The Official Genshin Impact Twitter Has Started Following NFT Accounts

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The open-world action RPG Genshin Impact offers gamers a magical experience in the otherworldly land of Teyvat, where cats can talk and godlike beings walk disguised as men. However, it appears that the company behind Genshin Impact, miHoYo, has more earthly concerns. Recently, fans of Genshin Impact noted that the game's verified Twitter account had followed NFT two accounts without warning.

Non-fungible tokens, shortened to NFTs, refers to a process where virtual items including artwork or in-game items are attached to a one-of-a-kind digital signature. While the art can be copy/pasted or otherwise re-used by others, only the owner has the digital signature, which lends it a sense of scarcity and value. However, as industry personnel like Troy Baker have discovered, NFTs are a highly controversial subject in the gaming world.

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Redditor lugiaop recently shared a screenshot drawing attention to the fact that the verified Genshin Impact Twitter account had decided to follow two NFT accounts. This is interesting because as of writing, the Genshin Impact account is only following eight accounts in total, and the other six are all affiliated with miHoYo's gaming catalog. As Genshin Impact is already a gacha game, it's possible that the developers are considering adding NFTs to the game's existing random draw systems.

The verified Genshin Impact account is now following the ZombieClub and 2426C NFT accounts. At the moment, it's unclear why this decision was made or if it was even intentional. The current focus on NFTs in the gaming industry could imply that Genshin Impact is planning to get in on the action, but this decision could also be the result of someone running the official