New job openings from HoYoverse have recently surfaced online, revealing several ambitious pre-research game projects currently being explored by the company.
According to the listings, HoYoverse appears to be experimenting with a much wider range of genres and gameplay concepts beyond the anime-style RPG formula that helped establish the company globally through titles like Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail.
Among the projects mentioned are:
- a Life MMO focused on social roleplay
- a realistic shooter built with Unreal Engine 5
- a 3D MOBA project
- a fantasy sandbox multiplayer game
- and a large-scale action-adventure title featuring realistic fantasy environments and giant boss encounters
The discovery quickly attracted attention from players and industry observers, especially because several of the concepts represent major departures from HoYoverse’s traditional game design approach.
In addition to these newly referenced projects, previously rumored titles such as Varsapura, Petit Planet, and Honkai: Nexus Anima have once again become discussion topics within the community.
Each project appears to target a very different direction:
- Varsapura is rumored to feature an urban-style open-world setting
- Petit Planet is believed to focus on online life simulation systems
- while Honkai: Nexus Anima reportedly leans toward strategy and adventure gameplay within the Honkai universe
Although there is still no guarantee that every pre-research project will eventually become a fully released game, the job listings strongly suggest that HoYoverse is actively expanding its internal experimentation across multiple genres and technologies.
The mention of Unreal Engine 5 projects is particularly notable, since most existing HoYoverse titles currently rely on the Unity engine. This has led many fans to speculate that the company may be preparing for larger-scale technical evolution in future games, especially for projects requiring more realistic graphics or advanced environmental systems.
Many players also believe this broader experimentation reflects HoYoverse’s growing confidence as one of the largest global game companies, allowing the studio to take creative risks outside the standard live-service anime RPG market.
At the same time, the news has generated curiosity regarding how HoYoverse plans to balance these new genres while maintaining the storytelling, character design, and worldbuilding quality that became the company’s biggest strengths over the past few years.
With multiple large-scale concepts now appearing in recruitment materials, it is becoming increasingly clear that HoYoverse may be preparing one of its most ambitious expansion periods yet.
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