Capcom is ”currently undertaking a thorough investigation” of the incident, they say, however it is a ”small quantity of stolen copies” that got out. It was the German PS3 version of Resident Evil 6.
The stolen copies have been snapped up with one already on eBay floating around with a starting bid of €478.78, and a buyout of €1196.71. Resident Evil 6 is due out in early October.
”Capcom is currently undertaking a thorough investigation into reports that Resident Evil 6 is being sold ahead of its official October 2 release date,” confirmed the published. ”At this time, all we can add is that it would appear this unfortunate incident is limited to a small quantity of stolen copies of the German USK PlayStation 3 version of the game.”
Resident Evil 6 releases on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC October 6th.