Update [Tue 29th Mar, 2022 01:30 BST]: Xbox has responded to the speculation about Resident Evil Village coming to Game Pass. Xbox's Larry Hryb (aka Major Nelson) provided an update on Twitter - noting how there are "no current plans" to bring this game to the service.
"This was an error with how a discount for the title was displayed in the Microsoft Store and has since been corrected. There are no current plans to bring Resident Evil Village to Game Pass"
Original Story [Mon 28th Mar, 2022 11:30 BST]: Could Resident Evil Village be about to hit Xbox Game Pass? Polish website XGP recently spotted that the Resident Evil Village store listing, in Poland at least, briefly saw an 'Xbox Game Pass' label attached. The tag has since been removed, but not before the site grabbed a screenshot.
At the time, Village was on sale at 50% off, with a little tag underneath the discount, saying that the game is included in Xbox Game Pass. Again, that tag has now been removed, so it could be a brief error. However, Resident Evil Village has been out for almost a year, so there's a chance it could hit the library after one year on the market.
XGP also spotted a similar tag appear for Mass Effect Legendary Edition last year, before the title hit Game Pass around six weeks later. If that very same scenario were to happen for Village, it'd hit around May 9th, a year and two days after Resident Evil Village launched in 2021.
For now, this is all speculation, but it could happen, given the tag's brief appearance on the Xbox store. Oh, and Resident Evil 7 has been in Xbox Game Pass for years now, so Capcom has a history of putting RE on Game Pass.
What do you make of this? Is Village Game Pass-bound? Let us know your thoughts below.
[source xgp.pl]
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I will just wait until Microsoft acquire Capcom
The Sony moneyhat deal probably running out. Good news if that comes to pass and RE joins GP.
If village come to gpu im resubscribing in a heartbeat.
I've been wanting to play this game since it came out and subsequently landed on everyone's best of the year lists, even though I noped out of RE7 because of how bloody scary it is. Village looks a bit more gothic and campy and therefore easier to swallow for unapologetic cowards (who for some reason like to play horror games) like me. If it lands on Game Pass that'll be quite the boon. I can also see them countering Sony's impending announcement with this news.
I hope it's true, I didn't buy the game yet because I'm still playing my backlog.
Another 980 why not. Didn't manage the plat because mercenaries is a complete joke
Well....7 was creapy AF and i never finished it. 8 is apperently less creapy so i might give it a shot if it is in gamepass.
@Krzzystuff you are having a bubble. Never played village have you. It makes re 7 look tame in parts.
@Resi32 lol really? I heard village was easier to take my than 7. 7 was just to real with crazy ass hillbillies for me. Plus i played it at the height of Covid and was just too negative for me to play.
@Krzzystuff its easier except for mercenaries even on vos difficulty but no way is it tamer. There is a section of the game which is freaky beyond words. In and old house
Since the game is 2 years old now spoilers no longer apply. There is a boss battle with a mutated messed up baby. Its freaky beyond words.
@Resi32 i fought a Kardashian aborted Nazi fetus in South Park Stick of Truth....bring it on!!!!
@Sol4ris you know you could always ... Buy the game if you want to play it
Pre ordered it loved it great game
Why would it? The game sells.
Maybe give it a few more months.
This one ain't costing $5-10m
@Resi32 It's not even 1 year old.
@RevGaming yeah just realized. Was thinking of RE3 remake. Its way past spoiler alert though.
@Sol4ris why is it only moneyhatting when it's Sony do it? Does it not count if Microsoft get a timed excluisve game, advertising rights or pay for a multiplatform game to go straight to Gamepass? Maybe if people weren't waiting for it to go to Gamepass Sony wouldn't be able to get those kinda deals.
This would be awesome for Game Pass. Played through it and loved it.
Not coming to the service like Tunic, Hitman 3 or Scarlet Nexus… smoke/fire.
Far more likely they don’t want to cannibalise sales but deal is done
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