Everything you need to know about Genshin Impact’s 5.8 livestream – start time, content, what to expect

Somehow, we have traveled around our sun enough times that we have gotten to version 5.8 of HoYoverse’s seminal gacha masterpiece, Genshin Impact. With each new version comes a host of new things to pull for so player excitement naturally builds towards this time. The game itself is so polished these days, major bugs are considered a thing of the past, and it is all about the new content.

Watching the live stream as it occurs also generally provides codes you can pop into the game for free stuff. Sure, you can add these codes later, but that’s not as much fun as being there when they actually drop. So let’s make sure that you don’t miss out.

Genshin Impact 5.8 livestream: How to watch it

The event is, as usual, going to be broadcast live on both YouTube and Twitch via the official Genshin channels. Choose your poison and make sure you are there for the start.

Genshin Impact 5.8 livestream: start times around the world

The simple way to tell you when it is is to say that the 5.8 live stream starts at UTC-4 on July 18th, wherever you are, but that leaves you to work it out for yourself, so here’s a handy list of show times for some of the major time zones around the globe.

What’s new in Genshin Impact 5.8?

Besides the aforementioned codes that this live stream will bring with it, Genshin Impact’s Grand Summer Event is a big thing. We are getting our first-ever Genshin character from the Nod-Krai region – Ineffa (Electro).

Rumors abound that we may also finally get to explore the long-fabled region of Mare Jivari, but this is unconfirmed at this point in time.

Speaking of time, it also looks as though players are getting a new Time Skip feature finally that will allow them to, er, skip time and jump directly to the point a quest starts as well as its objective. Who needs that pesky waiting? It is so last year.

When is Genshin Impact 5.8 released?

Once the live stream is done and dusted, you only need to wait until July 30th for Genshin Impact 5.8 to drop.

This will be the last version of the game before it moves into version 6 – exciting times. Hopefully, we may get a teaser towards the end of the live stream to whet our appetites for that later in the year.