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Resident Evil Village is off to a great start in the UK.
At physical retail, it was the biggest launch of 2021 so far in terms of revenue, and the second biggest launch in terms of units beaten only by Nintendo s Super Mario 3D World + Bowser s Fury, which was £15 cheaper.
It was the second biggest launch on Xbox Series X|S, after Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, and the third biggest on PlayStation 5 after Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Assassin s Creed Valhalla.
But how does it hold up compared to past Resident Evil games?
With the series now celebrating its 25th anniversary, we took a deeper look at how the franchise has reinvented itself time and again and GfK Entertainment s Dorian Bloch shared some insight into Resident Evil s performance in the UK.