Honkai: Star Rail is a role-playing game released by Chinese game developer miHoYo. On January 26, the game’s official YouTube Live and Twitch channels went live to announce their upcoming version 2.0 update. The update promises a brand-new region full of new things to explore and characters to enjoy. The YouTube Live broadcast received over 101.5K Peak Viewers as fans can hardly wait for the next wave of fresh content to the RPG title.
The 2.0 update, which is slated for a February 7 release, introduces Penacony, the brand-new region for players to explore. Honkai hasn’t seen a new major region for the game since its release year, and the new region is based on a Dreamscape, with bright lights, unbelievable architecture, and a beautiful atmosphere.
The 2.0 update will also bring a brand-new boss and four events for players to enjoy. The boss battle will be against Sam, one of the Stellaron Hunters, who promises to be a tough fight and challenging for even seasoned veterans of the game.
The four limited-time events coming to the 2.0 version of the game are as follows:
- Hanu’s Prison Break: The main event of Version 2.0 will see players meet Hanu at the Dreamscape Sales Store. Players must break themselves and their cellmates out of prison by controlling the dreamscape area. Use your new Dreamwalker ability to rescue your cellmates and prepare yourselves for a final battle. Players will get to choose a 4-star character as a reward for event completion: Sampo, Guinaifen, Yukong, or Asta.
- Dreamchaser Bulletin: A combat and exploration event is unlocked for players after receiving a strange Dreamcatcher Bulletin newspaper in the Trailblazer’s mailbox. Explore Penacony and complete challenges from the tabloid for rewards.
- Dreamjolt TV: Penacony’s Television channels have been hijacked. The program director begs the player to defeat Dreamjolt TV through a series of challenges. The enemies in this event promising a challenging fight, which rewards players for careful planning.
- Penacony Food Fest: Players can relax at the Clock Diner, preparing materials to cook some delicious foods in exchange for rewards such as Stellar Jade.
The upcoming update for Honkai also brings three brand-new playable characters to the game: Black Swan, Misha, and Sparkle. Characters Imbibitor Lunae and Jing Yuan are also back as 5-Stars characters.
Honkai’s viewership on live-streaming platforms can be volatile. As the game is constantly undergoing update cycles and receiving fresh content, viewership for the title comes in waves. As updates are released viewership spikes heavily for the title, but in a dry period between updates the viewership for the title can struggle significantly.
The recent 2.0 release stream on YouTube became the most popular stream ever on the channel, also becoming the first broadcast to reach over 100K concurrent viewers for the channel. With so much hype and excitement behind the upcoming 2.0 update, viewership for the title might very well reach new heights in live streaming. Stay up to date on the viewership trends and objectively quantify the success of the 2.0 release on live-streaming platforms with Streams Charts.