In an announcement made via Twitter, Xbox’s head Phill Spencer confirmed that the upcoming survival-horror title, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard will support Microsoft’s Xbox Play Anywhere initiative, which allows customers to buy a supported title once and play on both Xbox and Windows 10 gaming PCs.

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard Xbox Play Anywhere Support Confirmed

While fans of Resident Evil who own an Xbox and a Windows 10 gaming PC are sure to be excited about this announcement, there’s good reason to be excited about this announcement even if you don’t plan on playing this particular game. You see, this would be the first AAA title which is not published by Microsoft Studios to support the Play Anywhere system. Up until now, the only third-party support the system has seen is from a small number of indie titles including Ark: Survival Evolved, Cuphead and We Happy Few. While those are all great greats in their own right, they aren’t exactly AAA titles. So, Capcom deciding to support the system with the latest installment in its Resident Evil franchise is a huge deal; especially after the company decided to skip it with

While those are all great greats in their own right, they aren’t exactly AAA titles. So, Capcom deciding to support the system with the latest installment in its Resident Evil franchise is a huge deal; especially after the company decided to skip it with release of its other zombie game: Dead Rising 4, despite the fact that the title was available for both Xbox One and Windows 10 at launch.

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard launches on January 24th with pre-orders available now for  Xbox One and PS4 game consoles, and on PC via both Steam and the Windows 10 Game Store.