Resident Evil 7 Biohazard News

The whole world has gone a little bit 'Division', hasn't it? A little bit 'Left for Dead' and 'Far cry-ey'? We're not all facing it in quite the same way, but Covid-19 has made its presence felt around the globe, and although 2020 hasn't yet thrown actual zombies at us (my friends are running a sweepstake on the rest of the year's plot twists, and I am all in on 'aliens before Chrimbo'), we have our own flavour of apocalypse to contend with.

As gaming devotees who visit dangerous places and face cataclysmic events on a daily, we're in many ways better equipped than most for this unfolding world. Still, the effects of this pandemic are continuing longer than we'd hoped for and our minds are either screaming 'Get out and party!' or 'Stay inside. Preferably under this table'.

It's not just the outside world that's changing quicker than your nephew's Minecraft server. The habits and daily routines that defined normal life for many of us are all over the place. I know I've definitely found challenges in keeping an even keel.

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Capcom has released its lifetime sales figures, and to nobody's surprise, Resident Evil features prominently in the top 10. What might be surprising, though, is that it's Resident Evil 7 that's the top-selling entry in the horror game series, coming in as the developer's second best-selling game overall.

In the latest figures from the studio, four of the top five sellers in Capcom's oeuvre are Resident Evil titles released this century. At fifth, we have the Resident Evil 2 remake, in fourth is Resident Evil 6, third is Resident Evil 5, and then Resident Evil 7 in second, having shifted 7.9 million copies in its three years. Monster Hunter: World holds the top spot, which is to be expected given that's an RPG game with a lower age rating aimed a wider audience.

What's interesting is that Resident Evil 7 has comfortably outsold not just immediate prequels, but the originals of Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3, in a fraction of the time. The Resident Evil 2 remake is only 700,000 copies behind Resi 7, so that might very well work its way up further sooner rather than later. Unfortunately, the Resident Evil 3 remake has a steeper hill to climb, stuck behind the original 1996 Resident Evil in 25th place, something Capcom says wasn't unexpected. This chart counts ports and re-releases separately, so in overall lifetime sales, certain games would place differently - making Resi 7's numbers all the more impressive, since it hasn't been re-released at all yet.

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