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Following the overwhelming success of Genshin Impact, the team at MiHoYo managed to catch lightning in a bottle twice with their follow-up Honkai Star Rail – surpassing over 100 million players in just 10 months. In a move rarely seen by free-to-play games, Honkai Star Rail is set to get …

While PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch all require a subscription in order to play games online, free-to-play titles are typically exempt from this. It therefore comes as a bit of a surprise that the upcoming Xbox release of Genshin Impact appears to necessitate an Xbox Game Pass subscription. After years …

MiHoYo / HoYoverse have had a meteoric rise in the past few years, with their debut console title Genshin Impact becoming one of the biggest free to play games around. Since then, the team has continued its string of successes with the launch of Honkai Star Rail – and now …

Genshin Impact has had an interesting trajectory. Prior to launch, the free-to-play game was criticised for being an anime-themed Breath of the Wild clone, with many of its mechanics and even trailer shots showing clear inspirations. That said, in the years since its release, the game has gone on to …

Genshin Impact put studio MiHoYo (now known as HoYoverse) on the map, with the open-world free-to-play Zelda-like title raking in over $4 Billion since its launch in late 2020. Since then, the team have released Honaki Star Rail – which while it performed well ahead of launch, has not been …

Following the overwhelming success of Genshin Impact, studio MiHoYo (now known as Hoyoverse) began work on their next free-to-play game – a space-themed turn-based RPG. Many were wondering whether Honkai Star Rail would match the success of Genshin Impact. Early numbers seem to indicate yes, as having officially just launched …

Genshin Impact put studio MiHoYo (now known as Hoyoverse) on the map, with the open-world free-to-play Zelda-like title raking in over $4 Billion since its release in late 2020. The team’s next game following Genshin Impact is the turn-based RPG ‘Honkai: Star Rail. Ahead of its release on the 26th …

Genshin Impact put studio MiHoYo (now known as Hoyoverse) on the map, with the open-world free-to-play Zelda-like title raking in over $4 Billion since its release in late 2020. The team’s next game following Genshin Impact is the turn-based RPG ‘Honkai: Star Rail. Ahead of its release on the 26th …

MiHoYo (now known as Hoyoverse) hit it big in 2020 when they released Genshin Impact, making billions every year since and establishing the developers as ones to watch out for. The team’s next game following Genshin Impact is the turn-based RPG ‘Honkai: Star Rail’ and while no official release date …

Genshin Impact has been a huge success since its launch two years ago. In a short space of time, the game has already generated around $4 billion in revenue, and much to Microsoft's chagrin, the game is not available on Xbox. It might be too late to rectify the situation …

Recently we reported that Genshin Impact has made more than $3 Billion on mobile alone since its launch in September 2020. Though the game is also currently available on PC and PlayStation, a Nintendo Switch version was promised long ago. As fans began to worry that the Switch port had …

While the mobile market is often forgotten, it continues to chug along as the single biggest video game sector. An example of this can be seen by none other than Genshin Impact, which has now officially made over $3 Billion on mobile alone. Genshin Impact is one of the biggest …

In what feels like a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment, the Metaverse and NFTs sprung out of seemingly knowhere, with almost every major publisher offering an opinion on the concept – and many embracing it. The latest studio to do so is MiHoYo, the developers of Genshin Impact, though in their case they …

Whenever a new video game franchise is developed, assuming it is successful, one of its primary money-making avenues is through merchandising. Interestingly, the studio behind Genshin Impact – MiHoYo – is allowing all fans to not only create but also sell merch without any licensing required. In an extended post …

Genshin Impact has had an interesting first year. From being viewed as a simple Breath of the Wild clone pre-launch, to its massive and continued success following its release, the game has managed to break a few records along the way too – managing to achieve the highest first year …

While the mobile market is often forgotten, it continues chug along as the single biggest video game sector. An example of this can be seen by none other than Genshin Impact, which has now officially made over $2 Billion within its first year – the kicker being that this was …

Genshin Impact is one of the biggest free-to-play games currently, being the fastest game to ever hit a $1 Billion in revenue on mobile devices alone – doing so in just 6 months. Following the recent release of the game’s 2.0 update, it has been announced that Aloy, from PlayStation …

Genshin Impact has become a massive success following its release last year. Currently available on PS4, mobile and PC, the team at MiHoYo have now announced that a native PS5 version will be released sometime later this Spring, featuring “enhanced visuals, fast loading, and DualSense controller support.” Though little is …

Genshin Impact surprised many people when it was released last year. The free-to-play mobile, PC and console game offered an open world RPG with fun gameplay and interesting characters. The choice to be free-to-play appears to have worked out for the developers MiHoYo, as since its launch in September, the …

Genshin Impact offers a vast open world with plenty of exploration, combat and even online co-op, all wrapped up into an RPG with full voice acting, proper direction and an evolving story. The most impressive thing about the game however is likely the fact that developers MiHoYo managed to get …

Just a few days ago we reported that Genshin Impact, the newly released free-to-play open world, Breath of the Wild inspired action RPG, had grossed $50 million in just over a week. Now, in even less time, the game has doubled its revenue, bringing in over $100 million in under …

Genshin Impact took many people by surprise when it launched last week. The free-to-play, open world, Breath of the Wild inspired action RPG released to much fanfare thanks to its fun gameplay, exciting world, and generous gacha mechanics. All this has led to the creation of a game which many …

Genshin Impact made waves upon its initial announcement due to its inspirations from titles such as Breath of the Wild. With the game finally launching last week, it has become clear that the game has managed to amass a number of fans. Following the news that Genshin Impact received over …

Genshin Impact quickly drew people’s attention when the game was first announced. Developed by MiHoYo, the game offers a free-to-play open world action adventure title with co-op elements and RPG mechanics. What garnered people’s interest the most however was the game’s comparisons to Nintendo’s Breath of the Wild. Whether the …

Genshin Impact received a lot of attention when it was first announced back in June 2019. The open-world action-RPG appears to take heavy inspiration in its visuals from titles such as Breath of the Wild. After many closed betas and much anticipation, the game’s developers MiHoYo have now announced that …