Kuro Games has invested in a startup founded by a former miHoYo Honkai: Star Rail technical lead — the startup's current project is a shooting game. The moment this news hit NGA, veteran forum-goers went absolutely wild.
Source: Jinghe (Competitive Nucleus)
According to Jinghe's report, the former Star Rail technical lead who left miHoYo is named Yu Yang, and he holds the largest share in the new company. Many commenters were quick to point out that the article never actually named the guy — "Doesn't the former lead even deserve to have his name mentioned?" A reply helpfully clarified: "It's Yu Yang — he's in the infographic, the one with the most shares."
Netizens also dug up a juicy piece of backstory: a Bilibili content creator known as "Anshang" had previously spotted Kuro Games CEO Li Songlun walking out of the building where the Star Rail team is based in Shanghai, a sighting that had already sparked speculation at the time. Now, with the investment news dropping, the timeline has been re-examined — users pointed out that Yu Yang's departure in the first half of the year and Li Songlun's appearance at miHoYo's HQ likely correspond to the same event.
"What a coincidence, you two are made for each other" — this captioned image comment became so iconic that it was referenced multiple times, with the original poster even hiding their own duplicate post to "avoid clogging the thread."
But amid the hype, the viability of the shooter genre itself became a hot topic. "Every mode in the shooter market has already been carved up — is there really still room for a new entrant?" someone asked bluntly. Another added: "I'm not trying to stir trouble, but making a shooter in this day and age is already a massive challenge, right? Or is it PvE instead of PvP?"
More skeptics brought up past precedent: quite a few ex-miHoYo employees have launched their own ventures, but very few have actually carved out a place in the industry. "I remember one who left to make an indie game with decent art style — I don't even know if it ever launched."
The optics issue also came up. "With both a miHoYo departure and Kuro investment as backstory, and Chen Zhiyi being the only one who's pulled something like this off — won't the 'miHoYo fans' absolutely destroy them?" players worried, referencing the perception this combo might have among miHoYo's loyal fanbase.
A parallel tangent sparked its own debate: someone shared screenshots of what appeared to be Kuro's in-development game, questioning "Is this really the quality a thousand-person studio puts out?" Others fired back: "Is a thousand people even that many? Honor of Kings: World had a 3,000-person team and still delivered a steaming pile" — steering the conversation into broader industry territory.
Others couldn't help but roast the headline's readability: "I had to read the title multiple times to figure out how to parse it" and "Can Chinese really be combined like this?" — apparently the triple nesting of Kuro × ex-miHoYo employee × shooter game is quite the reading comprehension test.
As of now, Kuro Games has not issued any official response. Whether this "miHoYo-Kuro hidden thread" is just routine industry investment or something with more layers remains to be seen.
"Kuro fans stealing things confirmed" — this sarcastic closing remark is perhaps the most quintessentially NGA way to wrap things up.
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