Resident Evil 6 is the latest installment in the Resident Evil series. A poster was leaked onto the web on January 19 stating that the game will be released November 20, 2012; this was later confirmed via an official reveal trailer on Capcom's YouTube Page. However, the Captivate 2012 trailer has revealed that the release date has been put forward; the game was finally released on October 2, 2012, worldwide, and on October 4 in Japan. As of October 4, 2012, the game has shipped 4.5 million copies worldwide[3] with the title reaching 676,585 sales in Japan in its first week (surpassing Resident Evil 5's first week sales of 398,747).[4]
