Resident Evil 2 is Capcom's biggest launch since Resi 7

Resident Evil 2 is back at the top of the UK charts, 20 years on from its original launch.

Capcom's shiny remaster is the publisher's biggest new arrival for two years - since Resident Evil 7 back in the same January slot in 2017. Resi 2's launch numbers are a little lower (by around 18 per cent) than Resi 7, but this doesn't factor in the rising percentage of digital copies sold.

(As ever, UK numbers company Chart-Track only counts boxed copies.)

What we can say for sure, though, is Resident Evil 2 beat the launch week sales of Monster Hunter World: Capcom's big January release last year which went on to become the publisher's best selling game ever.

And, if you're counting, Resident Evil 2 is also the biggest game launch of 2019 so far - unsurprising, perhaps, since we're only at the end of January.

The survival horror's success is well deserved. In Eurogamer's Resident Evil 2 review, Aoife named it a "a masterly reimagining of a modern classic".

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Here's the full UK top 10:

1. Resident Evil 2
2. Shootin' Tootin' Cowboy Rootin'
3. COD BLOPS 4
4. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
5. FIFA 19
6. Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
7. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
8. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
9. GTA5
10. Crash Trilogy