With Genshin Impact, Honkai Impact 3rd studio Hoyoverse managed to spin its gacha playbook into a free-to-play RPG with a premium feel, and now another Chinese giant is seemingly trying to do the same. Arknights: Endfield is a new "strategic" open-world action RPG based on the tower defense hit of the same name, and with a PS5 release now confirmed alongside PC, it's following Genshin's footsteps almost to the letter.
Arknights: Endfield was announced last year, but developer Hypergryph has been pretty quiet ever since, only putting out brief, but promising, gameplay snippets every now and then. But as noted in our roundup of everything announced at The Game Awards 2023, its latest announcement was a doozy: it's coming to PS5, and technical test signups are now open. It remains to be seen whether Xbox gets a piece of the pie after regretting missing out on Genshin.
