HoYoverse powercreeps the leakers by revealing animations for Castorice, Mydei, and Tribbie

Et tu, Uncle HoYo?
HoYoverse

If you can’t beat them, join them – or so HoYoverse might believe. The developer of Honkai: Star Rail has been posting short videos on social media that show off combat footage – very likely the Ultimate animations – of characters that are still quite far off from their release, taking wind out of the sails of would-be leakers. That’s right, Uncle HoYo really said “Fine, I’ll do it myself.”

First up we have the Ultimate for Castorice, the character described as the Daughter of Styx in the very first teaser trailer for Amphoreus – and her animation shows how apt that title is. She’s holding a mighty scythe in her hands and can summon a massive dragon that wreaks havoc on any foes brave or stupid enough to stand in her way. That’s not confirmation that she’ll be on the Path of The Remembrance, but it would make sense if that dragon was her Memosprite.

The reveal of Castorice is especially interesting as she’s not even been announced for any of the upcoming versions yet – unlike Tribbie, the next character on our list. Tribbie will be coming to the game with Honkai: Star Rail 3.1 and is apparently capable of space flight. The triplets ride a large rocket into outer space before crashing it into their enemies with a smile and some cheeky gestures – what fun.

Joining Tribbie in HSR 3.1 will be Mydei, whose animations are the latest to be posted – and the man who looks like Fate’s Gilgamesh on steroids simply won’t beat those allegations, because he has a giant throne made of red crystals and takes a seat as he destroys his enemies. Also, giant fire lion punch? The man’s got it all.

All this less of a targeted attack at leakers, although that is a fun side effect, and more of a push for the upcoming release of Honkai: Star Rail 3.0 – which you can already preload right now on PC, iOS, Android, and PS5. The HSR 3.0 banners will feature The Herta and Aglaea – the latter will be the first character from Amphoreus to join the playable roster.


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Marco Wutz
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