Genshin Impact 7.1 Goes Live Today With 1,600 Primogems as Zenless Zone Zero Fires Up Two Events the Same Day
Genshin Impact 7.1 "Requiem for the Netherworld" arrived on September 23 with two new five-star characters, Wisna and Voyanisha, plus anniversary rewards including 1,600 Primogems, 10 Intertwined Fates and a reset on the first-purchase double bonus for Genesis Crystals. Zenless Zone Zero 3.2 opened its "Surprise Screening" login event and double rewards for Area Patrol on the same date. Behind them sits Honkai: Nexus Anima's unresolved gacha debate from its July test, and ahead of them is Arknights: Endfield, which hit 1.2 billion yuan in two weeks.
一、Today Is a Two-Track Update Day for miHoYo
Genshin Impact 7.1: two new five-stars plus anniversary rewards
Genshin Impact 7.1, "Requiem for the Netherworld," went live on September 23. The official hub page opened on September 21, and the two new five-star characters are Wisna and Voyanisha. The rewards are the blunt part: 10 Intertwined Fates, 1,600 Primogems, and the first-purchase double bonus for Genesis Crystals resetting with this version.
Context matters here. Version 7.0, "A Snowland Without Gods," only opened the Snezhnaya region on September 1. miHoYo is running a new region and a new reward cycle back to back, which is a much tighter cadence than the game's early years.
Zenless Zone Zero 3.2: sign-in and double rewards on the same day
Zenless Zone Zero 3.2, "Her Secret Past," launched on September 9 and runs through October 21. The new S-rank agents are Claret (Electric, Rupture) and Rocky (Wind, Stun), the main story advanced to season 3 chapter 3, and three new districts opened in Ross Califa.
The coincidence lands today. From 10:00 on September 23, the "Surprise Screening" login event lets players pick a limited outfit from the Delusional Angels set, and the "Vanguard Bounty - Area Patrol" double-reward window runs through September 28. Two overlapping events on one day is a deliberate play for this week's playtime.
二、The Wider Board: This Is the Anime-Game Autumn
Honkai: Nexus Anima: the test ended, the argument did not
miHoYo's most closely watched new game this year is not Genshin. It is Honkai: Nexus Anima, which opened its "Evolution Test" on July 9 as a limited, invite-only, data-wiped test on PC, Android and iOS. The design blends creature collecting, auto-battler combat and CRPG-style storytelling; the second test de-emphasized in-match economy management and pushed roster progression outside the match.
The criticism is concrete. TapTap shows roughly 4,951 reviews, and the community's two recurring worries are the dual gacha banners and the constellation-style duplicate-character system. In other words, the game positions itself as something other than a traditional gacha game while keeping gacha's most profitable machinery. miHoYo is also developing a life-simulation title, Star Valley, announced for winter 2026 — the battlefield is expanding from open worlds to Animal Crossing territory.
Next on the calendar: Honkai: Star Rail 4.6
Sibling titles are queued up too. Honkai: Star Rail's 4.6 preview has already published redemption codes, banner details and the event list, with new character Zhenzhu entering the banner and a seven-day login granting a ten-pull. For anime-game players, the next two weeks are essentially shift work scheduled around version calendars.
三、Deep Dive: The Anime-Game Market Has Become an Oligopoly
28.28 billion yuan, down 3.64 percent
The numbers are sobering. According to the 2025 China Game Industry Report, domestic anime-style mobile game revenue reached 28.281 billion yuan in 2025, down 3.64 percent year on year, driven by volatility in top titles and most new releases underperforming. Jiemian News's 2026 anime-game assessment goes further: the top three publishers now hold 78.6 percent of the market.
One side of the market rotates Genshin, Zenless Zone Zero and Star Rail on version cadence. The other side exits. Black Beacon shut down seven months after launch, and Golden Four Eyes lasted five — those are the two real faces of China's anime-game market in 2026.
Comparison: what Arknights: Endfield's 1.2 billion yuan in two weeks proves
The most instructive sample of the year is Hypergryph's Arknights: Endfield. It launched publicly in January 2026 and crossed 1.2 billion yuan in global revenue across all platforms within two weeks. The structure matters more than the number: PC players made up nearly 60 percent of users, and overseas PC plus PlayStation channels accounted for 70 percent.
Anime-game players will pay for a console-grade experience, and the revenue ceiling is not on phones. Kuro Games' Wuthering Waves backs that up: Sensor Tower data shows revenue up 66 percent year on year in 2025, lifting the studio from 26th to 16th among Chinese mobile publishers — powered by a version update roughly every three weeks.
四、The Risk Side: Players Do the Gacha Math Better Than Publishers Think
To be honest, today's rewards should not be romanticized. 1,600 Primogems and 10 Intertwined Fates are anniversary routine, not generosity, and the 3.2 login and double-reward events are standard live-service hygiene. The real risks sit elsewhere: whether Nexus Anima's dual banners and duplicate-character system push players from curiosity to defensiveness, and whether a 78.6 percent oligopoly leaves room for small teams with good ideas. What players eventually lose is variety, not a single pull's luck.
五、My Take: This Year's Real Opponent Is the Calendar
The competition in 2026 is no longer gameplay versus gameplay. It is calendar versus calendar. Whoever ships stable versions, chains events without dead air and delivers a decent PC and console experience wins — players are not unwilling to spend, they are unwilling to be asked for money three times inside one version.
Endfield's 1.2 billion yuan in two weeks proves one thing: players will pay twice for content that respects them, provided you do not put two event grinds in the same evening. Come discuss in the Gghubs comments.
六、FAQ
When did Genshin Impact 7.1 launch and what does it give away?
Genshin Impact 7.1 "Requiem for the Netherworld" launched on September 23, 2026 with new five-star characters Wisna and Voyanisha, and rewards including 10 Intertwined Fates, 1,600 Primogems and a reset of the first-purchase double bonus for Genesis Crystals.
What events are running in Zenless Zone Zero 3.2?
Version 3.2 runs from September 9 to October 21, 2026. From 10:00 on September 23 the "Surprise Screening" login event offers a selectable Delusional Angels limited outfit, and Area Patrol double rewards run through September 28.
Has Honkai: Nexus Anima launched?
Not publicly. It opened its limited, non-monetized, data-wiped "Evolution Test" on July 9, 2026 on PC, Android and iOS. TapTap carries roughly 4,951 reviews, with concerns focused on its dual banners and duplicate-character progression.
How big is the anime-style mobile game market?
According to the 2025 China Game Industry Report, domestic anime mobile game revenue was 28.281 billion yuan in 2025, down 3.64 percent year on year; Jiemian News reports the top three publishers hold 78.6 percent of the market.