With the release of Version 1.4 of Zenless Zone Zero, the game has found itself in a sort of soft re-launch. Big changes, overhauled features, massive adjustments to combat and story missions. It's a new era for the game, one that clearly hopes to both improve the experience for loyal fans and win back those who bounced off it.
]]>With the release of Version 1.4 of Zenless Zone Zero, a huge selection of major additions and minor tweaks and fixes were rolled out to a community of thirsty players. However, it's this thirst that's caused a bit of a backlash over the past few days, as the update brought with it a semi-block to certain camera angles that allowed players to get 'up-close shots' of their player avatar.
]]>Getting your ZZZ Harumasa build together is easy and potentially free, just like Harumasa himself, as his kit means you get most of the stats he needs without a special W-Engine. Harumasa works effectively on free teams as well, and his bonus ability frees you up to experiment with more than just the usual electric or Section 6 characters. He even works well on a completely free team.
]]>Putting together a strong ZZZ Miyabi build might seem daunting if you don’t get her signature W-Engine, but unlike Yanagi, Miyabi’s a lot more flexible. Not only can she make good use of other S-rank engines. She can even sweep teh field with an F2P Anomaly engine. That said, you do need to invest heavily in Anomaly Mastery to help her reach her full potential, so plan on plenty of Disc grinding.
]]>HoYoverse announced the ZZZ 1.4 banners during the version 1.4 livestream, and while there weren’t any surprises, there was a welcome confirmation. Anyone who logs in during ZZZ 1.4 can grab a free S-rank character, as HoYoverse did with Dr Ratio in Honkai Star Rail, and you’ll even get the materials necessary for ranking him up to level 40. That means not having to spend hundreds of energy charges just to get the necessary level-up materials, and you can save on talent chips too.
]]>The ZZZ 1.4 livestream is coming up fast, as HoYoverse gets ready to show off the next chapter in its punk saga. Hoshimi Miyabi makes her long-awaited debut, and we may even get some news about that longstanding rumor of a free 5-star character in the next update – though if it’s like HSR’s Dr Ratio, that might have to wait until The Game Awards.
]]>Lighter punches things, so a good ZZZ Lighter build just needs to make the most of those punches. Despite a high stat ceiling to get his best buffs for the party, Lighter’s stat and W-Engine requirements are comparatively tame. He’s an excellent Stun support member for any team that needs one and doubly so if that team has a Fire or Ice main DPS.
]]>Zenless Zone Zero is gettings its much-awaited 1.2 update later this month, which is promising to bring a variety of new and exciting content to the game. But, revealed earlier today through a lenghty "face-to-face" video, the team has also announced that it's bringing out of the best quality of life features from Honkai Star Rail to the game, among other nice tweaks.
]]>In case you're not in the know, Zenless Zone Zero is due its next big content update that's taking us to the Outer Rim. To celebrate, HoYoVerse has released a slick new cinematic to mark the event. It features the entire Sons of Calydon gang in all their glory, as well as a shower scene to cap it all off. Obviously.
]]>A good Zenless Zone Zero Qingyi build is easy to put together thanks to Qingyi’s versatile kit that works with several easy-to-obtain W-Engines. She needs Impact, like most stun agents, but she’s also powerful enough to warrant keeping her on the field while your main DPS – ideally a burst damage dealer – is off-burst or on cooldown.
]]>Zenless Zone Zero is due some more characters in the Sons of Calydon faction right? If you agree, then you're in luck. HoYoverse has teased the introduction of not one, but two new additions to the biker gang. With this tease, you can expect them to land in the game within the coming months, after version 1.1 wraps up.
]]>I don't think we need to worry about Zenless Zone Zero, as it's taken home almost $100 million since launching a month ago, but that's definitely not MiHoYo's best.
]]>The right Zenless Zone Zero Zhu Yuan build is pretty easy to put together, even if you don’t have the S-rank Agent’s signature W-Engine. Zhu Yuan is a flexible burst damage dealer whose attacks power up when she uses assists, specials, and counters, which means you don’t even have to focus on energy regen to make her kit work well. That ease of use is a big bonus, especially considering the lack of viable party members in ZZZ’s launch version.
]]>Zenless Zone Zero maintains its iron-grip on the gacha genre and gaming industry as a whole, but while most players are at home having fun on their PCs or mobile phones, one player has taken it to another level. As posted on Reddit, user MiamiUkrainian has managed to get the game running on an old school CRT.
]]>The best Zenless Zone Zero Ben build turns one of the game's most awkward characters into a useful support unit who smashes and saves in equal measure. This free ZZZ character is the first - and only - defense Agent in ZZZ's launch version, and even though it seems like HoYoverse isn't quite sure what to do with him yet, any party can make good use of his kit.
]]>The live-service bubble has been bursting for a while. That much is clear. But with how long most triple-A (and even double-AA) video games take to make nowadays and how absurdly huge the possible wins are, it comes as no surprise it's taking a bit of time to partially retreat from a model that's grown increasingly risky in the last three years or so. This summer, a handful of free-to-play titles such as The First Descendant and Zenless Zone Zero are making a splash, but we're still looking at the same big issue.
]]>HoYoverse loves a game-within-a-game, especially if said mini-games subtly portray its characters gambling but that's cool and fun and has no possible problematic implications. Which is perhaps to be expected from a company whose games are monetised primarily via gachas, but Zenless Zone Zero's scratch cards are still an unusually blunt example of this phenomenon.
]]>The best Zenless Zone Zero Corin build turns a free ZZZ character into a frilly little powerhouse. Corin’s a bit slow and clunky compared to other characters, but leaning into her unique qualities and pairing her with the right Agents smoothes over her rough points and makes her much more useful.
]]>Like its predecessors from HoYoverse, Zenless Zone Zero features dozens — maybe even hundreds, eventually — of in-game achievements that net you some desirable gacha currencies when you ping them. And, just as with other HoYoverse games, the PlayStation 5 version of Zenless Zone Zero translates a select few of those achievements into the platform's signature Trophies, too.
]]>The right Zenless Zone Zero Lucy build turns the piggy support kid into a proper little fireball. Lucy is a unique support character in that her kit has some explosive damage potential, literally and metaphorically, and unlike Soukaku, her buffs work for everyone – not just Agents of a specific type.
]]>Zenless Zone Zero's Bangboos are essentially the fourth member of your combat squad, and although you can't directly control them most of the time, their skills can be every bit as useful as those of your human (or, well, humanoid) Agents. Bangboos look like anime-stylised bunny plushies and exist in-universe as robot helpers marketed for domestic and industrial use, but they're also used by ZZZ's Proxies as conveniently corruption-resistant exploration units to accompany raiding parties into the Hollows.
]]>Zenless Zone Zero has a roster of wacky and distinct characters for you to get to know and use in battle, and some of them definitely pack more of a punch than others. Take the fiery Koleda of Belobog Industries, for example, who is capable of quickly stunning enemies and dishing out lots of damage while doing so.
]]>Zenless Zone Zero has an array of distinct Agents, all hailing from different factions, with various attributes, and specific roles within a team. And while some of the best Agents - such as the star of ZZZ’s first premium banner, Ellen - are locked behind never-ending Signal Searches, you can get the A Rank demon that is Soukaku for free.
]]>A good Zenless Zone Zero Nicole build gives your party a competent – and free – support character who helps your strongest fighter shred even the toughest of foes. Nicole isn’t much for dealing damage herself, but she debuffs targets with her passive and groups mobs together so her teammates can slice through them with ease.
]]>Putting together your Zenless Zone Zero Billy build is, like the A-rank gunslinger himself, pretty straightforward. Billy has few needs and a simple kit that doesn’t get into the fancy combos and attack patterns that other attack Agents make use of, and while that means he might not be the best choice for long in ZZZ, he’s one of the best Agents to learn how the game works.
]]>Keen-eyed Zenless Zone Zero players might have noticed that their account features not only a friends list, but a log you can fill up with recent multiplayer encounters. And, given that ZZZ is pretty clearly a single-player game for the main part, you might be wondering just how you and your buddies can meet up in-game for a spot of co-op.
]]>Zenless Zone Zero is the latest gacha RPG from HoYoverse, a studio who've accumulated quite a stable of them by this point. While Zenless Zone Zero does a great job of standing on its own, HoYo have clearly anticipated that long-time fans might need a bit of incentive to get them to put down their other live service titles long enough to check this one out. Hence, the promise of 180 free pulls in Version 1.0.
]]>Zenless Zone Zero is the third game from gacha RPG specialists HoYoverse to receive a full English-language dub, and so far it's kept up the studio's tradition of featuring wall-to-wall solid voice performances. However, this time around HoYo only announced the full Japanese voice cast ahead of time, despite the game also being available at launch in Chinese, Korean, and English.
]]>Initial Zenless Zone Zero revenue figures are out, and it looks like HoYoverse' latest gacha release is raking in heaps of cash. According to App Magic - a website that tracks mobile game revenue - the game has made over $25 million not even a week since its launch.
]]>Cat girls, wolf boys, and even grizzly bears; Zenless Zone Zero has a very vibrant array of agents for you to unlock via its gacha system and play around with in battles against unruly Ethereals. The star of ZZZ’s first premium banner, though, is shark girl Ellen.
]]>Zenless Zone Zero has announced its first post-launch character: Seth! A member of the Criminal Investigation Special Response Team faction, we've yet to see what they can do in-action at the moment. Instead, this reveal has come with a bit of art and a voice actor announcement.
]]>Are you creatively minded? Do you have a basic idea of fashion sense, know what colours go together, or know how to properly shade a picture? If so, you might be in for a chance of winning some cash, courtesy of HoYoVerse and the Zenless Zone Zero Drip Fest.
]]>Zenless Zone Zero has been out for just under a week, and already we've seen numerous players take to training mode and try out various interesting routes for lush looking combos.
]]>Zenless Zone Zero is off to a very strong start, as it hasn't even been a week, but the game has managed to hit 50 million downloads globally.
]]>The best Zenless Zone Zero Anby build gives your team a strong daze fighter who’s easy to buff and fits into most situations. She’s one of Zenless Zone Zero’s free characters, and she even gets a free, useful weapon as part of the game’s tutorial. If you want to redeem your free S-rank on someone other than a Stun character, Anby’s a solid alternative to fill that slot and support whoever it is you do pick.
]]>If you love a bit of cheeky drama between game companies, a little bit of cross-corporate banter, then today is a good day! Alchemy Stars, a popular Level Infinite gacha game, has sent out an in-game mail that subtly points to some interesting comparisons to characters featured in HoYoVerse's Zenless Zone Zero.
]]>Gacha games like Zenless Zone Zero are the digital descendents of gachapon machines: you put money in, and hope that what you get in return is the thing you wanted, rather than a dud or something you've got a dozen copies of already. Your mileage may vary as to whether a gacha is the main attraction or a regrettable reality of modern game monetisation; but either way, sooner or later, chances are you're going to want a new character or weapon that only the gacha can provide.
]]>As a gacha game, Zenless Zone Zero plans to make its bank by releasing loads and loads of really good characters you'll be just itching to play as. But in order to describe ZZZ as free-to-play with a semi-clear conscience — and to sweeten you up so that you like the game enough to hopefully want to pay for it in the future — HoYoverse will be periodically loading your account up with free characters, especially during the all-important Version 1.0 launch period.
]]>Like most RPGs of its type, Zenless Zone Zero opens with a simple choice of playable character. While the focus in games monetised via gachas is very much on building up huge rosters of increasingly strong units, you do still need a nominal protagonist, after all, and that's what this decision is about. In many cases, it's a straightforward choice between a male and a female variant on the same main character.
]]>The release of Zenless Zone Zero means that more people than ever will be turning their attention to HoYoPlay, the combined launcher for all of HoYoverse's games on PC. HoYoPlay was initially introduced at the end of May and is being slowly phased in to replace the previous separate launchers for each game. It also marks the seeming end of HoYo's partnership with Epic — who included HoYo's last three PC releases on their storefront as an alternative means of getting into the games — which makes sense now that HoYoverse have come up with an in-house alternative. Indeed, ZZZ is the first game from the company to require HoYoPlay at launch on PC.
]]>Zenless Zone Zero is the latest free-to-play RPG from HoYoverse, and if there's one thing we know about F2P games, it's that their developers love to throw out codes — redeemable freebies to get you into the game in the hopes that you will, at some point, spend some of your own money to top up your currencies.
]]>Great news gamers, Zenless Zone Zero will have an uncapped frame rate. That means that you - yes you with the 4090, loads of LEDS, and no mortgage - can play this mobile game at the highest possible performance.
]]>In a crossover no one saw coming, senior developers from both Zenless Zone Zero and Street Fighter 6 have recently come together for a roundtable discussion about their games, game design philosophy, and perhaps most interestingly the thought process behind how to keep players invested in each title, while maintaining depth for hardcore players.
]]>Zenless Zone Zero is nearly here, which means keen players can pre-load the game right now on their chosen platform. Whether it's PC, mobile, or PS5, you can skip the launch-day queue and get all the files ready to go so that you can jump into the action the moment servers go live. If this sounds like something you're keen on, we've got a breakdown on how to pre-load Zenless Zone Zero on PS5, PC, and Mobile.
]]>I've made the mistake of underestimating HoYoverse games before. When Honkai: Star Rail launched last year, I approached it very much with the assumption that Genshin Impact had been lightning in a bottle — a one-off banger that I was happy to make the sole exception to the rule that I had no interest in F2P RPGs aimed at a mobile-first market — and that I'd cover HSR for a few weeks around launch and then quietly drop off once the initial surge of interest died down. More fool me, then, when it ended up becoming one of my favourite games of 2023, with around 200 hours on my account to date.
]]>HoYoVerse has announced that Zenless Zone Zero will be popping up in various cities across the world in the days following the game's launch on July 4. There are 15 cities listed in total, though exact locations for some have yet to be locked in.
]]>Zenless Zone Zero has finally had its release livestream announced, and it'll act as a mix between a launch celebration, a source for game info, and probably a thing that dishes out some rewards for those who watch it live. It'll be going live on streaming platforms on June 28.
]]>Like most live service titles, the gacha RPGs created by HoYoverse tend to run on FOMO. They encourage players to log in every single day by offering little daily rewards that can add up substantially over time, but also by putting out regular time-limited content that becomes unavailable forever if the player doesn't make sure to get around to a certain questline or event before it expires.
]]>Zenless Zone Zero may have drawn comparisons to Persona 5 thanks to its urban fantasy anime aesthetic, but producer Zhenyu Li has revealed that Digimon was a far bigger influence on his creative vision for his upcoming HoYoverse title than Atlus' blockbuster JRPG franchise.
]]>Zenless Zone Zero has just teased a collaboration with one of the greatest DJs of all-time, Tiesto, as well as notable duo Lucas & Steve. This came via a short cinematic released on social media, which displayed the artists in-engine. The current scope of this collaboration remains unclear, although it's absolutely music focused (surprise, surprise).
]]>Zhenyu Li, producer of the upcoming urban fantasy gacha RPG Zenless Zone Zero, has said he would eventually like to see his game released on "all platforms". The game is due to launch on July 4 for PC, PlayStation 5, and mobile devices.
]]>Zenless Zone Zero finally has a confirmed release date after many months of speculation and a few leaks and there. The game will be releasing on all platforms - PC, mobile, and PS5 - on July 4 worldwide.
]]>HoYoVerse has publically acknoledged Zenless Zone Zero concept art leaks that have been circulating the internet as of late. Rather than keep its cards close to the chest, the company has instead opted to pull back the curtain just a little bit by pointing out which portions of the leaks have made it into the full game, and teasing when we'll learn more about the tidbits we've seen.
]]>Fans of HoyoVerse's catalogue of video games are no strangers to blowing their money, such is the way with gacha games and the slot machine-esque montetization. But it turns out this particular fanbase of wallet emptiers recently clashed with an altogether different crew of likeminded broke boys - as Zenless Zone Zero wash briefly showcased during Apple's May product showcase.
]]>Zenless Zone Zero is one of the biggest free-to-play launches of 2024. The next game from Chinese gaming giant HoYoverse, the makers of Genshin Impact and Honkai Star Rail, was first announced back in May 2022.
]]>Zenless Zone Zero has opened up pre-registeration, and has already soared past 30 million sign ups as of writing. In fact, it has passed 32 million and is steadily rolling its way higher with no sign of stopping. As the next big game from the creators of Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail, it looks like there's a huge swell of interest in getting interested on day one.
]]>If you missed out on the previous Zenless Zone Zero beta test, developer miHoYo is holding another one.
]]>You can now sign-up to take part in the beta for the next game from the devs behind Genshin Impact, Zenless Zone Zero.
]]>Zenless Zone Zero has gotten yet another gameplay trailer, this time showing off the Perfect assist mechanic as well as some peaceful roaming around the urban environment. We've still not got a release date, sadly, but we did get a glimpse at some deadly drip from the games' producer.
]]>Zenless Zone Zero is a brand-new urban fantasy RPG from HoYoverse, where you control an eclectic cast of characters taking on Ethereal ghouls and high-tech troopers across the city of New Eridu. It’s flashy, 3rd-person action at home on mobile, PC, and PS5, creating an explosive light show as you pummel baddies to a pulp with over-the-top ultimate abilities and flurries of pounding basic attacks.
]]>The first beta test for Zenless Zone Zero is underway, and gameplay has started appearing online giving us a first proper look.
]]>Zenless Zone Zero, the next presumably hit-gacha game from the developers of Genshin Impact, has had its beta test confirmed for this August.
]]>The creators of Genshin Impact have revealed its latest game, Zenless Zone Zero, a ridiculously stylish roguelike with a modern setting.
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