There is great expectation around Honkai: Star Railthe next game from the creators of Genshin Impact for obvious reasons. Although it is not available yet, it has been downloaded so many times that China thought it was a fraud.
At the time of writing, we are a few minutes away from the official global launch of the game and it has just emerged that the game has had problems due to its millions of downloads in China.
According to a report on the Chinese platform bilibili, Honkai: Star Rail it became the most downloaded game in 140 countries and there came a point where the App Store wouldn’t let users pre-download it apparently because there were too many trying to do it at the same time.
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China thought that Honkai: Star Rail it was scam
As if that were not enough, it is reported that minutes after downloading, users received messages from the China Anti-Fraud Center warning them that they had downloaded fraudulent software and asking them to uninstall it immediately. Some users report that the alarms were triggered mainly in the Guangdong province.
There was no shortage of users who speculated as to whether it was Tencent who flagged the multiple downloads hinting at the possibility of possible fraud. Let’s remember that Tencent is a company that dominates the video game scene in China and other eastern regions and, therefore, competition from HoYoverse.
However, this is not official and honestly it sounds unlikely. The only thing that is known is that there were users who were notified that Honkai: Star Rail it could be a scam.
Honkai: Star Rail will be available on April 25 at 8:00 PM (Mexico City time).
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Honkai: Star Rail will debut on April 25 on PC (via official client and Epic Games Store) and mobile devices. The PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 version is in development, with no scheduled release date yet. You can find more news related to him if you visit this page.
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