Singapore, May 29, 2023 - Global interactive entertainment brand HoYoverse today announced that its popular video game title Genshin Impact will launch the first international Genius Invokation TCG Tournament series, "Astra Carnival: The Prince Cup" in the latter half of 2023. Players from multiple nations and regions across the globe are welcome to join a fun and competitive journey in six regional championships and a number of invitational tournaments, and share the prize pool of over 270,000 US Dollars.
Genshin Impact is a free-to-play open-world adventure RPG that brings players to the visually stunning world of Teyvat. Ever since its first release in September 2020, the game has continued to expand with new landscapes, stories, events, characters, and gameplay. Last December, Genshin Impact introduced Genius Invokation TCG, a card game that combines the fun of its element-based combat system with strategy development, allowing players to compete with NPCs or against each other with their collection of cards. With the most recent Version 3.7 update last week, developers further enriched Genius Invokation TCG's gameplay by adding over 60 new cards and two game modes.
Earlier this year, Genshin Impact authorized the Genshin Impact Tavern community to launch the first season of "Cat's Tail Gathering" GITCG Tournament, a community tournament system on Discord. Adding to the excitement, the "Astra Carnival: The Prince Cup" was announced today as an advanced tournament to bring together talented players from different areas and provide fun for its community. Currently, the Prince Cup consists of two parts: six regional tournaments happening between June to September, plus three cross-regional invitationals in June, August, and December.
In each regional, top candidates from the "Cat's Tail Gathering" community tournaments and wildcard competitions will compete for the regional championship, and players who advance to the quarter-finals will compete on-site, with the live broadcast on the official AstraCarnival Twitter, YouTube, Twitch and TikTok channel. Top regional candidates as well as top community tournament candidates may also get invited to the invitationals and take part in exhibition games for the international audience.
Besides, fans, gamers, and interested third parties may now register their own non-official Genius Invokation TCG tournament and get support and guidance from HoYoverse. For more information, please find Genshin Impact Non-Official Tournament Collaboration Rules (https://act.hoyoverse.com/ys/event/astracarnival/index.html?lang=en-us#/newsDetail/111658).
As the first international tournament series of Genshin Impact, "Astra Carnival: The Prince Cup" aims to provide bigger stages for talented players and diverse fun for fans and gamers in and outside the game. Regionals in Korea, Europe, and North America will kick off first, with wildcard competition sign-ups open today. For more details about rules and registration, please check out the official tournament website (https://act.hoyoverse.com/ys/event/astracarnival/index.html). For further updates, please follow @AstraCarnival on Twitter, YouTube, Twitch, and @astra_carnival on TikTok.
About Genshin Impact:
Created by HoYoverse, Genshin Impact is a free-to-play open-world adventure RPG that brings players to the visually stunning world of Teyvat. The player takes on the role of the mysterious "Traveler," who sets off on a journey to discover the fate of their lost sibling. During their adventures, players will explore various regions with unique cultures and landscapes, meet a diverse cast of characters, master the art of element-based combat, and delve deeper into the mysteries of the fantasy world. With the cross-progression function, players can now continue their adventure across PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, PC, Android, and iOS.
About HoYoverse:
At HoYoverse, we are committed to creating immersive virtual world experiences for players around the world. We have brought fans popular games including Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail, Honkai Impact 3rd, Tears of Themis, and the yet-to-be-released Zenless Zone Zero, as well as a wide range of entertainment content including the virtual character Lumi and N0va Desktop, anime, manga, light novels, and music. Adhering to our mission of Tech Otakus Save the World, we have been committed to exploring cutting-edge technologies, and we have accumulated leading technical capabilities in cartoon rendering, artificial intelligence, cloud gaming, and other fields. In the future, we will continue to expand our content production, technology research, and publishing duties through operations in offices in Montreal, Los Angeles, Singapore, Tokyo, Seoul and other areas.
