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Honkai: Star Rail, the sci-fi themed gacha RPG from Genshin Impact developer miHoYo, looks very much poised to be the next big thing: over eight million fans have pre-registered to play the game, more than a month before its official smartphone release date. It should be noted that pre-registration is free and there’s definitely incentive to do so: the Chinese developer’s giving away one free four-star character and 20 Star Rail Passes, which are the tickets used to pull more heroes, to everyone who does.