Never one to lag behind HSR and ZZZ, Genshin Impact will introduce its own new pink-haired animal-themed girl in Version Luna 6

Genshin Impact's Luna 7 update will kick off a new Archon Quest chapter, and deliver some interesting new additions to the playable roster. HoYoverse just wrapped up a new Genshin Impact Special Program, where the developer revealed everything there is to know about the game’s next major update. Truth Amongst the Pages of Purana, or as its friends call it, Luna 7, was unveiled as part of the showcase.

Genshin Impact's next update will have you reminiscing about the good ol' days of... 2020. The latest big content update has been revealed for HoYoverse's breakout game, Genshin Impact. Version Luna 5, which has the unusually long and needlessly layered title — Song of the Welkin Moon: Variation - Homeward, He Who Caught the Wind — is set to arrive February 25.

Premium in-game purchases have now been disabled on PlayStation 4, as one of Genshin's four original launch platforms prepares to get dropped in early April. Version Luna 5 of Genshin Impact is now live, but it's a bittersweet occasion for fans of HoYoverse's breakout gacha RPG – at the very least, those who are still playing the game on PlayStation 4, which is presumably true of somebody out there.

The first major Genshin Impact update in 2026 is almost here, bringing characters we've been waiting a while to play, and more besides. Genshin Impact’s latest Special Program has spilled all the beans on the game’s next major update, Luna 4. The update, which arrives on January 14, kicks off 2026 with several bits of new content, including some previously-teased characters.

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