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News HoYoverse's Next Huge Gacha Zenless Zone Zero Launches 4th July on PS5
Not-so sleepy Hollows
Zenless Zone Zero, the urban fantasy gacha game from Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail developer HoYoverse, will officially deploy day-and-date on PS5, from 4th July. In addition to Sony’s new-gen system, the vibrant title will also be available on PC and mobile, and there’ll be cross-save between all systems. Crucially,...
News Genshin Impact PS5, PS4 Gives Its First Glimpse of New Nation Natlan
Gotta catch 'em all
Genshin Impact’s big 4.7 livestream earlier today had a huge moment for long-time fans of the franchise: a first look at upcoming nation Natlan. This all-new region will be added to the already expansive Teyvat later in the year, and judging by the trailer, it may have some Pokémon vibes to it. Certainly in the brief clip we...
News Genshin Impact PS5, PS4 Promises Huge Improvement as Battle with Wuthering Waves Looms
Ready, fight
Apparently all it took was the mere sniff of a rival to prompt HoYoverse into action, as it’s announced a pretty seismic change for Genshin Impact on the eve of Wuthering Waves’ release. The Chinese developer has announced that alongside the launch of v4.7 next month, it’ll increase the game’s daily Resin allowance up to 200,...
News Zenless Zone Zero Release Date Potentially Leaked via Apple Store
Update: Pre-registration campaign is underway
Update: Just as we published this article, HoYoverse has announced that pre-registration for the game is available now. As is common for the developer, it'll be tracking the total number of players who sign up, and will be promising bountiful in-game rewards if it reaches its ambitious 40 million players...
News Upcoming Gacha Sensation Zenless Zone Zero Plotting PS5 Technical Test
Sign up for a chance to participate
Good news, gacha fans: Zenless Zone Zero, the upcoming urban fantasy gacha from juggernaut developer HoYoverse, will receive a Technical Test on the PS5 in the very near future. This is important because it marks the first time the title will be playable on Sony’s new-gen system, suggesting it may launch...
News Here's More Proof We Need a Honkai: Star Rail Anime
Dance of dark memories
HoYoverse, with its absurd gacha-fuelled riches, has taken to releasing more and more animated shorts to promote its game’s updates. This latest five-minute Honkai: Star Rail clip delves a little deeper into the relationship between Black Swan and Acheron, the latter of whom will headline the v2.1 update which is launching...
News Honkai: Star Rail's Next Enormous PS5 Update Brings Huge Rewards and the Unmissable Acheron
Penacony's plot continues
Honkai: Star Rail’s gigantic v2.1 update will arrive on 27th March, and will celebrate the release’s first anniversary with 20 free Star Rail Passes and a further 1,600 in-game currency Stellar Jade – an announcement
News Anticipated Gacha Zenless Zone Zero Is Getting Another Beta, But Not on PS5
Warm-up necessary
We now officially know Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail developer HoYoverse’s upcoming urban gacha Zenless Zone Zero is coming to PS5, but the title’s third – and, presumably, final – closed beta test will not be available on Sony’s system. Announced earlier today, sign-ups for the sampler are available for PC and...
News Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail Fans Are at War
An unintended event
There’s been drama brewing in the HoYoverse fandom for some time, but it may have reached boiling point following the announcement of Honkai: Star Rail’s latest update, Into the Yawning Chasm. As the game celebrates its first anniversary, the gacha game developer announced rewards of up to 1,600 Stellar Jade and up to 20
News HoYoverse's First Honkai Hit Scores Massive Update, But There Are No Plans for PS5
Brace for Impact
As gacha game developer HoYoverse continues its pursuit of world domination, the developer has effectively rebooted its first gacha giga hit, Honkai Impact 3rd. Already over six years old, this wasn’t the first entry in the Honkai franchise, but it was the one that blew up and catapulted the Chinese company into the mainstream...
News Genshin Impact Adds an Alchemy Tycoon Sim, Cat Café in Next PS5, PS4 Update
Fashion designer Chiori also arrives
Genshin Impact’s next major update, due out on 13th March, will be a bit breezier than recent incarnations, and will focus on a new event in Monstadt involving an alchemy shop you’re tasked with running. The business management sim will put you in charge of every stage of production, as you cultivate...
News Okay, Now We Need a Full-Length Honkai: Star Rail Anime
Here's how it could look
With the Lunar New Year upon us, Honkai: Star Rail is celebrating with an animated short centring on Guinaifen and Sushang from the Xianzhou Luofu. While this is, for all intents and purposes, a very short clip – it’s left us hungering for a full-length anime. Seeing the environments from the game brought to life, along...
Hands On Honkai: Star Rail's Huge PS5 Update Brings Big BioShock Vibes
The city that always sleeps
The advantage of single player live service games like Honkai: Star Rail, for all the criticism they receive from enthusiasts, is that the action never ends. That makes updates like the enormous v2.0, which takes the Trailblazer to a new planet named Penacony, possible – and this is Chinese developer HoYoverse at its...
News Honkai: Star Rail's Humongous PS5 Update Is Out Now
Penacony is open to all
Honkai: Star Rail, the superb space fantasy RPG from Chinese developer HoYoverse, has been updated to v2.0 on PS5 today – bringing with it an absolute avalanche of new content. The expansion continues the core plot of the turnbased title, taking the Trailblazer and his/her crew to an all-new planet featuring an art deco...
News Zenless Zone Zero Will Be Empowered by PS5's Cutting Edge Capabilities
Urban gacha officially announced for Sony's system
Zenless Zone Zero, the next big thing from gacha gods HoYoverse, is officially in development for PS5. While there’s no release date just yet, the Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail maker had previously only confirmed the title would come to consoles. We’d heard on the grapevine that the...
News Honkai: Star Rail's Humongous PS5 Update Adds an Entire Planet
The plot thickens on Penacony
HoYoverse’s hit space-faring RPG Honkai: Star Rail is all about the Trailblazer, an intergalactic explorer who travels from planet-to-planet solving problems and kicking ass. With the release of update v2.0, the ever-industrious developer will add an entire new location to the game, named Penacony. This former...
News Genshin Impact Will Soon Look Better Than Ever Before on PS5, PS4
New tech dramatically improves presentation
Genshin Impact’s drop-dead gorgeous world will get even more stunning when update 4.4 arrives on 31st January, adding annual Lunar New Year content to the Chinese-inspired region of Liyue. Debuting in the update on PS5 and PS4 is new tech named Global Far Fog and Gradient Tint Rock, which will add depth...
Soapbox Hear Me Out! Honkai: Star Rail Is One of PS5's Better Roguelites
The scintillating Simulated Universe
Roguelites are so universally popular these days that you’re beginning to see the genre bolted on to cinematic action games, like God of War Ragnarok’s recent Valhalla expansion or the upcoming No Return mode being added to The Last of Us: Part 2 Remastered. While both great examples of the formula, I want to...
Huge update coming after Christmas
HoYoverse has hosted the next major livestream for Honkai: Star Rail’s upcoming v1.6 update, named Crown of the Mundane and Divine, which is scheduled to release on 27th December. Another colossal update for the uber-popular gacha, the content will include three new playable characters, fresh story content, and a...
News Here's Your First Glimpse of Honkai: Star Rail's New PS5 World
Penacony awaits
Honkai: Star Rail only launched on PS5 a few months ago, but the game’s approaching its first anniversary on all platforms. And next year, the Trailblazer will arrive on an entirely new planet, Penacony, as the main plot picks up pace again. For those of you who don’t play this turnbased RPG, it’s a single player live service...
News HoYoverse's Next Huge Gacha Hit Zenless Zone Zero Is Getting Closer
But still no PS5 confirmation
HoYoverse, the Chinese juggernaut behind games like Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail, wants to take over the world – one gacha at a time. Its next big thing, Zenless Zone Zero, was present once again at this year’s The Game Awards – and now it has a release window, 2024. Considering the game is enjoying a big...
News Genshin Impact Settles Down for a Fontaine Festival in 4.3 Update
Lights, camera, gacha
Genshin Impact’s unmatchable update cadence continues with v4.3 on 20th December, significantly slowing the speed of your Fontaine adventure now that the main Archon questline has concluded. Instead, you’ll be invited to the Fontinalia Festival, where you’ll partake in a unique movie making experience. The press release...
News Zenless Zone Zero Fans Are Aggrieved by Alleged Censorship in Upcoming Gacha Game
Has dev made a boob?
Zenless Zone Zero’s second beta got underway on PC and mobile this week, giving gacha gamers an exclusive early opportunity to put the character action title through its paces before it comes to consoles – including, presumably, PS5. However, while the game is generally drawing acclaim, a subset of fans are irate with the...
News Honkai: Star Rail Exceeds 1 Million Players on PS5, Dishes Out Crucial Currency
Pulling 'em in
HoYoverse’s gacha gaming sensation Honkai: Star Rail has been played by over one million players on PS5, which means it’s rewards time for faithful fans. Free-to-play forays like this can generally manipulate their most engaged users with the lure of in-game currency, and if you create an account in the turn-based RPG before 24th...
News Stunning Urban RPG Zenless Zone Zero's Closed Beta Starts Soon, But Not on PS5
You beta watch out
Update: As expected, following a tease earlier in the week, the second closed beta test for the HoYoverse’s highly promising urban RPG Zenless Zone Zero will get underway imminently – and sign ups are open now. While the game is confirmed for consoles, the gigantic Chinese developer is yet to confirm which, and the beta will...
News Hydro Archon Furina Finally Arrives in Genshin Impact's Huge PS5, PS4 Update
Fontaine expands east
HoYoverse is continuing to expand upon Genshin Impact’s recently added Hydro region Fontaine, and the release’s upcoming v4.2 update – dubbed Masquerade of the Guilty – will see new underwater regions incorporated. Crucially, it’ll plot the arrival of the Hydro Archon, Furina, a five-star sword wielder whose Elemental...
News Honkai: Star Rail's First Major PS5 Update Gets Spooky This Month
Assemble a ghost hunting squad in major new event
If Honkai: Star Rail is your first foray into the wonderful world of HoYoverse, then welcome to the party – and the seriously impressive churn of new content updates. Following the game’s release on PS5 a few weeks ago, it’s time to get ready for v1.5, the game’s next major expansion which...
News Rescheduled Genshin Impact Livestream Sets Up Bumper Day for PS5, PS4 Gachas
Back-to-back
Genshin Impact’s next major update was supposed to be announced by now, but a scheduling issue means it was delayed at the last second. Now it’ll run back-to-back with Honkai: Star Rail’s previously announced v1.5 update broadcast on 3rd November, leading to an enormous day for PS5 and PS4 gacha games. As always, you can expect...
News PS5 Gacha Great Honkai: Star Rail's Next Major Update Will Be Revealed This Week
Brace for impact
Honkai: Star Rail’s next major update is coming much quicker than its previous editions, as v1.4 may have marked the release of the PS5 version, but ended up a week or so shorter than past seasons. That means it’s already time for the v1.5 livestream, which is scheduled to air on 3rd November at 7:30PM Chinese time. We’ve...
Poll Are You Playing Honkai: Star Rail?
All aboard
Free-to-play colossus Honkai: Star Rail is out now on PS5 following a hugely successful stint on mobile devices. From HoYoverse, the developer behind Genshin Impact, the turn-based RPG is another free-to-play romp, so we want to know if you've been tempted into giving it a try. Our resident enthusiast (and closet weeb) Sammy Barker has...
Review Honkai: Star Rail (PS5) - Impeccably Executed Live Service Where the Best Is Yet to Come
Honkai dory
Genshin Impact sent ripples through the gaming industry in 2020, and Honkai: Star Rail has already successfully repeated the same feat. Currently the biggest gacha game on the planet per Sensor Tower revenue rankings, this turn-based RPG takes many of the same systems from HoYoverse’s fantasy open world and bends them into a more...
News Super Popular Free-to-Play RPG Honkai: Star Rail Is Out Now on PS5
Choo choo
Honkai: Star Rail has arrived on PS5, and we wouldn't like to guess how many people are hitting the download button right now. In case you don't know, this is another incredibly popular gatcha-based, free-to-play title from HoYoverse — the developer behind the colossus that is Genshin Impact. Honkai: Star Rail's been available on mobile...
News Honkai: Star Rail's PS5 Launch Update Brings Big Waifu Energy
Jolted awake from a winter dream
Honkai: Star Rail’s next scheduled update will coincide with the game’s release on the PS5, and Chinese developer HoYoverse is going big on the waifus to keep existing fans engaged – and pull in new punters on its brand-new platform, too. Three new characters will debut starting 11th October with v1.4,...
News One Million PS5 Users Already Eager to Play Honkai: Star Rail
HoYoverse set for another success
Gacha sensation Honkai: Star Rail already has more than one million PS5 players queuing up to play when it releases next month. HoYoverse has revealed the upcoming title has surpassed one million pre-registrations on Sony systems, meaning anyone who signs up will get every reward on offer once the game fully...
Preview Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail Dev Has Quietly Become a PS5, PS4 Powerhouse
HoYoverse's meteoric rise continues
In the opening hall of the Makuhari Messe this Tokyo Game Show was an enormous, monolithic tribute to HoYoverse, a company fast becoming one of PlayStation’s most important developers. While the juggernaut Chinese studio may not get the same recognition as the likes of Naughty Dog or FromSoftware, its games are...
News Honkai: Star Rail's Pivotally Important Pre-PS5 Livestream Will Air This Week
All aboard
Honkai: Star Rail will officially launch on PS5 this coming 11th October, but as the title has already been available for several months on PC and smartphone, it’ll be disembarking alongside v1.4. As is the cadence for all HoYoverse titles, the titanic Chinese developer will host a livestream later this week, on 29th September, to...
News HoYoverse's Action RPG Zenless Zone Zero Confirmed for Consoles
No specifics yet
The team behind super-popular games Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail are working on a third game that's sure to go nuclear as well — Zenless Zone Zero. This action RPG has previously only been confirmed for PC and mobile platforms, but with the above broadcast from Tokyo Game Show, it's now also been announced for consoles...
News Genshin Impact's Huge 4.1 Update Expands Fontaine and Adds New Characters
Fontaine edges upwards
Is it really time for the next big Genshin Impact update already? Well, almost – it’s due out on 27th September, so a little over a week away. As you’d expect from v4.1, there’ll be updates to new Hydro city Fontaine, which will expand upwards to the Fortress of Meropide. It’s there the Archon Quest will continue, as...
News RPG Gacha Extravaganza Honkai: Star Rail Plots a Course for PS5 Next Month
Console exclusive for a "limited time"
As confirmed by a delightfully moody trailer narrated by Stellaron Hunter (and key character) Kafka, the uber-popular turn-based gacha RPG Honkai: Star Rail will finally release on PS5 from 11th October. The small print at the end of the trailer mentions that the game is a PS5 console exclusive for a “limited...
News Genshin Impact's Acclaimed Composer Leaves HoYoverse to Pursue Musical Dreams
Will continue to explore Teyvat as a traveller
There’s a lot to love about open world gacha game Genshin Impact, but one of its most consistent elements is its soundtrack. So popular is the PS5 and PS4 game’s score that HoYoverse recently announced a series of global concerts, which will see the release’s music performed by live orchestras...
News Zenless Zone Zero Looks Like Yet Another HoYoverse Hit
Definitely won't make you zzz
We got a glimpse of Zenless Zone Zero during Gamescom Opening Night Live, but the trailer maybe wasn’t the best introduction to the title for those unfamiliar with the release. This gameplay showcase does a much better job of showing off the title, demonstrating its life-sim style lobby where you can play arcade games...
News Anticipated Gacha RPG Honkai: Star Rail Opens PS5 Technical Test Sign-Ups
Getting closer
Update: As previously announced, HoYoverse has opened sign ups for a technical test featuring the PS5 version of Honkai: Star Rail. It sounds like if you've already started on PC or mobile, cross-save will be supported, as long as your HoYoverse account is linked to your PSN. You'll also be able to continue your progress, on either PC...
News HoYoverse's Zenless Zone Zero Pulls a New Trailer, But Still No PS5, PS4 Confirmation
Lookin' good
HoYoverse, the developer of Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail, shared an update on its next game Zenless Zone Zero during Gamescom Opening Night Live – but there was no date or confirmation of consoles. The self-described urban action RPG showed off a bunch of characters and environmental art
News Honkai: Star Rail Confirms Cross-Save with Upcoming PS5 Version
More announcements at Gamescom
If, like this author, you’re already deep down the Honkai: Star Rail rabbit hole, with dozens of five-star characters and a wealth of valuable Relics sets to your name, you’ll probably be hoping for cross-save with the upcoming PS5 version. Well, buried in a press release about the game’s upcoming 1.30 update –...
News Meet the Cast That Will Consume All Your Cash in Genshin Impact This Week
A kind of magic
Genshin Impact’s hugely anticipated 4.0 update will release later this week, bringing with it the all-new Hydro region of Fontaine. Of course, the underwater city is not the only major addition, with two new characters available to recruit in the form of the magical double-act, Lyney and Lynette. Ahead of the latest content drop,...
Team was in tears
Gacha game Genshin Impact has gone on to become one of the most profitable projects on the planet, but this wasn’t always the case. Back when it was first announced, its comparisons to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild seemed so strong that many accused it of being a copycat. While these turned out to be surface...
News Genshin Impact's Gigantic Fontaine Expansion Plunges PS5, PS4 from 16th August
Along with improvements on PlayStation platforms
The Genshin Impact update you’ve been waiting for, Fontaine, is less than two weeks away: 16th August is the all-important date for the addition of the fifth region in HoYoverse’s hit gacha game. The upcoming 4.0 update, named As Light Rain Falls without Reason, will add a ton of new content to...
News HoYoverse Urges Recording Studio to Resolve Voice Actor Payment Issues
Update: After stars had claimed they'd gone months without pay
Update: Genshin Impact developer HoYoverse has issued a response to reports that some of its voice actors have gone months without being paid for their work. In a statement to Eurogamer.net, a spokesperson said: "We truly regret to learn about the ongoing situation. Genshin Impact...
News Honkai: Star Rail Playable on PS5 for the First Time at Gamescom
Zenless Zone Zero, Genshin Impact also on display
Chinese juggernaut HoYoverse is bringing all of its biggest games – sorry, Tears of Themis – to Gamescom next month, including a fully playable PS5 build of turnbased RPG Honkai: Star Rail. The spacefaring smash hit is scheduled to release on Sony’s system later this year, but this is the first...
News Honkai: Star Rail's Story Expands Significantly Prior to PS5 Launch
Even immortality ends
Those of you who’ve been playing Honkai: Star Rail since its release earlier in the year will know that the story ended on a significant cliffhanger, with the Trailblazer and Astral Express member Dan Heng searching for each other on the Xianzhou Luofu. After the last major update lacked any new story missions, the next major...
