Celestia Sokuho, a Japanese aggregator news blog dedicated to Honkai: Star Rail, issued a statement on June 14, apologizing for handling and spreading unreleased information and leaks of the game. The website was made private following the announcement, and it appears that all of the related leaked content has been removed as well.
In its statement, Celestia Sokuho apologized directly to COGNOSPHERE, also known under the trade name HoYoverse, acknowledging that it had “not only breached the company’s Terms of Use, but also disturbed the future promotion plans and the great effort the production team had poured into the game, as well as hindered the healthy development of the fan community.” While the reason behind the Celestia Sokuho’s shutdown hasn’t been officially confirmed, it is presumed that HoYoverse itself took legal action against the website, demanding a public apology and the removal of leaked information.
Regarding its future, Celestia Sokuho has pledged to completely remove all of the past leaks, and to refrain from further obtaining, publishing or spreading of HoYoverse’s unreleased content. It is currently unclear whether Celestia Sokuho will be relaunching, but considering its social media accounts are scheduled to be deleted soon, this can be viewed as a de-facto shutdown.
HoYoverse is known for taking strict measures against leakers, but considering the recent crackdown on individuals and media outlets who participated in spreading the unreleased content, it seems like it won’t be drawing the line at just the ones who directly obtained and leaked it.
In a recent case, miHoYo sued three Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail leakers who ran HomDGCat Wiki, leading to their arrest and the shutdown of the website. Furthermore, the company sued another blogger for approximately $70k USD for “continuously disseminating unpublished information” about the same titles. In June 2025, HoYoverse sued a California man for livestreaming Honkai: Star Rail via Discord and leaking a new character months before its scheduled release, demanding over $150k USD in damages (source: Game File).
On the whole, during last year, the company cooperated with police in 22 criminal investigations, and initiated lawsuits against 2,388 individuals.
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