Genshin Impact
2020 video game
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| March 2025 | HoYoverse replaces John Patneaude with Jacob Takanashi as the English voice actor for Kinich, leading to controversy within the voice acting community over the SAG-AFTRA strike. |
| January 2025 | HoYoverse reached a $20 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over allegations of selling loot boxes to children and improperly collecting personal data without parental consent. The settlement prohibits selling loot boxes to children, requires disclosure of loot box odds, and mandates deletion of personal information for users under 13. |
| November 2024 | Xbox Series X/S version of Genshin Impact is released in November. |
| August 2024 | Natlan region is released, introducing characters inspired by pre-Columbian Mesoamerican, African, and Polynesian cultures. |
| August 2024 | Natlan region was released, introducing characters from six different tribes with unique elemental and cultural characteristics. |
| September 12 2023 | Yu-Peng Chen announced he was leaving miHoYo and the HOYO-MiX team, stepping down from creating the game's soundtrack. |
| August 2023 | Fontaine region released, adding new playable characters including Furina, the human vessel of the former Hydro Archon. |
| August 2023 | Fontaine region was released, adding new playable characters to the game. |
| March 2023 | Controversy arose over the character Dehya's perceived underpowered abilities, with some suggesting potential colorism. |
| February 2023 | English voice actor Elliot Gindi is fired from voicing Tighnari after allegations of abusive behavior and sexual exploitation of minors. |
| 2022 | By the end of the year, the game is estimated to have grossed the highest ever first-year launch revenue for any video game. |
| December 2022 | Raiden Shogun's banner broke revenue records, earning millions in the Chinese market within two days of release. |
| December 2022 | Genius Invokation TCG minigame launched in Version 3.3 update as an additional optional game mode. |
| November 2 2022 | Nahida (Dendro Archon) banner released, earning a record-breaking amount of revenue in the Chinese market. |
| August 2022 | Sumeru region was released, introducing the Dendro element and new playable characters to the game. |
| October 2021 | Voice actor Li Yuantao is removed from the game's rate up system after being accused of multiple affairs and manipulating minors. |
| July 2021 | Inazuma region was released, expanding the playable character roster with characters from this new region. |
| April 28 2021 | Official PlayStation 5 version released with enhanced visuals, improved loading times, and DualSense controller support. |
| November 2020 | Zhongli receives criticism from fans for perceived poor gameplay performance, leading to miHoYo's apology and promise to improve the character's kit. |
| September 2020 | Mondstadt and Liyue regions were released, introducing the first playable characters from these regions. |
| September 28 2020 | Worldwide launch of Genshin Impact across PC, mobile, and PlayStation 4 platforms. |
| August 28 2020 | PlayStation 4 version release was confirmed alongside other platforms. |
| August 17 2020 | Worldwide release date for PC and mobile platforms was announced. |
| June 2019 | miHoYo officially revealed Genshin Impact at E3 2019. |
| 2017 | MiHoYo begins developing the game's character AI system, with over 200 types of AI in the early stages of the game. |
| 2017 | MiHoYo begins developing the game's character AI system, which initially had over 200 types of AI and later evolved into a more sophisticated framework with independent AI pipelines. |
| 2017 | The production team began developing the game's character AI system, initially creating over 200 types of AI for different character categories. |
| January 2017 | Genshin Impact began development with an initial team of 120 people, which would grow to 400 by the end of the year. |
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