HoYoverse, the Chinese developer previously known as miHoYo and famous for its massively popular Genshin Impact game, has confirmed that Honkai: Star Rail is out now.
The next game from HoYoverse is a bit different than Genshin Impact. To begin with, it is a space fantasy roleplaying game that features turn-based instead of real-time combat.
The narrative of Honkai: Star Rail sees players traveling throughout the galaxy to discover the truth about the so-called Cancer Of All Worlds. At launch, the explorable spaces include the Herta Space Station, the snowy planet Jarilo-VI, and the massive Xianzhou Luofu spaceship.
- Not content with the laws of the common world, the Genius Society’s Herta set her sights on the unexplained existences of the galaxy, expecting those distant mysteries to satisfy her curiosity. To this end, Herta led the establishment of a museum-like starship and launched it towards the Star Rail, starting the research work to seal all strange existences among the stars. And the famous Herta Space Station was born.
- Traversing across the snow plains, you can get a full view of Belobog, the only spot on the ice-cold world of Jarilo-VI that barely fits the definition of “a warm place.” As the only remaining city with human civilization, Belobog has been given many grandiose titles, such as the last bastion of mankind against the Eternal Freeze and the land blessed by Qlipoth.
- The Xianzhou Luofu is one of the six flagships of the Xianzhou Alliance. It sails in the endless ocean of stars like a one-way arrow, shooting toward the Lord of the Hunt’s nemesis. After the war with the Denizens of Abundance, the Luofu traveled between densely populated interstellar regions, trading and conducting cultural exchange between different worlds. They signed agreements with the Interastral Peace Corporation and helped many worlds ravaged by the Denizens of Abundance to rebuild their ecosystem. People arrived at the Luofu to seek medical treatment, study, and trade, as thrones of visitors fill the docks.
Just like in Genshin Impact, though, Honkai: Star Rail offers various companions with different personalities and abilities that players can meet in their journeys, including Dan Heng, March 7th, Kafka, Serval, Jing Yuan, and Bailu.
To celebrate the launch, HoYoverse is hosting an All-Stars Invite event that can provide in-game prizes and even real prizes (to a handful of lucky winners) such as PlayStation 5 consoles, iPhone 14 Pro 256G, and Apple Watch Series 8 GPS Smartwatches. You can read more about that here.
Honkai: Star Rail is out now on PC (including the Epic Games Store), iOS, and Android. HoYoverse said the PlayStation version is under development and will get more details soon.
