Resident Evil Village crosses 5 million copies shipped, faster than the prior game

Still a ways to go before it catches up with the best-sellers though.

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What you need to know

Resident Evil Villagecrosses 5 million copies shipped worldwide, faster than the prior game Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, Capcomsharedon Thursday. Resident Evil Village launched back on May 7, 2021 to critical success and has continued to steadily sell well since, joining the ranks of thebest Xbox horror gamescurrently available.

While Resident Evil Village is currently selling faster than its predecessor, it’ll be a while before it reaches the top. Resident Evil 7: Biohazard recently crossed 10 million copies sold since its launch in 2017. Meanwhile, Capcom’s best-selling game of all time remains Monster Hunter World, which recently reached over 20 million copies sold.

Resident Evil Village is currently available onXbox Series X,Xbox Series S, Xbox One, PC, PS4 andPS5. The game supports a free current-generation upgrade, so if you buy it on Xbox One or PS4, you’ll get the Xbox Series X|S or PS5 version at no extra cost. Resident Evil Village is a direct sequel to Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, with protagonist Ethan Winters trying to find his kidnapped daughter.

Can you survive the village?

Ethan Winters escapes one nightmare and lands in another. When his daughter is kidnapped, he’ll have to use everything he’s got to survive a nightmarish village overrun with Lycans, vampire-like entities and worse.

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Samuel Tolbert is a freelance writer covering gaming news, previews, reviews, interviews and different aspects of the gaming industry, specifically focusing on Xbox and PC gaming on Windows Central. You can find him on Twitter@SamuelTolbert.