Game News Round-Up

Ubisoft is letting owners of its Xbox games play select titles for free on PC as part of a new partnership with Microsoft

• If you own a digital copy of the applicable Ubisoft games on Xbox, they will now show up under your Ubisoft Connect account to download and play on PC

August’s three PlayStation Plus Essential monthly games Announced: Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition, Big Walk, Signalis

Capcom Q1 Results

• Net sales: ¥70.4 billion ($429.5 million), up 54.7% year-on-year
• Operating profit: ¥41 billion ($250.1 million), up 66.9% year-on-year
• Ordinary profit: ¥41.4 billion ($252.5 million), up 81.1% year-on-year
• Net income: ¥29.1 billion ($177.5 million), up 69.2% year-on-year

John Hight steps down as Wizards of the Coast president

• Hight, who joined WOTC from Blizzard, will depart on September 1 after two years in the role

Pragmata Has Sold Over 2.5 Million Copies

Psychonauts 2 Studio Double Fine Hit With Layoffs Amid Divestiture From Xbox. 23 people affected

Resident Evil Requiem passes 8 million copies sold

• Five other Resident Evil games from Capcom’s back catalogue sold 1 million copies or more during the Q1 period. This has led to total lifetime sales to date of:
• 19.75 million units for the Resident Evil 2 remake
• 18.41 million units for Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
• 16.04 million units for the Resident Evil 4 remake
• 15.86 million units for Resident Evil Village
• 14.52 million units for the Resident Evil 3 remake