Genshin Impact's 3.4 livestream has been announced

Preview the changes coming in the next update

Marco Wutz | Jan 4, 2023

Genshin Impact's 3.4 livestream has been announced /

The Version 3.4 Special Program for Genshin Impact will showcase changes and new features coming to the successful action role-playing game in the next update, which is titled The Exquisite Night Chimes.

It looks like the developers will step in front of the cameras themselves this time around with Lunar New Year around the corner to inform players about what they can expect.

Genshin Impact 3.4 livestream: How to watch

You can watch the stream on Twitch on January 6, 2023 at 7am UTC-5 and one hour later on YouTube as well. Don’t worry about not being able to catch it live: The entire show will be available on YouTube as a video as well.

Genshin Impact 3.4 livestream: What to expect

While the developers will provide plenty of details during the stream, we already know a few things about what will happen in update 3.4. Liyue will once again celebrate the Lantern Rite in tandem with the Lunar New Year, so we’ll go back to the region of Teyvat inspired by China for these festivities.

Two playable characters will be introduced in the coming patch: Alhaitham, scribe of Sumeru’s Akademiya and a strategic genius, is going to be the newest 5-star character. Accompanying him will be Yaoyao, a 4-star character hailing from Liyue who is widely anticipated by fans. Both figures will command the Dendro element. Alhaitham uses a sword in battle, while Yaoyao is proficient with polearms.

Rumors also swirl around the returning characters during the update: Players might have a chance to pull for Hu Tao, Xiao, or Yelan again, while a juicy weapon banner is in the cards, too.

Additional skins seem to be coming up as well: Alternative outfits for Kamisato Ayaka and Lisa have been leaked by several sources. Ayaka seems to receive a dress in a more western style, while Lisa, who is a graduate from Sumeru’s Akademiya, gets to dress in her old student clothes.

If you can’t watch the stream live, you should check out our Genshin Impact primogems page on Friday, where you’ll find the promo codes given out during the show to get some free rewards.

Published Jan 4, 2023

MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg