In a surprising turn of events, we're unveiling another character in SFIV! Rose! Alright, I know you knew already... =/ But that won't stop me from putting up some exclusive screens of her in action. I also have a few shots of Gen so enjoy the new screen shots and art, drool in anticipation, and here's some more pics for viewing pleasure.

We'll be performing some maintenance on the forums here on Unity tomorrow. It will start late Friday evening and last 'til around Saturday morning. You should still be able to read the forums during this time, just not make any new posts or anything. Just giving you guys a heads up! So stick it through with us for the few hours come tomorrow. ^_^

The Seattle Times had a
brief interview with Inafune-san about Capcom's efforts concerning bringing games to the West, like Lost Planet and the upcoming Dark Void.

Check out the article here, and see what our Head of R&D had to say!

Last Tuesday we held our RE 5 and BC Multiplayer event in San Francisco at the Mezzanine. Tons of press and media came to play a new levels of RE 5 co-op, and new multiplayer stages of Bionic Commando. Even better, a few of you Unity members and Capcom fans came to the show to party, play games 'til midnight with us, and just hang out and have a fun time.

We had 60 setups throughout the club showing off both games. RE 5 was taking the main floor, and BC was up stairs with 16 (two eight player setups) LCD 360 setups.

More pics, info, podcasts, and all around event goodness after the jump.

I spent the evening upstairs with the BC setups, playing with you guys and helping run a tournament. When the tournament started off, I was surprised to see you Unity members taking the lead! Most of the press have already played, but you guys had never touched it. Truly impressive skills, I must say.

Tobin and Yuzo of NoobToob once again win our tournament! They won the Age of Booty event too. This was also the first time they had ever played BC multiplayer. Everyone who made the final round got a Bionic Commando lunch box, and Tobin and Yuzo got an extra $100 bucks in MS 360 points.

After the night was done, everyone walked away with some sweet swag bags that had an RE5 Clock in it, and a tin Bionic Commando water bottle. Which you can win in the auctions/raffle soon... =)

Don't take our word for how awesome this event was. Check this podcast with Kris, Unity member who attended the event. Also check out what Kotaku, Joystiq, and IGN have to say about it!

Ah yes, there's lots of good news around RE 5 lately... And that will only keep coming as the game nears launch. Today I have some especially cool stuff to show off, the official box art. I'm sure you've seen the place holder art at GameStop. But now, here's the real deal. Enjoy!

Press release after the jump.

Capcom proudly presents the official box art for Resident Evil 5, coming to PS3 and Xbox 360 March 13, 2009.

The new box art imagery gives players a sneak peak into the nightmarish world of Resident Evil 5 as the art shows off the most thrilling new features in the game including the action-packed new 2-player co-op, the setting of Kijuju where light and darkness bring new horror and mysterious scribbling that represent a fear that no fan will forget….

This art will dominate North American store shelves when the game launches on Friday, March 13th, 2009.