Genshin Impact Version 5.8 ‘Sunspray Summer Resort’ Special Program Announced for July 18

HoYoverse announced the Genshin Impact Version 5.8 “Sunspray Summer Resort” Special Program livestream will be held on July 18. The upcoming livestream will reveal all the new information Genshin Impact players need to know about the Version 5.8 update, such as new events and playable characters.

The Genshin Impact Version 5.8 Special Program livestream will air on July 18 at 8:00 a.m. EDT (UTC-4). This program will reveal all the new story content, playable characters, and in-game events in Version 5.8. Fans may tune into the livestream on the official Genshin Impact Twitch channel and official YouTube channel. 

Here are the exact start times for the live stream in western time zones:

• Pacific Daylight Time: 5:00 a.m. PDT
• Mountain Daylight Time: 6:00 a.m. MDT
• Central Daylight Time: 7:00 a.m. CDT
• Eastern Daylight Time: 8:00 a.m. EDT
• Greenwich Mean Time: 12:00 p.m. GMT

Promo codes containing Primogems and other items will be distributed during the Genshin Impact Version 5.8 Special Program as well. These promo codes usually expire shortly after the broadcast concludes. In this case, the codes will likely expire on July 19 at around 12:00 a.m. EDT (UTC-4). Players may redeem these codes within the game or by heading to HoYoverse’s official gift site. Once logged in, select the server, select the character linked to a HoYoverse account, and copy and paste the code to redeem those rewards.

Lastly, Genshin Impact is available now for Android, iOS, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Windows and Epic Games Store. A Nintendo Switch version is currently in development, but a release date has not been announced yet.