And to add to the above : there is nothing wrong with unwrapping a cube as 6 islands. That's part and parcel of the whole hard edge approach. To our dear friend Jake Gyllenhaal : what about trying things out ?
http://kotaku.com/5840901/fake-resident-evil-6-video LOL at Kotaku's foolishness. I'm 99% certain this is actually a real teaser trailer. I'm hoping for the return of old school Resident Evil!