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Stelle (the female Trailblazer) and her pet tuskpir approach a Living Flame of Georios on a balcony overlooking the abyss of Amphoreus in Honkai: Star Rail.

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Pot Head | Honkai: Star Rail Living Flame of Georios locations

Where to find Living Flames of Georios in Okhema in HSR, and how to fulfill their wishes in exchange for their rewards.

Jan. 22, 2025 Rebecca Jones

Stelle (the female Trailblazer) and her pet tuskpir stand in front of a gold-and-purple glowing goat skull in the corner of an Amphoreus bathhouse in Honkai: Star Rail 3.0.

Guide

Goat Cheese | Honkai: Star Rail Golden Scapegoat solutions

How to solve the Golden Scapegoat puzzles on Amphoreus in HSR, along with full solutions.

Jan. 22, 2025 Rebecca Jones

Honkai Star Rail character Kafka looking at her phone with a large Stellar Jade in the background.

Guide

Honkai Star Rail codes

Get free Stellar Jades here!

Jan. 22, 2025 Dion Dassanayake

Billy, Anby and Nicole, three Zenless Zone Zero characters, on a pink background

Guide

Seeing In Polychrome | Zenless Zone Zero codes

Claim free Polychrome and more using our list of ZZZ codes, checked and updated regularly.

Jan. 22, 2025 Rebecca Jones

Honkai Star Rail's Feixiao standing in a ray of sunlight, wearing a serious expression as she contemplates an unseen object offscreen

Guide

Honkai Star Rail Feixiao build and teams

Feixiao has plenty of viable picks for Light Cones and two strong Relic sets

Jan. 21, 2025 Josh Broadwell

Jade from Honkai Star Rail, with a large purple snake emerging from a dark background

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Honkai Star Rail Jade build and teams

The best Light Cones and Relics for Jade, and it won't even cost your soul

Jan. 21, 2025 Josh Broadwell

The male Trailblazer in Honkai Star Rail, sitting on a marble step and holding a pen with colors swirling around it. Mem, a pink, rabbit-like creature, sits next to him

Guide

Honkai Star Rail Remembrance Trailblazer build and teams

How to get the best out of HSR's new Trailblazer form

Jan. 18, 2025 Josh Broadwell

Guide

Trouble Brewing | Honkai: Star Rail 3.0 - Aglaea interrogation answers

How to avoid execution in Amphoreus during the "Distant Travelers, Listen to this World's Prayer" trailblaze mission.

Jan. 17, 2025 Rebecca Jones

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Better Meta | Honkai Star Rail 3.0 review: Horrible history and smart battle changes make this the strongest HSR update yet

A more thoughtful story and a fair new meta give HSR 3.0 a strong identity

Jan. 15, 2025 Josh Broadwell

The Herta from Honkai Star Rail, blowing a kiss to the camera

Guide

Honkai Star Rail The Herta build and teams

Light Cones and Relics only a genius could come up with

Jan. 15, 2025 Josh Broadwell

Artwork showing anime characters from mobile game Tears of Themis.

Guide

Tears of Themis codes

Who's your favourite husbando?

Jan. 11, 2025 Dion Dassanayake

Guide

Honkai Impact codes

Even Valkyries like freebies

Jan. 7, 2025 Holly Alice

Aglaea in HSR, a tall woman in a toga-like dress with bobbed blonde hair, raising a golden bauble to the sun, surrounded by dressmaker's dummies raising their hands to her

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HSR 3.0’s banners feature The Herta, Aglaea, and six big reruns, so uh, hope you haven’t spent any Stellar Jade for the last six months I guess

So many 5-stars in so short a time

Jan. 2, 2025 Josh Broadwell

Honkai Star Rail press image with protagonist in pink light

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Season's Greekings | Honkai Star Rail kicks off the new year with a release date reveal for version 3.0

Alongside this, a new cinematic OP trailer that swings past all the new characters.

Jan. 2, 2025 Connor Makar

An image made up of three different light cones in Honkai Star Rail

Guide

Honkai Star Rail Light Cones Tier List: Best Light Cones in Version 2.7

Make sure your party is powered by the best Light Cones.

Dec. 20, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

Image showing Honkai Star Rail characters like March 7th posing by the Astral Express.

Guide

Honkai Star Rail Tier List: Best Characters in HSR 2.7

All 5 star and 4 star characters ranked.

Dec. 20, 2024 Dion Dassanayake

S Rank Agent, Koleda, is shown in her character trailer for Zenless Zone Zero

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Start Again | Zenless Zone Zero devs speak on huge version 1.4 changes, where the game stands among the HoYoverse catalogue, and being a dev team 'who actually listens'

What sort of mindset does the Zenless team has towards big changes?

Dec. 19, 2024 Connor Makar

News

Horny Bat | Zenless Zone Zero saves gooner Christmas by fixing bug that prevented pervy camera angles

The online community freaked out a bit before it knew this was an unintended change.

Dec. 19, 2024 Connor Makar

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ZZZ's Harumasa, an anime man with straight black hair down to the middle of his face, held back with a yellow headband

Guide

ZZZ Harumasa build and teams

How to get the most from ZZZ's free, limited S-rank Agent

Dec. 19, 2024 Josh Broadwell

Hoshimi Miyabi from Zenless Zone Zero, standing in front of a division banner while her cloak flies in the wind

Guide

ZZZ Miyabi build and teams

The right kit and kith for Section 6's best

Dec. 18, 2024 Josh Broadwell

Honkai Star Rail Tingyun build: An anime girl with a red onesie and brown fox ears is lying amidst a cluster of lanterns and other objects

Guide

Like a Fox | Best Honkai Star Rail Tingyun Build, Relics, and Light Cone

Support is the best offense!

Dec. 16, 2024 Josh Broadwell

Clara's utlimate art work in Honkai Star Rail

Guide

Best Honkai Star Rail Clara Build, Relics, and Light Cone

Small but mighty, with the help of Svarog.

Dec. 16, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

Bronya using her ultimate in Honkai Star Rail

Guide

Best Honkai Star Rail Bronya Build, Relics, and Light Cone

Here's some of the best gear for Honkai Star Rail's best offensive support.

Dec. 16, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

Honkai Star Rail Gepard build: An anime man in white armor, with short blonde hair and a large black case in his right hand, is standing on a flight of ice-covered stairs

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Stone cold | Best Honkai Star Rail Gepard Build, Light Cones, and Relics

The best offense is defense or whatever they say.

Dec. 16, 2024 Josh Broadwell

Honkai Star Rail's Jiaoqiu performing his signature skill and applying Ashen Roast

Guide

Best Honkai Star Rail Jiaoqiu Build: Light Cone, Relics, and Teams

The right build to make Jiaoqiu serve in Honkai Star Rail.

Dec. 16, 2024 Josh Broadwell

Aventurine's banner art from Honkai Star Rail, featuring him sitting in a red plush chair surrounded by gold coins

Guide

Best Honkai Star Rail Aventurine Build: Light Cone, Relics, and Teams

Here are the best Light Cones and Relics for Aventurine in Honkai Star Rail.

Dec. 13, 2024 Josh Broadwell

Firefly and Stelle face Argenti on the final Audition Plaza stage in Penacony.

Guide

SAM | Best Honkai Star Rail Firefly Build, Light Cones, and Relics

Here’s how to make the most of your Firefly build in Honkai Star Rail.

Dec. 13, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

Gallagher can be seen standing in front of the camera in Penacony in Honkai Star Rail

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Bloodhound | Best Honkai Star Rail Gallagher Build, Light Cone, and Relics

Here’s one of the best Gallagher builds in Honkai Star Rail, to help you make the most of the mixologist’s kit.

Dec. 13, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

Honkai Star Rail Dr Ratio build: An anime man with mid-length blue hair is sitting in a white ceramic bathtub. Bubbles float around him, and he holds an open book in his right hand

Guide

L + Dr Ratio | Best Honkai Star Rail Dr Ratio Build, Light Cones, and Relics

Here's everything you need to build Dr Ratio in Honkai Star Rail.

Dec. 12, 2024 Josh Broadwell

Guide

Best Honkai Star Rail Boothill Build, Light Cone, and Relics

The best Light Cones and Relics for the straight-shootin' ranger

Dec. 12, 2024 Josh Broadwell

Ruan Mei can be seen in Honkai Star Rail

Guide

Best Honkai Star Rail Ruan Mei Build, Light Cone, and Relics

Here’s everything you need for the best Ruan Mei build in Honkai Star Rail.

Dec. 12, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

Honkai Star Rail Yanqing build: An anime man with long blonde hair, wearing a dark blue coat with tight white trousers and ankle boots, is riding on a wave of icy blades

Guide

Best Honkai Star Rail Yanqing Build, Light Cone, and Relics

Yanqing plays a critical role on any team in Honkai Star Rail.

Dec. 11, 2024 Josh Broadwell

Acheron from Honkai Star Rail, holding a red parasol as a wave of black and white mist overtakes her

Guide

Best Honkai Star Rail Acheron Build: Light Cone, Relics and Teams

Here are the Light Cones and Relics needed to make the most of Acheron in Honkai Star Rail.

Dec. 11, 2024 Josh Broadwell

Honkai Star Rail's Acheron leaning over under bright golden lights

Guide

Power of Nil | Honkai Star Rail Acheron Kit and Traces Priority

Our Honkai Star Rail Acheron kit guide breaks down how each ability works and which of Acheron’s Traces you should focus on first.

Dec. 11, 2024 Josh Broadwell

Honkai Star Rail Black Swan build: Star Rail's Black Swan sits top a TV set displaying a large, malignant-looking purple eye

Guide

Future Proof | Best Honkai Star Rail Black Swan Build, Light Cone, and Relics

A good Black Swan build only needs to prioritize a few stats in Honkai Star Rail.

Dec. 11, 2024 Josh Broadwell

Honkai Star Rail Black Swan teams: Star Rail's Black Swan holds a tarot card between her left index finger and thumb and shows the card back to the camera

Guide

Time Worsens Wounds | Honkai Star Rail Black Swan Teams

Black Swan teams look a bit different than you might be used to.

Dec. 11, 2024 Josh Broadwell

Honkai Star Rail Black Swan materials: Star Rail's Black Swan moves her face close to the camera, with her right hand covering her cheeks under her right eye

Guide

Honkai Star Rail Black Swan Materials List

Black Swan materials include common Nihility items and some common mats from easy enemies.

Dec. 11, 2024 Josh Broadwell

Honkai Star Rail Jing Yuan build: An anime man wearing scarlet trousers and white chest armor is seated on tiled floor near a chess board. A large white lion is at his left side

Guide

Checkmate | Best Honkai Star Rail Jing Yuan Build, Light Cones, and Relics

Jing Yuan is a mighty warrior and one of the strongest AoE fighters.

Dec. 11, 2024 Josh Broadwell

The Harmony Trailblazer can be seen tilting their hat towards an enemy in Honkai Star Rail

Guide

Best Honkai Star Rail Harmony Trailblazer Build

Here's how to make the most of the Harmony Trailblazer in your Honkai Star Rail break teams.

Dec. 10, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

Honkai Star Rail Blade build: An anime man with long green hair is standing with his eyes closed and a red sword, glowing with an ominous light, held vertically in front of his face.

Guide

Double Edgelord | Best Honkai Star Rail Blade Build, Light Cone, and Relics

The best Honkai Star Rail Blade build balances HP, attack, and crit. rate to give your party a powerful multi-target Destruction fighter.

Dec. 10, 2024 Josh Broadwell

Honkai Star Rail Sampo build: An anime man with rakish purple hair, a crimson waistcoat, and purple jeans is suspended in midair, holding a long, jagged blade in his right hand. His expression is one of devious pleasure

Guide

Best Honkai Star Rail Sampo Build, Light Cone, and Relics

He's just havin' fun! Here's how to build Sampo in Honkai Star Rail.

Dec. 9, 2024 Josh Broadwell

Miyabi from Zenless Zone Zero, with one hand on her sword sheathe as she observes the spirit of her blade floating alongside her

Guide

ZZZ 1.4 banners drag Miyabi and Harumasa onto the stage, and you can get Harumasa for free, too

Miyabi joins ZZZ's roster at last, and you can get another strong S-rank for free

Dec. 6, 2024 Josh Broadwell

Miyabi from Zenless Zone Zero, leaving a Hollow with her sword spirit - a blow glowing orb of fire - floating over her right shoulder

Guide

ZZZ 1.4 livestream times and where to watch

Section 6 takes the spotlight in ZZZ 1.4

Dec. 5, 2024 Josh Broadwell

Honkai Star Rail's Sunday sitting at a grand piano with his eyes closed as a spotlight illuminates him and only him in a room full of shadows

Guide

Honkai Star Rail Sunday build and teams

Put on Sunday's best to make this support unit shine

Dec. 3, 2024 Josh Broadwell

Sunday from Honkai Star Rail, raising his hands to the heavens to receive a divine blessing

Guide

HSR best support: Should you use Sunday, Bronya, or Sparkle?

In a field crowded with supports, there's not a clear winner

Dec. 3, 2024 Josh Broadwell

Lighter from ZZZ, a tall anime man with messy green hair, wearing a leather jacket and red scarf. He's twirling an ignited lighter in his left hand

Guide

Five Punch Man | ZZZ Lighter build and teams

How to get the most from ZZZ's punch-happy Stun Agent

Nov. 28, 2024 Josh Broadwell

Robin from Honkai Star Rail, standing on the hands of a giant mechanical god-slash-conductor as a rain of golden feathers flutters around her

Guide

The Honkai Star Rail 2.7 release date is coming up fast, bringing a free 5-star character and a new home decorating mode

In which the Trailblazer finally gets their own room

Nov. 23, 2024 Josh Broadwell

Sunday from Honkai Star Rail, with his hands bound together by mysterious purple light as his godly feathered wings fan out behind him

Guide

On the Eighth Day | Honkai Star Rail 2.7 banners shine the spotlight on your dead friend Fugue and your old enemy Sunday

Honkai Star Rail 2.7 adds two hotly anticipated characters and gives Firefly a rerun

Nov. 22, 2024 Josh Broadwell

Aglaea's banner art from Honkai Star Rail, featuring a white anime woman with short blonde hair in a toga-style dress, attended by three sentient dressmaker's dummies

News

Don't forget it | HoYoverse teases Honkai Star Rail 3.0 characters, and oh by the way, Remembrance is a new playable path

How's that for character drip marketing

Nov. 20, 2024 Josh Broadwell

Guide

NO MONEY, NO PROBLEM | The best free-to-play games to try in 2025

Here are some good games for you to play without the need to splash the cash.

Oct. 22, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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