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Resident Evil 6 shipped over 4.5 million copies at launch, but this strong debut could not be sustained. As a result of this, and other factors, Capcom is lowering its company-wide revenue and income expectations for its fiscal year ending March 31, 2013.

“In the Digital Contents business, sales of the major new title Resident Evil 6 were initially strong but subsequently weakened. As a result, sales for this title are certain to fall short of the plan,” Capcom said in a statement.

Capcom was previously targeting ¥105 billion ($16.8 billion) in net sales for the year, but is now expecting that figure to be down ¥11.5 billion ($1.8 billion) to ¥93.5 billion ($15 billion). Net income was previously forecast to come in at ¥9.8 billion ($1.6 billion) for the period, but is now anticipated to total ¥6.5 billion ($1 billion), or a drop of ¥3.3 billion ($529 million).

Capcom also announced today that 3DS game Monster Hunter 4, which was previously planned to launch by March 2013, has been delayed to summer 2013. This delay was also cited as a reason for diminished company-wide sales forecasts.

The PC version of Resident Evil 6 will arrive March 22, 2013, Capcom announced today. The game will launch with “all console content,” as well as future content delivered through free title updates. In September, Capcom said Resident Evil 6 for PC would not ship for “some time” and promised it would not make the same mistakes as Resident Evil 4.

Resident Evil 6 for PC will be available as a download on March 22, with no mention made of a release at traditional retail outlets. The Steam version of the game will support cloud saving, Steam Achievements, leaderboards, and game overlay.

Capcom also announced today that Resident Evil 6 will be available via Xbox 360 Games on Demand sometime later this year. No price for this version of the game was announced.

In addition, the previously announced Resident Evil 6 title update for consoles is out today. This update unlocks Ada Wong’s campaign from the beginning and adds a co-op partner for her campaign. Additionally, the update brings new camera-adjustment options and a No Hope difficulty.

Capcom also said a new title update for Resident Evil 6 will be available January 22. It will make the Agent Hunt mode available from the start, allows for stage selection within chapters, and brings a new quick time event assist. For the full update notes, check out Capcom’s website.

Lastly, three new multiplayer modes (Predator, Onslaught, and Survivor) will be available for the Xbox 360 version of Resident Evil 6 tomorrow for $4 each or bundled together for $9. It is not clear when these modes will arrive for the PS3 or PC versions of the game.

[UPDATE] Following the publication of this story, the official Medal of Honor: Warfighter Facebook page posted a status update revealing the Zero Dark Thirty map pack has been “temporarily delayed” for PC. No timetable was provided as to when it will see release.

The original story follows below.

The Zero Dark Thirty map pack for Medal of Honor: Warfighter is now available for PC gamers through Origin, Electronic Arts announced today. The content is based on Sony Picture’s film Zero Dark Thirty, which follows the hunt for Osama bin Laden and hits theaters this week.

The Zero Dark Thirty map pack will be available tomorrow, December 18 on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network. EA will donate $1 from each map pack sold through March 19, 2014 to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation as part of its Project Honor initiative.

The multiplayer map pack includes two new multiplayer maps set in real-world locations, the first of which takes place in Pakistan’s Darra Gun Market, an illegal arms marketplace. The second map is set in Pakistan’s far north Chitral region, where Bin Laden was believed to be residing for a period.

The Zero Dark Thirty expansion also adds six new weapon configurations, 14 camouflage skins, and 10 additional multiplayer ranks. It is available as a free download for those who picked up the Medal of Honor: Warfighter Limited Edition and can be purchased separately for $10.

From Software is making accessibility for newcomers a “key topic” for Dark Souls II. New game director Tomohiro Shibuya told Edge that he wants the upcoming role-playing game to provide those new to the series with a “good introduction” before going further.

“Accessibility to players who haven’t picked up Dark Souls is definitely a key topic,” Shibuya said. “Right in the beginning when players first pick up the game is something that I will definitely focus on. To not immediately throw them into Dark Souls but provide a good introduction in terms of what the game’s about and how the game should be played.”

It is Shibuya’s hope that this new introduction sequence will not only encourage those new to the series to try Dark Souls II, but also to hook them from the onset.

“Hopefully that adjustment at the very beginning of the game will help draw in players and get them addicted right away without immediately making players feel rejected [by] the game system itself,” he said.

Shibuya singled out Dark Souls’ covenant system as something he would like to alter for the sequel. He said this system was “difficult to fully absorb and experience,” noting that the Dark Souls II version will be more inviting.

“Making it more accessible to players is something that I want to express… I will follow the same concept as Dark Souls, but there were a lot of hidden story elements that some players may not have caught before and I’m hoping to make some of that a little bit more clear or directly expressed to the player as well.”

In general, Dark Souls II will also be “more straightforward and more understandable,” Shibuya said previously. The game was announced during the 2012 Video Game Awards and is due out for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC.