The shocking news comes from insiders, the entire Reddit and Twitter are literally flooded with rumors about the possible closure of the game. Only Genshin Impact has started to go back to its usual update schedule after a long 2.6 patch in the spring due to the lockdown (3.0, 3.1, 3.2 have been cut up to 5 weeks).
There is mourning in China over the death of former Chinese President Jiang Zemin. It is assumed that the game can be closed for a period of mourning only on Chinese servers 6 December, and the global ones, in theory, should not be affected, but so far these are just guesses and rumors.
Even if the global version of the game is not touched, players can still stay no official announcement two new characters: al-Haytama (Dendro swordsman, 5*) and Yaoyao (Dendro Spearwoman, 4*) scheduled for December 5th. Now already postponed publication presentation trailer Wanderer (Scaramucci). Perhaps not at all will not mention birthdays Ganyu и Nilou.
Patch 3.3 should be released on December 7, and in the previous days (5-6) announcements of new quests and events were supposed, but this is also now in question. We remind you that so far these are just rumors and conjectures, so we are waiting for official information from hoYoVerse, who are still stubbornly silent. As soon as the situation becomes clearer, we will definitely supplement the article.
UPD1: due to the ban on any social media posts, there may not be any official comments from hoYoVerse.
UPD2: so far, just a lot of sites are black and white and hoYoVerse too.
UPD3: according to sources, the patch will not be delayed, the update will be released on December 7th.
Read on:Write, what do you think about the current situation, do you believe that the game can be closed for a couple of days?
This is unlikely to affect global servers, because 1) Mihoyo created Hoevers for this to bypass Chinese censorship outside of China. That kind of thing applies to me too, I think. 2) as far as I understand, only the publication of posts in social networks is prohibited. networks for a period of mourning, but many Western social networks. networks in China are blocked, so this will not affect them (in the official VKontakte group, for example, today they posted art and congratulations to Ganyu and others). 3) If the servers, even if only Chinese ones, are closed, this is a loss of profit for the Howers. Such a good loss. They will do this only on the direct orders of the party.
On YouTube, they congratulate Ganyu, which means they will hardly be silent for some days
Well, a gift for Dr. Ganyu came to the post office. Maybe they will act according to plan, but quietly, without any movement in social networks.
Has the period of mourning already begun?
They hardly carry anything. Mourning is mourning, and profit is profit. Especially considering that they are no longer fully subordinate to China. All sorts of announcements, videos, but will not. Other Persians, either quietly, directly to the players, or they will also be removed, anyway, this is purely an optional decoration. I see no reason to worry, maybe seven whole days before 3.3. During this time, mourning will subside anyway. And on December 7, the update will calmly come out
Mourning will be just a week and in all social networks. networks during this period were banned from making publications (in any case, they say so).
>so we are waiting for official information from hoYoVerse
Well, given all the same mourning and the ban on posting in the social. networks, it is extremely interesting how they will convey this information to us now :'D
The informational plan of posts, in theory, is not prohibited during the period of mourning.
UPD: but still I was wrong, there are generally all publications in the social. networks are prohibited