Unity user, BCR2 music entrant, and general electronic music extraordinaire Robotboot has shared a video of some early "sketching" that he did when making his entry to the BCR2 Remix contest.  Very cool if you ask me.  You can go here to tell him how awesome it was.

Racketboy has an in-depth piece on the past and present of the beat-em-up genre.  It bills itself as "all you need to know about brawlers," and while I think that might be overstating it a bit, it is a very solid intro to one of my very favorite genres. 

The article is full of legendary benchmarks as well as a few often-overlooked classics, and is of course full of Capcom love.  When it comes to their "5 most timeless beat-em-ups," here's what they had to say about Capcom: 

"Capcom (Insert your favorite game here) – This company has brought so many timeless classics to the genre that it is impossible to pick just one." 

If you're looking to get your feet wet in the genre, you might start with Final Fight: Double Impact, which includes a loving port of Final Fight, as well as Magic Sword (a fun semi beat-em-up in its own right!). 

Servbots are loved by almost everyone. They're the hidden stars of many of our Capcom games. But this particular Servbot has no color. =( Before he can fit in with the other Servbots, he'll need your help. This sounds like a fantastic time for a contest! 

Give this Servbot some real color and life! Feel free to color him in with whatever skin or color you want, or draw whatever you want on him. It can be Capcom related, for instance a Mega Man or Ryu Servbot. Or, you can make something new and interesting of your own. 

UPDATE: Just answering some questions from the comments: 1- You can add more to it if you'd like.  2- You can print it out and color it in by hand if you want, just send me a photo or scan.  3- You can submit multiple entries. 

We've gathered a pile of swag for Unity's favorite Servbot, once they're all submitted. Check it out below!

OMG PRIZES! To get this pile of various Capcom goodies, you'll need to win the hearts of your fellow Unity members. We'll run this for two weeks, so take some time to come up with your dream Servbot, whether it's something like a Ghost Trick bot, or a Street Fighter bot, or a Monster Hunter bot, or a Seth Killian bot, or something even crazier and more original than I'm giving as examples. You can even do your own traditional Servbot if you want (see my example). 

Click here to download the Adobe Illustrator, PhotoShop, and PNG files. 

Send your completed submission in a private message to me (Snow) by August 18th, 11:59pm PDT. When all the submissions are in, we'll put up a poll and let all of you vote on your favorite! Have fun, and get to working on those Servbots! 

A little while back we mentioned changes coming to Unity. One of more fun things we brought up to you was new sets of emoticons. We're getting ready to start implementing them into the site, but thought we'd give you a sneak peek at a few Servbot emotes. Check 'em out above! 

It was fun making them, but we want more! We're taking special requests for emotes you'd like to see. For instance, jgonzo asked for the Zombie Servbot (the little green one). Have any special faces or requests? Post them in the comments! 

OCWeekly put together a list of the Top 10 Moustaches in Games.  Although my beard did not recieve a richly-deserved dishonorable mention, it should come as no surprise that Capcom had multiple winners, including an inarguable #1 spot. 

Head over there to see who took home top honors!

Just getting back to the office after comicon and I'm pooped.  Just wanted to make a quick post on the coolest thing I got back.  I'm not one to usually get stuff there because anything I really want is too expensive.  As you may or may not know, Strider is my favorite Capcom character and I had Joe Eng draw me up a sketch.

I hope next year to meet more of you guys.  I met several guys including Dios X and Curleh Mustach and I hope to see more of you at next years Comicon.

The new installment of G4's "Feedback" opens with a healthy slice of EVO 2010 and fighting game discussion. 

I liked this because a lot of these guys are new to competitive fighting and the whole EVO phenomenon, so it was interesting for me to hear their perspective on the whole thing (as, you know, well-adjusted types that don't live, sleep, and breathe this stuff).  EVO stuff is right up front, then slowly trails off into talk about non-Capcom games that I'm sure everybody hates :)

It also reminds me that next year EVO definitely needs more Abbie Heppe--I have never seen a newcomer to the fighting scene get more hype more quickly (yes, she really did watch all 45 hours of the stream!), and it makes me smile about what the future might hold. 

As spotted on IPlayWinner

Tell your friends, tell your enemies, and their mommas too:  X-Play's special show all about Capcom and EVO 2010 airs tomorrow night!

I haven't seen the show yet, so I'll be watching with everyone else, but in addition to the hot fights, you'll find interviews with Capcom producers, EVO champs (and the bitterly defeated!), some history on the event, and what's sure to be tons of amazing footage of Street Fighters getting hype. 

The show is listed as "X-Play vs. Capcom:  EVO 2010 World Fighting Finals."  Check your local listings to be sure, but it's scheduled to premier Tuesday, July 20 @ 6:30pm EST (that's tomorrow!).  I'll be watching with my friends--I want to show the world this is exactly the kind of thing we want to see more of!

If you can't watch it live, DVR that sucker, look for it on OnDemand, or catch a later showing that same day or next week.  Here are the other scheduled air times (all times in Eastern, so if you're in California like me, subtract 3 hours!):

Premier: 7/20 6:30pm

Encore: 7/20 8pm
Re Air: 7/20 2am
Re Air: 7/21 1pm
Re Air: 7/28 1pm
Re Air: 7/30 6:30pm

G4TV cut together a fun piece with their EVO 2010 "Top 10" moments, chock full of tense moments and lulz alike. 

For as much fun stuff as there is here, the great part is that there are so many more epic moments.  What was your top moment of the competition? 

  Are you RADD enough to save the president?  Oh wait, wrong game….wrong company for that matter.  Moving on….I’m here to announce the kick off of a new contest for the new title I’m working on, Bionic Commando Rearmed 2. 

                As I’m sure you know, Bionic Commando Rearmed 1 had an critically and fan acclaimed soundtrack that paid tribute to it’s original 8-bit roots.  If you’re not familiar with the original soundtrack, check out the official trailer here.  It even plays the original NES track and then goes to the new remixed version. Hit the jump for more details.

                The fine folks at Fatshark are creating Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 in that same fine tradition and have gotten the same composer from BCR1 to create the soundtrack for BCR2.  It will contain all new 8-bit inspired music that fills you with nostalgia and rocks you out at the same time.  Unfortunately, some lines got crossed and we received a track that wasn’t just 8-bit inspired, but fully 8-bit. 

                Since everyone loves music, and you guys are the most talented fans out there, I think we’ve found a solution to our dilemma.  We need you to take our new 8 bit track and remix it anyway you want.   We’ll take your submission, and you the fans, will help us choose the winner and that track is going directly in the game!  Here are the details to the contest:

• Contest starts: Now!!!
• Contest ends: 11:59 Pacific Time PT Wednesday August 11, 2010
• Send all submissions to Unity account “bcr2remix”. We’ll be accepting up to 3 submissions per person.

                I’m guessing you’re gonna want the track whether you enter the contest or not, so head over to www.bioniccommando.com/rearmed2 to pick it up.  I’m excited to hear what you guys come up with.  If you want to get on my good side, I’m a big fan of Slovakian Polka and didgeridoo mash ups.

                For the long list of the full rules and regulations, please check visit this page.