Resident Evil Requiem gross sales have handed yet one more main milestone, reinforcing the sport’s standing because the fastest-selling in its franchise and possibly making everybody who labored on it very proud certainly.
As acknowledged by director Koshi Nakanishi on Instagram (thanks, Twisted Voxel), Resident Evil Requiem has now handed the seven million gross sales mark. Meaning it is landed one other million gross sales since final month, and given its standing as an completely single-player expertise, that is motive to be excited.
In fact, Resident Evil Requiem was successful proper out of the gate. Lower than per week after its preliminary launch, the sport handed 5 million gross sales, and it broke Steam information for the franchise on launch as effectively, hitting over 300,000 gamers in just some hours.
Resident Evil Requiem is the ninth mainline entry within the long-running Resident Evil collection (word the sneaky Q doubling up as a 9 within the title). It revolves round two protagonists: Grace Ashcroft, the daughter of Outbreak character Alyssa Ashcroft, and returning hero Leon S. Kennedy.
Grace’s sections tackle a way more sedate, conventional survival horror tempo, whereas Leon’s are extra action-oriented; in any case, following the madness of Resident Evil 4 and 6, it is probably not doable to promote Leon as a scared horror protagonist anymore.
Following the profitable launch of Resident Evil Requiem, Nakanishi confirmed {that a} story enlargement is within the works, and that the sport will proceed to be up to date with new content material and options, so in the event you felt such as you had been accomplished with Requiem, you could need to rethink that stance.
Resident Evil Requiem is accessible proper now for PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Sequence X|S, and Nintendo Swap 2, and you’ll learn our very personal Andrew Stretch’s assessment of the sport proper right here if you wish to know whether or not it is price your time or not.
