Honkai: Star Rail received a new trailer at Summer Game Fest, confirming that a PlayStation 5 version will release in Q4 2023. Honkai: Star Rail is a turn-based RPG with an overall linear design, and it’s currently available on mobile devices and PC.
Developer HoYoverse had earlier confirmed that a PlayStation version of Honkai: Star Rail is also in development, but it would not release with the other editions of the game. Honkai: Star Rail officially came out in April 2023, but the development team had not released an update on the state of the PlayStation version until this new trailer. Now, it looks like PlayStation fans may have to wait longer than expected to play Honkai: Star Rail on PS5.
The Summer Game Fest trailer for Honkai: Star Rail confirms that it will come out on PlayStation 5 in Q4 of 2023, so users will have to wait for some months before they can get their hands on it. The trailer otherwise includes footage from different parts of the game, featuring the newly added Honkai: Star Rail character Silver Wolf and the upcoming Yukong. Q4 of 2023 is pretty far away, and Honkai: Star Rail would have received a bunch of updates by then. So, PlayStation fans starting a new account with this release will have a lot of catching up to do whenever Honkai: Star Rail comes out.
It appears that Honkai: Star Rail will not launch on PS4, despite earlier information making note of it coming to the previous generation console. While the announcement of its release on the PlayStation Blog does not specify a platform, the reveal trailer mentioned both PS5 and PS4. Perhaps the development team had trouble getting Honkai: Star Rail to run on PS4, which ultimately led to it only getting released for PS5 this year, though that's just speculation at this time. It’ll be interesting to see if Honkai: Star Rail ever comes to PS4, or any other console, in the future.
Version 1.1 of Honkai: Star Rail is now live, adding new events, quests, and items to the game. This new update also comes with a bunch of other improvements, such as a quality-of-life enhancement that allows gamers to continue sprinting when changing characters in Honkai: Star Rail. On the other hand, it looks like Version 1.1 of Honkai: Star Rail is missing a key feature, as the in-game chat is not available as yet.
Honkai Star Rail is available now on Mobile and PC, with a PS5 version launching in Q4 2023.