The frighteningly excellent Resident Evil Village will creep its way onto Xbox Game Pass on January 20, but before that, Capcom made the survival-horror game available on the Xbox Ally and Windows PC via Xbox Play Anywhere as of January 15. However, you might want to wait before downloading it on any of those devices because the game is reportedly busted right now.
According to a Windows Central report, RE: VIII picked up Xbox Play Anywhere support despite not initially being announced for the service, which went live all the way back in September 2016. There are now over 1,000 games in the initiative--which lets you buy the game once and play it across Xbox platforms, Windows PCs, and some PC gaming handhelds (like the Xbox Ally)--and while RE: VIII is the latest, it also appears to be the most broken as the installation file isn't anywhere to be found on the Ally or PC.
As Windows Central noted in its January 15 story, the "install" button you can click on doesn't actually install the game. Instead, it downloads a 10MB container that doesn't contain the actual game. You can still sync your saves from Xbox Series X|S, but strangely, the game doesn't launch. When you try to launch it, you'll just receive a "This game has crashed" message on these devices, meaning Xbox Play Anywhere has broken RE: VIII's release for now.
It's worth mentioning that RE: VIII is available on a plethora of places. This includes the usual spots you play games, like Nintendo Switch consoles, PC, PlayStation platforms, and Xbox systems. It's also playable on Apple devices such as the iPad, Mac, and iPhone, as well as Xbox Game Pass for any paying subscriber. This is just an odd situation that may not affect everyone, but underscores the work Microsoft still needs to do to ensure Xbox Play Anywhere functions as intended when new games arrive in the service.
Released in May 2021, Resident Evil Village is the sequel to Resident Evil 7: Biohazard and continues protagonist Ethan Winters' story as he searches for his kidnapped daughter in a mysterious village filled with freakishly mutant creatures. We gave RE: VIII a "superb" 9/10 in GameSpot's review, with reviewer Phil Hornshaw calling it "an intelligent reintroduction of the best action elements of Resident Evil." The follow-up, Resident Evil Requiem, will launch on February 26 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.
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According to a Windows Central report, RE: VIII picked up Xbox Play Anywhere support despite not initially being announced for the service, which went live all the way back in September 2016. There are now over 1,000 games in the initiative--which lets you buy the game once and play it across Xbox platforms, Windows PCs, and some PC gaming handhelds (like the Xbox Ally)--and while RE: VIII is the latest, it also appears to be the most broken as the installation file isn't anywhere to be found on the Ally or PC.
As Windows Central noted in its January 15 story, the "install" button you can click on doesn't actually install the game. Instead, it downloads a 10MB container that doesn't contain the actual game. You can still sync your saves from Xbox Series X|S, but strangely, the game doesn't launch. When you try to launch it, you'll just receive a "This game has crashed" message on these devices, meaning Xbox Play Anywhere has broken RE: VIII's release for now.
It's worth mentioning that RE: VIII is available on a plethora of places. This includes the usual spots you play games, like Nintendo Switch consoles, PC, PlayStation platforms, and Xbox systems. It's also playable on Apple devices such as the iPad, Mac, and iPhone, as well as Xbox Game Pass for any paying subscriber. This is just an odd situation that may not affect everyone, but underscores the work Microsoft still needs to do to ensure Xbox Play Anywhere functions as intended when new games arrive in the service.
Released in May 2021, Resident Evil Village is the sequel to Resident Evil 7: Biohazard and continues protagonist Ethan Winters' story as he searches for his kidnapped daughter in a mysterious village filled with freakishly mutant creatures. We gave RE: VIII a "superb" 9/10 in GameSpot's review, with reviewer Phil Hornshaw calling it "an intelligent reintroduction of the best action elements of Resident Evil." The follow-up, Resident Evil Requiem, will launch on February 26 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.
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