Genshin Impact 2.7 Update and Livestream Are Officially Delayed

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After anticipating the announcement for the Genshin Impact 2.7 livestream, fans have been officially informed that both the update and the preview will be postponed. Many players saw this coming, considering one of the 2.6 events, Spices From the West, was canceled. Instead, the Spices From the West event will be replaced with Marvelous Merchandise. There were further hints at a possible delay because the Genshin Impact Marvelous Merchandise event exceeds the duration of2.6, ending on May 13 while version 2.6 was supposed to end on May 10.

Usually, fans would enjoy a new Genshin Impact version every six weeks, and for the first time in over a year, HoYoverse failed to maintain this strict update schedule. The previous 2.6 update was a rather large one, where a new area, The Chasm, was released. Meanwhile, for Genshin Impact 2.7, players were expecting the release of Yelan and Kuki Shinobu on the Genshin Impact character banners. Yelan hails from Liyue and will be a new Hydro character, while Kuki comes from Inazuma and manipulates the Electro Element.

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While there is not much information on why Genshin Impact 2.7 will be delayed, fans are theorizing that it is possibly the result of the COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai. The city has been going through quarantine for almost a month now, following a surge of infection in the area.

Of course, fans are only speculating about the reason for the 2.6 delays. China is the developer's home country, so until HoYoverse responds to this theory, this is currently the most plausible reason. There is still no exact date for both the Genshin Impact 2.7 update and livestream, but HoYoverse has promised the fans that it will