pwn Robby Z online yourself! 

Seth Killian's a Street Fighter master, so it's no wonder that GameSpot's On the Spot program snatched him for their GDC special! In the video, Seth talks about newly revealed Turkish oil wrestler Hakan and Super Street Fighter IV in general. You can watch the full, 80 minute long special here over at GameSpot. For your convenience, we've embedded Seth's part above and after the break!

Update: Clarifications have been made after the jump.

And we finally arrive to our mystery week! If you recall, last week's hint was Mega Man 8 character, Duo. What it meant was a duo, as in a collaboration on a project. This week there are no robot masters left to focus on, but I thought it'd be a great idea to have you folks pair up for collaboration pieces on ANYTHING related to Mega Man 10.

How will this work? It's simple! Send me a private message with the subject "I WANT IN" and we will randomly pair you with another artist. We are aware that artists have different skill levels, but that's part of the challenge with this collaboration piece.

It's sort of like science class projects in high school when you were paired up with random classmates.

You don't have to enter if you don't want to obviously, but just know that you will be randomly paired up with someone if you do.

You and your partner will have two weeks to collaborate on a piece! At the end of the two weeks, I will assemble a Capcom team (which may include Capcom Japan) and we will choose a winning piece.

The winners of this particular contest will receive a pair of Mega Man and Proto Man Kubricks and Be@rbricks. This contest is meant to be fun and is separate from the main one.

Voting for the finals for the main contest will start as planned next week.

Please let me know if you will be participating by 12:00PM PDT tomorrow!

Finally, since you will most likely be collaborating long distance over the internet, digital art will probably be the only practical way to collaborate. Keep this in mind if you decide to sign up. 

The Master Hunter is out there showing off his hunting skills. His latest adventure takes him to the tar pits, where he shows more of that recently slain Lagiacrus. He touches a little on how the ecosystem works in Monster Hunter Tri too, with smaller monsters being able to makes calls to attract other larger beasts.

Watch the video above, and be sure to share it to get rewards! If you don't know how to share, read how to here.

Our winners of the RE5: Gold Edition "Show Us Your Gold" Contest can be found after the break (along with their entries)! Congrats folks, you win the super duper uber limited edition signed Resident Evil 5 movie-style posters!

In addition, the winner of a free copy of RE5: Gold edition is David! With his winning explanation of how Capcom got the gold for the slipsleeve covers on RE5: Gold Edition:

Simple! Scrooge gave Capcom obscenely huge piles of gold to produce not just compilation discs of all those classic games, but to also make new retro-style sequels to all of those games.

Now, Capcom didn't want to make it TOO obvious what was going on, so they melted most of the gold to use on the Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition covers to throw us off the trail. After all, they'll make it all back once they release the compilation discs.

Congrats everyone! Please send me a private message with your name and shipping address so I can send posters your way!

The Game Developer's Conference can be a crazy place.  I went to some questionable parties, some good panels, and even talked in a few myself.  I also lost my badge to Wes' dog Grady in a poker game. 

The worst part of that was when Grady ended up delivering a better talk than I had planned, even though he pretty much just barked and chased around a chicken that had somehow gotten loose :(

I also went to a special session on Wednesday with the GDC Conference Associates.  They're a fun group and just happened to be having a big Street Fighter IV tournament, so I brought by some surprise Super SFIV for their epic finals--very fun night. 

Btw, for anybody thinking about a career in games, the CAs are a very special group of volunteers that help to make the whole conference run, and in exchange they get to spend a week networking with working game developers from around the world.  If you're looking to break into the industry, it's hard to beat the GDC CA volunteer program as a great way to get your foot in the door, so check em out!

This is the last call for votes before we announce all the finalists tomorrow for the final round of the Ace Attorney Tribute Contest! The winners of each category will ultimately face off for the ultimate Ace Attorney Prize Package so be sure to vote for your favorites in the following categories:

ART, COSPLAY, FOOD, CRAFTS, VIDEOS, MISC

Ahoy! We have our final finalist this week for next week's finals, in which the winners of each week will square off to win some awesome original art by Inafune-san and/or Ariga-san! As for this week's art project...stay tuned for details later today!

Congratulations to P-RO for her stunning Okami-style Solar Man piece! Extra points for including Suzak and Fenix! P-RO managed to get 22% of the votes, placing her in 1st place this week! Well done!

Hit the jump to see the rest of the amazingly talented top 10!

At the recent SXSW festival, Spinner.com caught up with Unity favorite Random, aka "Mega Ran," and author of the recent Mega Man 10 youtube sensation "Here we Go Again."  He talks about his roots, inspirations, the start of his friendship with us, and even his first crush. 

Describe your sound.

I call it new retro. I love to use 8-bit melodies, the old Nintendo Entertainment System sounds to give it a retro vibe. And I add some New-Age lyrics to them dealing with some real-life issues. So, there's a lot of fun, but there's also a lot of heartache, a lot of storytelling. It's kind of all over the place, hence the name Random.

Check out the whole thing here!

ScrewAttack shows us what happens when you try to copy Hakan without any proper training. Click on the picture to see the vid! Minor swearing in the video, be warned!

Thanks to Zonic for the tip!

The past ten months or so have been the season of the FightStick. Thanks to Capcom's partnership with Mad Catz you have never had better access to high-quality game controllers.

The Marvel Vs Capcom 2 Arcade FightStick Tournament Edition continues the trend of arcade-quality controllers. It's not only an excellent, high-quality controller, it's one of the best looking! Now, with the Capcom Store's latest Deal Of The Week, it's also one of the most affordable.

For this special Deal Of The Week I'm knocking $20 off the regular retail price! If that's not good enough, you get *50% off UPS ground shipping. To sweeten the offer even more, when you add the FightStick to your cart, you'll automatically be given the opportunity to add Street Fighter IV, the game voted Best Fighting Game Of 2009,  for only $24.99. If you want the game click the "Add" button. If you already have it just click the "Don't Add" button.

One final note, I've removed all quantity restrictions. Previously restricted to two per order, now buy as many as you want. But remember, the deal only lasts until Thursday at midnight when the next Deal Of The Week begins.

_{*50% off UPS ground shipping applies to US Customers Only. As much fun as it would be, we can't give these things away.}

Congratulations are in order for the following Capcom Unity members, as they've just won a copy of Street Fighter IV on the iPhone (IGN recently gave the game an 8/10! Go check out their review!):

Eric

Gerardo

Syl

ChriscoTek

Alex

Check your Capcom Unity inboxes for the code!