Zenless Zone Zero (PS5) News Articles
Wednesday27th Aug 2025
News Zenless Zone Zero Settles Down After an Action Packed Summer with Smaller PS5 Update
And breathe
The last Zenless Zone Zero update was a bit of a monster, with a new storyline, summer activities, and even an autochess minigame. Things are a little lighter in v2.2, which is scheduled to release on 4th September. We suppose the highlights are the two new characters: Seed and Orphie. The former is interesting because she travels...
Friday4th Jul 2025
News It's All Sunshine and Rainbows in ZZZ's Summer Update, Here's the New Redemption Code
Fun in the sun
Zenless Zone Zero’s slathering on the sunscreen and heading to the Waifei Peninsula’s coastal Fantasy Resort for a spot of fun in the sun this 17th July. The next update for the gargantuan gacha will include two new playable characters, a slew of beach-themed minigames – including surfing! – and much, much more. But first,...
Wednesday28th May 2025
News Here's How Zenless Zone Zero Is Making One of Its Most Popular Characters Much More Powerful
Power creep? Pah
Power creep is a big problem in gacha games. Here’s the issue the genre faces: fans spend liberally on the characters they like, investing time and money into assembling squads capable of clearing the most difficult content. Then new avatars come along, disrupting the meta and rendering those older heroes redundant. It’s a big...
Friday23rd May 2025
It's a big'un
Zenless Zone Zero’s colossal anniversary update will release on 6th June, and will bring with it a frightening array of new content. But before we delve into the dozens of new details, you may want to grab the latest redemption code before it expires on 25th May: ZZZANNIVERSARY Okay, where to even begin with this one? Perhaps...
Tuesday20th May 2025
News These Awful PS5, PS4 Shovelware Games Are Getting More and More Shameless
Keep digging
The PS Store has a pretty serious problem with shovelware — but you probably knew that already. Granted, you typically have to go beyond the front page of Sony's digital marketplace to find the rot, but if you spend just a few minutes scrolling through the latest discounts, it won't take you long to stumble across some truly...
News Zenless Zone Zero's Sequel Sized PS5 Update Will Be Revealed This Week
You're the Yixuan we want
Zenless Zone Zero’s first anniversary is upon us, and so is its epic v2.0 update. If you follow HoYoverse’s other games, then you’ll know this is shaping up to be a milestone patch for the free-to-play affair. All will be revealed at 7PM PT on 23rd May. Thanks to a roadmap stream earlier in the year, we already know...
Wednesday16th Apr 2025
News Zenless Zone Zero's Wise-Cracking Protagonists Get Affordable Statues
You've gotta have Phaethon
There are video game collectibles that basically break the bank, like the new hyper-realistic Stellar Blade models – and then there are actually affordable ones. Pop Up Parade has built its business around offering high quality figurines which the average consumer can actually afford, and it’s just opened pre-orders...
Friday11th Apr 2025
News PS5's Zenless Zone Zero Adds a Parasol Wielding Waifu, Here's the Latest Redemption Code
Hugo boss
Zenless Zone Zero is definitely treading water ahead of its massive v2.0 seasonal overhaul, so cut it some slack while it recycles some content in v1.7, which is launching on 23rd April. Before we get into all of the details, you’ll probably want to redeem the newest redemption code, which will expire on 13th April. It is as follows:...
Tuesday8th Apr 2025
News Zenless Zone Zero Planning a Sequel Sized Update for PS5 Fave's First Anniversary
Gacha get up-to-date
Zenless Zone Zero’s massive v2.0 update will be arriving just in time for the game’s first anniversary, and it looks set to shake up the gacha in an impressive way. As part of an epic info drop, HoYoverse has announced that the main storyline will take Phaethon to the Waifei Peniunsula – and yes, we can already see users...
Monday7th Apr 2025
News Zenless Zone Zero's PS5 Console Exclusivity Is Coming to an End
Zen there was none
Sony had dibs on HoYoverse’s hottest new urban action RPG Zenless Zone Zero, but the title’s period of PS5 console exclusivity is coming to an end. After originally teasing an Xbox release in what many interpreted as an April Fool’s Day joke, now the Chinese developer has announced a livestream where it’ll officially...
Tuesday18th Mar 2025
Random Everyone's Talking About Cats' Testicles in Zenless Zone Zero on PS5
Even they jiggle now, too
Zenless Zone Zero is notorious for its, shall we say, buoyant anatomy. In a recent update for the HoYoverse gacha, there was controversy when the developer made it more difficult to peek up characters’ skirts. That decision was quickly reversed. Now everyone’s talking about the mog’s bollocks – credit to
Thursday13th Mar 2025
News As War on AI Rages, Two Zenless Zone Zero Stars Say They Were Replaced Without Prior Notice
Recast and removed
Two actors from gargantuan HoYoverse gacha Zenless Zone Zero say they found out about their replacements when patch notes for the game dropped alongside its latest update this week. Soldier 11 star Emeri Chase and Lycaon actor Nicholas Thurkettle have had all of their voice lines removed from the game and re-recorded by new...
Friday28th Feb 2025
News Launch Day Character Anby Gets a Makeover in Mega Zenless Zone Zero PS5 Update
Anby go again
It’s hard to find a hook for the latest Zenless Zone Zero update, because in reality this is just more of a very, very fun gacha game. But we suppose the biggest story is that Anby, the burger loving launch day character who appears on the game’s PS5 game tile, is getting a makeover. The character will be upgraded to a 5-Star in...
Monday13th Jan 2025
News Zenless Zone Zero Maintains Momentum with Massive PS5 Update
Astranomical
The previous Zenless Zone Zero update, v1.4, was pitched as a kind of soft reboot for the hit gacha game – and it was an enormous success. In addition to reworking the opening chapters of the campaign, it also introduced an epic story quest, centring on hugely popular Agent Miyabi. Now the HoYoverse team, fresh from topping gacha...
Thursday19th Dec 2024
News Zenless Zone Zero Dev Fixes Fading Upskirts in Under 24 Hours
The gooners gonna be alright
A big new Zenless Zone Zero update is available today, but discussion is not being dominated by the free S-Rank agent or new storyline structure. Reddit is instead overrun by complaints that you can no longer peek at panties. <related ids="175658"> The official patch notes point out that “when viewed from...
Friday13th Dec 2024
News HoYoverse Teases What's Next for PS5 Gacha Hits Honkai: Star Rail, Zenless Zone Zero
Lots to look forward to
Two new trailers for PS5 gacha sensations Honkai: Star Rail and Zenless Zone Zero were released during The Game Awards, although for some reason Chinese juggernaut HoYoverse has failed to share the videos on its official channels. Nevertheless, we’ve sourced a couple of mirrors for you to watch. First up is a new look...
Wednesday11th Dec 2024
News Zenless Zone Zero's Next PS5 Update Transforms the Flow of the Game
And adds more events than you can imagine
We liked Zenless Zone Zero a lot when it launched in July, and we’ve stuck with it in the five or so months since. But HoYoverse said it was committed to fan feedback, and it wasn’t kidding – it’s effectively transformed the game in the five or so months since. <related ids="175658"> One...
Friday25th Oct 2024
News Gigantic Zenless Zone Zero PS5 Update Brings More Wallet-Busting Waifus, Tons of Events
Zzz not possible with these updates
In terms of content, we’ve never seen anything quite like Zenless Zone Zero. While the initial launch of Honkai: Star Rail was no slouch, developer HoYoverse is really putting in the overtime with its urban fantasy RPG, as there’s simply an insane amount of things to do in the upcoming v1.3, which will launch...
Friday13th Sep 2024
News Biker Babes and Minigames Front PS5 Favourite Zenless Zone Zero's New Update
The ride of your life
God, these Zenless Zone Zero updates are epic at the moment. While we’re used to the unfathomable scale of HoYoverse’s games, we’re overawed by the sheer amount of events and activities the Chinese titan is adding to its urban fantasy RPG. The latest patch, Tour de Inferno, is coming on 25th September – and honestly,...
Friday23rd Aug 2024
News Popular Free PS5 Action RPG Zenless Zone Zero Teases New Region in Trailer
Back to the Wild Wild West
The fun never stops with HoYoverse, to be honest. If you’re playing any one of its three PS5 games – regardless of whether it’s Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail, or Zenless Zone Zero – there’s always something new to look forward to. And while this trailer for the studio’s urban fantasy action RPG leans...
Saturday3rd Aug 2024
News Two New Waifus, Selfies, and a Ton of Events Front Zenless Zone Zero's First PS5 Update
City livin'
Zenless Zone Zero has been out for almost a month now, and while it launched with a dozen characters and three full story chapters, it’s time to learn what’s next for the free-to-play RPG. During a livestream earlier today, developer HoYoverse spilled the figurative beans on the ‘Undercover R&B’ update, which is scheduled to...
Tuesday30th Jul 2024
News What's Next for PS5 Smash Hit Action RPG Zenless Zone Zero?
All will be revealed this week
Those unfamiliar with the cadence of HoYoverse updates may be wondering what’s next for Zenless Zone Zero, which launched earlier in the month. Well, we’ll find out on 3rd August, as the game’s first proper post-release Special Program will get underway from 12:30PM BST. The broadcast will air on YouTube and...
Tuesday23rd Jul 2024
News Urban RPG Zenless Zone Zero Is Totting Up Tons of PS5 Playtime
Breaks top ten most played in USA
The First Descendant isn’t the only free-to-play game performing extraordinarily well on PS5, because HoYoverse’s urban RPG Zenless Zone Zero is also trending incredibly well according to Circana data. For the week ending 13th July, the gacha game was the tenth most played title on PlayStation platforms in the...
Saturday6th Jul 2024
News Gacha Sensation Zenless Zone Zero Surpasses 50 Million Downloads Across All Platforms
There are free rewards for everyone
Chinese juggernaut HoYoverse has another hit on its hands: Zenless Zone Zero has surpassed 50 million downloads since launching earlier this week, on 4th July. That number is accurate across all platforms, so includes PS5 as well as PC and mobile. The game did have 40 million pre-registrations prior to launching...
Thursday4th Jul 2024
News Free PS5 Urban Fantasy RPG Zenless Zone Zero Is Playable Now
Hollow victory
Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail developer HoYoverse’s next big thing, the uber-stylish urban fantasy RPG Zenless Zone Zero, is playable for free on PS5 right now. The game, which weighs in at a little under 50GB, sees you assume the role of a so-called Proxy, as you deploy a colourful cast of collectible Agents into Hollows to...
Monday1st Jul 2024
News Zenless Zone Zero PS5 Will Get You Started with 100 Free Gacha Pulls
Pulling power
After a long, public development cycle – influenced by several closed beta tests – Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail developer HoYoverse will launch its latest title Zenless Zone Zero this week, on 4th July. And those looking to dive in to the urban fantasy RPG on day one will be rewarded with a whopping 100 free pulls. Pulls,...
Friday21st Jun 2024
News PS5 Gacha Zenless Zone Zero's Big Pre-Release Livestream Scheduled for Next Week
Find your zen zone
If you play any of HoYoverse’s existing gacha games, like Genshin Impact or Honkai: Star Rail, you’ll be familiar with their cycles. Every six or so weeks, the Chinese titan hosts a livestream, which includes information on everything coming in the next update. Zenless Zone Zero obviously launches on 4th July, and so the...
Tuesday28th May 2024
News HoYoverse's Next Huge Gacha Zenless Zone Zero Launches 4th July on PS5
Not-so sleepy Hollows
Zenless Zone Zero, the urban fantasy gacha game from Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail developer HoYoverse, will officially deploy day-and-date on PS5, from 4th July. In addition to Sony’s new-gen system, the vibrant title will also be available on PC and mobile, and there’ll be cross-save between all systems. Crucially,...
Tuesday23rd Apr 2024
News Zenless Zone Zero Release Date Potentially Leaked via Apple Store
Update: Pre-registration campaign is underway
Update: Just as we published this article, HoYoverse has announced that pre-registration for the game is available now. As is common for the developer, it'll be tracking the total number of players who sign up, and will be promising bountiful in-game rewards if it reaches its ambitious 40 million players...
Wednesday10th Apr 2024
News Upcoming Gacha Sensation Zenless Zone Zero Plotting PS5 Technical Test
Sign up for a chance to participate
Good news, gacha fans: Zenless Zone Zero, the upcoming urban fantasy gacha from juggernaut developer HoYoverse, will receive a Technical Test on the PS5 in the very near future. This is important because it marks the first time the title will be playable on Sony’s new-gen system, suggesting it may launch...
