It's not every day that you get to play a videogame on the side of a building. It was that enticing prospect that drove Ricardo and me to head to the sixth floor roof of Planet Hollywood on Friday night to attend Capcom's CES 2009 games event. While industry and press were in attendance, this was a community event, with hardcore fans of Resident Evil and Street Fighter in attendance to play the latest versions of their favorite series, as well as a handful of other Capcom titles.

　　The highlight of the evening was a massive projection setup that allowed two games of Resident Evil 5 to be literally played on the side of the Planet Hollywood hotel. I got a chance to check out the new level being shown off at the show, playing Sheva in a co-op match and staring up ten stories above me as I blasted T-virus victims and blew gas tankers to Kingdom Come. To be sure, even the biggest TVs on display at CES had nothing on this.

　　The only problem? The bone-chilling cold. Las Vegas may be known for its desert heat in the summer but, in the winter, it can get chilly and windy as hell. Combine those two and you've got conditions that made even die-hard Resident Evil fans looking to head indoors.

　　GameSpot's Ricardo Torres and Capcom's Seth Killian doing their best to stay warm, while RE5 plays several stories up in the background.

　　After an hour of braving the cold, the party moved indoors and down one floor to the London nightclub. With a full spread of food for Capcom community folks to enjoy, a DJ pumping tunes all night, and game stations running everything from Bionic Commando to Street Fighter IV, it was a great night for Capcom fans.

　　Capcom community members check out Street Fighter IV and the new SFIV arcade controllers.