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miHoYo has announced the next update for Genshin Impact – Version 4.4, “Vibrant Harriers Aloft in Spring Breeze.” It goes live on January 31st and features the return of the Lantern Rite in Liyue, with a new area, Chenyu Vale, becoming available. Check out the trailer below.

It's shaping up to be a Geo-centered update on Genshin Impact in the near future, as both Albedo and Itto have been missing for over ten patches since their last banner appearance. Waiting lists for limited characters are a favorite in the Genshin Impact community, as it helps players chart their gacha journey by being mindful of the last time a 5-Star character had their rerun. While there is always a chance that an Event Banner in Genshin Impact receives an early rerun, as is the case with Yoimiya, HoYoverse tends to prioritize characters who haven't had a reappearance in recent versions.

The latest Special Preview Program for Genshin Impact has revealed an ambitious slate of new content coming in Version 4.4, which also includes skins for Ganyu, Shenhe, and Xingqiu, as well as confirming the event banners for Xianyun, Nahida, Xiao, and Yae Miko. Chenyu Vale in Genshin Impact is finally making its debut, as the new zone will bridge the gap between Fontaine and Liyue, and connect the two nations together. In addition to exploring its breathtaking sights, Genshin Impact players will also be able to aid the local adeptus in healing the land, and even challenge a new world boss.

Time Powers are unique abilities in that help Sargon on his adventures. Each Time Power lets him manipulate time just the right way to unlock previously blocked paths or confront more significant threats. By the end of the game, you will have six exciting time powers you can wield to rescue Prince Ghassan.

A new Genshin Impact leak has revealed more information about the characters that are expected to join the playable roster in the upcoming updates. Since the Fontaine update arrived, developer HoYoverse has been introducing at least two characters in each of the following updates, with Navia and Chevreuse being the most recent additions.

The release date for Gaming in 4.4 has allegedly leaked, and considering another character in the game, it makes perfect sense. Gaming is a new playable character in the upcoming Version. While he had previously been referred to as the “” by leakers, he and his design have since been confirmed by HoYoverse. Other than his Pyro Vision and outfit, however, little else is officially known about Gaming. Nevertheless, leaks have detailed nearly everything about him, including Gaming’s kit in 4.4, which highlights him as a claymore user. These leaks help give further insight into how he will operate in combat.

Some Genshin Impact leaks provide information about Chiori's kit and release date, revealing that she will be the only new character in version 4.5. Based on previous Genshin Impact leaks, it has been known that when Chiori arrives in the game, she will be available to claim through an event that promotes a pair of reruns, Ayato and Kamisato Ayaka. Multiple sources claim the character is the protagonist of version 4.5, during which players will allegedly learn fresh details about the Fontaine arc.

Genshin Impact could be adding 5-Star weapons to the in-game store, as a recent leak suggests that players will be able to purchase 5-Star weapons directly as part of a gift package. Even if it didn't come to fruition, it's no secret that the latest law proposal in China has caused the Genshin Impact community to wonder if HoYoverse would be making any changes to the game's gacha system. While there is a way to guarantee limited 5-Star characters in Genshin Impact after a certain number of pulls, no such option exists for 4-Star characters or the Standard Banner.

There's no shortage of ways to get the edge in combat, but one of the easiest to use is also one of the easiest to forget about. With long lists of spells and items to wrangle, it doesn't take much for tools kept in the recess of an inventory to slip the mind. In more difficult encounters, however, wasting anything that could be used without repercussions can hand the victory to the enemy for no reason at all.

A recent Genshin Impact leak suggests Columbina will be playable in version 5.0 or beyond. Codenamed «Damselette», Columbina is known as Cryo Archon's elite soldier and a member of the Snezhnayab society. Due to being one of the eleven Fatui Harbingers, she possesses equal power to god-like creatures in Teyvat. Over the course of the main story, players meet some of the Harbingers; however, Genshin Impact doesn't reveal many details about these powerful characters.

Though all eyes are on Gaming and Xianyun as Version 4.4 edges closer to release, Genshin Impact players can find out an early overview of what Clorinde and Sigewinne will add to the character roster. Whereas the meta has revolved around Hyperbloom and Vaporize teams in the past year and a half, Fontaine's focus seems to be about providing alternatives in building a powerful team in Genshin Impact. Wriothesley and Furina have given Freeze new life, and Navia transformed the way people look at Crystallize shards.

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