Four Winds: Wuthering Waves, Genshin Impact, and the burgeoning gacha gaming industry
In the early days of the pandemic, I spent a lot of time covering the then newly released Genshin Impact. The first piece was an article about how the game had reinvented the gacha game for a wider audience.30 Sep 2024Genshin Impact adds new main story quests and a new character on October 9MassivelyOp ︎27 Sep 2024All Genshin Impact codes from the 5.1 livestreamPC Gamer ︎23 Sep 2024Court orders X to reveal the identities of Genshin Impact leakersPC Gamer ︎10 Sep 2024Genshin Impact joins forces with McDonald’s in a new cross-promotionMassivelyOp ︎06 Sep 2024Wuthering Waves highlights its latest character as part of tomorrow’s upcoming patchMassivelyOp ︎03 Sep 2024Despite being free-to-play, Genshin Impact's Xbox port will seemingly require a Game Pass subscription to access online multiplayerVG247 ︎29 Aug 2024Forget the new story and characters, Genshin Impact's 5.0 update has raised the bar by adding the most gorgeous region yetVG247 ︎20 Aug 2024Four years later, Genshin Impact is finally coming to Xbox — but HoYoverse still wants to squeeze you for a pre-orderVG247 ︎16 Aug 2024Genshin Impact 5.0 brings a new nation, new characters, and new traversal forms August 28MassivelyOp ︎16 Aug 2024Genshin Impact version 5.0 launches August 28 with a new continent, characters, cute traversal mechanicsVG247 ︎16 Aug 2024All Genshin Impact codes from the 5.0 livestreamPC Gamer ︎11 Aug 2024Wuthering Waves adds new characters, a summertime event, and quality-of-life August 15MassivelyOp ︎08 Aug 2024Wuthering Waves 1.2 trailer shows off new characters, weapons, and eventsVG247 ︎07 Aug 2024Genshin Impact collabs with European drinkable food company to release two new flavorsMassivelyOp ︎23 Jul 2024Wuthering Waves introduces a new character and kicks off multiple events in second part of Version 1.1MassivelyOp ︎16 Jul 2024Genshin Impact fans and voice actors accuse Hoyoverse of whitewashing Natlan region’s charactersMassivelyOp ︎16 Jul 2024Genshin Impact voice actors criticize design of new character named after African deity: 'If you're going to use real-world deities, respect them'PC Gamer ︎08 Jul 2024Genshin Impact’s July 17 Summertide Tales and Scales adds new character and limited-time zoneMassivelyOp ︎05 Jul 2024All Genshin Impact codes from the 4.8 livestreamPC Gamer ︎03 Jul 2024Wuthering Waves was unleashed on the Steam Deck, but only for one dayRPS ︎01 Jul 2024Wuthering Waves’ Thaw of Eons update adds new characters, more story quests, and new zoneMassivelyOp ︎28 Jun 2024Raph Koster’s new MMORPG is called Stars Reach, and yes, it’s basically Star Wars Galaxies 2MassivelyOp ︎26 Jun 2024Zenless Zone Zero's launch roster won't quite match the numbers of Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail, but its producer says the team is going for 'quality not quantity'PC Gamer ︎06 Jun 2024Multiplayer gacha RPG Wuthering Waves outlines plans to improve gameplay, reduce grind, and fix issuesMassivelyOp ︎02 Jun 2024Wuthering Waves' devs are aware of your frustrations with the game, and it's outlined plans on how to fix themVG247 ︎30 May 2024It's hard to like the heroes of Wuthering Waves when they keep soiling you with dictionary vomitRPS ︎28 May 2024Genshin Impact brings new challenge content and characters June 5, previews Natlan regionMassivelyOp ︎24 May 2024Wuthering Waves plans to let you skip more scenes and improve combat as gacha RPG apologises for rocky launchRPS ︎24 May 2024All Genshin Impact codes from the 4.7 livestreamPC Gamer ︎24 May 2024Wuthering Waves players have been testing an unreleased character by changing the date on their devicesVG247 ︎23 May 2024New gacha hotness Wuthering Waves is suffering from some catastrophic launch issues, despite making a big splash on TwitchPC Gamer ︎23 May 2024Wuthering Waves really, really doesn’t want to run on Steam DeckRPS ︎23 May 2024Wuthering Waves is proving troublesome for mobile and PC players, with bugs and performance issues running wildVG247 ︎23 May 2024Wuthering Waves codes and how to redeemPC Gamer ︎22 May 2024Co-op multiplayer RPG Wuthering Waves makes its global release on PC and mobile tonightMassivelyOp ︎