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‘Ghostbusters’ Returns to ‘Rocket League’ in Haunted Hallows Event
Last year, Psyonix’s Rocket League did a crossover event with Ghostbusters involving the Ecto-1 being a selectable racer. Now, seeing as it’s Halloween, they’re at it again.
With Rocket League‘s Haunted Hallows event kicking off today, players will be allowed to unlock a variety of items inspired by the 1984 hit film. Running until November 2nd, players will be able to complete in different challenges in order to unlock the items from the Haunted Hallows set. These include Ghostbusters Wheels, Slimer Topper and Mood Slime Boost. If players are able to complete all challenges within the time period, they will unlock every item available.
That’s not all, as previous Haunted Hallows event items will be purchasable through the item shop. These include the Stay Puft and Reaper Goal Explosions, and the Ecto-1.
Alongside the challenges and items, this year’s Haunted Hallows event also comes with two Limited Time Modes. These modes are Haunted Heatseaker and Spike Rush. Psyonix says that “Haunted Heatseeker is Heatseeker but in the spooky new Haunted Urban Arena, and Spike Rush will take place on night map variants.”
Rocket League is available now for the Nintendo Switch, PC via the Epic Games Store, PS4 and Xbox One.
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‘Resident Evil Requiem’ Surpasses 8 Million Units Sold; ‘Resident Evil 2’ Remake Now Highest-Selling in Franchise
Capcom once again updated fans on their sales figures via their new quarterly report. And to no one’s surprise, Resident Evil Requiem continues to rake in the sales, having now crossed the 8 million units sold mark across the Nintendo Switch 2, PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5, and the Xbox Series. This all comes after the game reached 7 million units sold just three months ago.
In even bigger news, Resident Evil 5, which has sold just over 19 million across various incarnations, is no longer the best selling entry in the series. That title now belongs to 2019’s Resident Evil 2 remake, which has now moved 19.75 million copies across PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch, and PC.
It gets only more crowded when you look at the numbers of other entries: Resident Evil 7: biohazard currently sits at 18.41 million, while Resident Evil 6 has hit 17.60 million units. 2023’s Resident Evil 4 remake isn’t far behind with 16.04 million, while Resident Evil Village is at 15.86 million units. And while it’s considered a “miss” compared to the other remakes, 2020’s Resident Evil 3 remake is still at a respectable 14.52 million units.
Devil May Cry V, which was already the highest-selling entry in the franchise, has apparently seen a boost in sales thanks to the second season of the Netflix series and last month’s launch on the Switch 2, having now hit 14. 24 million units.
Meanwhile, we can look forward to Zach Cregger‘s violent take on the franchise with his Resident Evil film, which is set for a September 16 release.