The Honkai Star Rail release date is finally here! Hoyoverse officially unveiled the game as part of the Starfire Sonorant concert, which took place as part of the third-anniversary celebration for Honkai Impact 3rd.
Honkai Star Rail has turn-based combat and features many similar systems found in Genshin Impact. The latter of which continues to grow, with new areas and characters becoming available as part of fresh Genshin Impact updates. To learn more, we recommend you check out our Honkai Star Rail characters guide when you're done here. Also, here's what we know about Honkai Star Rail codes!
When was the Honkai Star Rail release date and launch time?
The Honkai Star Rail release date was April 25, 2023, and the launch time was 19:00 PT / 22:00 ET / April 26, 03:00 BST. Since then, the game has seen many exciting expansions, and you can keep track of all of them with our Honkai Star Rail banner and Honkai Star Rail event guides.
When was the Honkai Star Rail beta?
The first closed Honkai Star Rail beta was available to iPhone users only, and then Hoyoverse held a second closed beta back in May 2022 for multiple platforms. The third and final closed beta happened shortly before the game's release.
Now, Hoyoverse occasionally opens betas for upcoming updates, especially larger ones that introduce new maps. If you fancy becoming a tester and learning more about the process, be sure to join the Honkai Star Rail Discord channel.
What were Honkai Star Rail pre-registration rewards?
Honkai Star Rail pre-registration has now finished as the game is live. Here are all the pre-registration rewards that players received thanks to the community reaching various milestones:
- 500k pre-registrations: 50k credits (already achieved)
- One million pre-registrations: three Star Rail passes (already achieved)
- Two million pre-registrations: one Trailblazer Avatar – Welcome (already achieved)
- 3.5 million pre-registrations: four-star character Serval (already achieved)
- Five million pre-registrations: 15 Star Rail passes (already achieved)
- If the number of our social media account followers reaches 2.5 million: two Star Rail passes and 50k credit (already achieved)
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