Gamescom Opening Night Live is happening this Wednesday, August 25, and Genshin Impact has some surprising news in store for the event - In particular, this could be the occasion for miHoYo to reveal a release date estimate for the Nintendo Switch version.
Geoff Keighley, the host of the Gamescom Opening Night Live, teased on Twitter thatGenshin Impactwill have some “special news updates” at the event. There are two possible scenarios we detailed below.
Event time, where to watch (August 25 update)
The Gamescom Opening Night Live is happening today August 25, at 11 AM PT / 2PM ET. Note that there’s a pre show as well, which will start 30 minutes earlier.Click here for a countdown.You can watch the" target="_blank" rel=“noreferrer noopener”>show on YouTube.
Judging from Geoff Keighley’s tweets, theGenshin Impactnews should be dropping during the showcase, not the pre show, but you might want to keep an eye on it either way in case anything happens.
Genshin Impactnews coming at Gamescom - Predictions
The worst-case scenario - An old trailer, nothing major. This has actually already happened several times in the past now. The last time was at E3 2021, where “Genshin Impactnews"was teased, but it only turned out to be the latest trailer for the upcoming update.
If we’re out of luck, we might just see the trailer forGenshin Impact Version 2.1 Floating World Under The Moonlightagain, with nothing in particular actually being revealed.
The best-case scenario: new details on the Nintendo Switch version. miHoYo announcedGenshin Impacton Switch way before the game’s global release, back inJanuary 2020. Since then a report claimed the Shangai-based studio might havetrouble adjustingthe game due to the Switch hardware.
Later on, we alsoofficially learned that the developmentof the Switch version had started at the same time as the other platforms, from the very beginning of the project. Giving us hope. Gamescom Opening Night Live could definitely be where we’ll finally get a release date estimate for the Nintendo Switch version ofGenshin Impact.
Note that we might also hear more about the game’s anniversary plans. Another possibility would be the announcement of the Resin Pass. Something miHoYo might have in store judging from past PSN leaks.
CanGenshin Impactget announced on Xbox at Gamescom?
This is very unlikely, asmiHoYo already stated in the pastit has no plans to bring the Online JRPG to Xbox One or Xbox Series X. It’s the sole platform the game wasn’t planned on from the start after all. Seeing the global player base of Xbox, it’s unlikely to happen too. Not so soon at least. Perhaps this could be real in a few years afterGenshin Impacthad released, but not only one year later.
Stay tuned on DualShockers as we’ll be sure to bring you the Gamescom news as soon as possible.Genshin Impact Version 2.1 Floating World Under the Moonlightwill release on September 1, coming to PC, PS4, PS5, and Mobile. You can also reach out to me on Twitter@A_iyane07to discuss the upcoming Version 2.1 update or Japanese stuff in general.
