The new installment also has an asymmetric multiplayer mode, Resident Evil Resistance, which does not manage to surpass the previous game.
Players have already been able to revisit Raccoon City with Resident Evil 3 Remake, the new game in the series, which went on sale on April 3. The first data has begun to be made public and the numbers of concurrent users have been released on Steam. The figures, which correspond to that of the first days of launch, have reached their peak this weekend. Thus, the third installment has brought together 60,293 users at the same time. However, in the same period, Resident Evil 2 Remake garnered 74,227 players.
All this despite the fact that the new Capcom production includes an asymmetric multiplayer game, Resident Evil Resistance. It is a modality designed to gather five players in the same online game. Four survivors try to evade the traps and hordes of enemies set by the master brain, also managed by one of the players. It is confirmed that Jill Valentine, protagonist of the main story, will make an appearance in Resistance. It will be from April 17 when the heroine points her pistol at the threats that hang over her.
Entertainments at the time of the coronavirus
It is also important to note that Steam lives, like the rest of the platforms dedicated to video games, an activity with record numbers. The situation of the coronavirus (COVID-19) has generated that many citizens remain locked up in their houses, reason why they look for exits to channel their leisure. Video games have become a key entertainment.
Resident Evil 3 Remake was released on April 3 on PS4, Xbox One and PC, all despite the coronavirus. While Capcom declined to delay its release date, it did report that it could not guarantee that all physical copies would reach players' homes on time. In the case of Final Fantasy VII Remake, the decision was made to send the copies in advance.
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