Pavan Nikam
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Zero1 Gaming Editorial Staff covers gaming news, esports, game updates, hardware reviews, patch notes, and industry stories. The team focuses on providing accurate, easy-to-understand, and up-to-date content to help readers stay informed about the latest happenings in the gaming world.
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Red Dead Redemption 2 Gets A Massive Steam Discount
Red Dead Redemption 2 has dropped to a massive discount on Steam, giving PC players a much cheaper way to pick up one of Rockstar’s biggest games. The standard edition is currently 75% off, bringing t...
Xbox Game Pass Is Removing A Lot More Games Very Soon
Xbox Game Pass subscribers have another deadline to deal with before the end of July, and this leaving-soon batch is not easy to ignore. Eight more games are currently set to leave the service on July...
Demon’s Souls And Ghost Of Yōtei Have Just Been Booted On PC
Demon’s Souls and Ghost of Yōtei have reached PC in a way that sounds exciting at first, but players should understand what actually happened. Both PS5 games have been shown booting through early ...
Palworld Is Dominating Steam Again With Nearly 1 Million Players
Palworld is back near the top of Steam, and its latest surge shows that Pocketpair's breakout survival game still has serious pull. After the full 1.0 release, the game climbed past 855,000 concurrent...
New Official Ghost Recon Release Confirmed For PS5 And Xbox Series X
Ghost Recon fans have a new official release on consoles, but it is not the brand-new tactical shooter many players are still waiting to see. Ubisoft has released Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands De...
Battlefield 6 Season 4 Roadmap Reveals Top Gun Crossover Featuring Maverick Stars
Battlefield 6 Season 4 is turning into a much bigger update than a normal multiplayer refresh. EA’s new roadmap confirms a full Top Gun crossover, with Top Gun: Maverick actors Miles Teller, Lewis Pul...
Crimson Desert Update Adds Highly Requested Cross-Save Feature
Crimson Desert has added the kind of feature that makes a huge open-world game much easier to live with after launch. Patch 1.14.00 is now rolling out, and the main addition is cross-save support, let...
GoldenEye-Inspired FPS Agent 64: Spies Never Die Finally Locks A Release Date
Agent 64: Spies Never Die finally has a release date, and the wait is almost over for players who miss the feel of old console spy shooters. Replicant D6’s retro FPS is launching on August 11 for PC t...
Blizzard Ends Major Support For Overwatch Stadium Mode
Overwatch players who hoped Stadium would grow into a long-term mode just got a disappointing answer from Blizzard. The MOBA-inspired mode will remain playable, but Blizzard is no longer planning to a...
World Of Warcraft’s Haranir Lore Reveal Has Players Scratching Their Heads
World of Warcraft has opened a new Haranir story thread in Midnight, and the reveal has left a lot of lore fans unsure what Blizzard is trying to say. The new questline connects Haranir, trolls, and e...
Activision’s Latest Call Of Duty Announcement Is Upsetting And Bewildering Fans
Activision has upset Call of Duty players again, but this time it is not because of a new skin, battle pass, or weapon balance change. Leaderboards and Combat Records are being permanently disabled in...
PUBG Is Finally Fixing One Of Its Biggest New Player Hurdles
PUBG: Battlegrounds is finally giving beginners a better way to learn the game before throwing them into real matches. Update 42.2 rebuilds Basic Training into a proper step-by-step mode that teaches ...
July 21 Is Suddenly A Super Busy Day For Grand Theft Auto
July 21 could be an important day for Grand Theft Auto fans, even if it has nothing to do with a new Grand Theft Auto VI trailer. FiveM for Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced is entering early access that da...
Nintendo Switch 2 Could Be Getting A Big OLED Upgrade
The Nintendo Switch 2 already looks like a big upgrade over the original system, but Nintendo may still be holding back the screen many handheld players wanted most. A new industry report claims the c...
Dying Light: The Beast For PS4 And Xbox One Canceled After Techland Accepts “Technical Realities Of Development”
Dying Light: The Beast is no longer coming to PS4 and Xbox One, and Techland is being honest that this is not just a small delay. The studio says the game was built around newer hardware, and the olde...
Xbox Is Reportedly Testing A Way To Digitize Your Physical Games
Xbox may be working on a feature that could make physical game collections much easier to carry into the future. Microsoft is reportedly testing a disc-to-digital system that would let players turn su...
Flyway Games Officially Launches Ascend To ZERO Globally
Flyway Games has officially launched Ascend to ZERO worldwide, giving roguelike fans another fast new game to try this week. The game is out now on Steam and Xbox, with Xbox Game Pass support making i...
Meccha Chameleon Gets Steam’s Highest Honor: A Fast Copycat With AI Promo Art
Meccha Chameleon has become so popular on Steam that other games are already trying to copy its success. The new game is called Scribble Hunt, and players have quickly noticed how close it looks to th...
New Look At Kingdom Hearts 4 May Be Coming Next Month
Kingdom Hearts fans may not have to wait long for the next update on Kingdom Hearts IV. Disney’s D23 event is happening in August, and a Kingdom Hearts panel on the schedule has made players wonder if...
Diablo 4 Season 14’s Best Class Is A Huge Surprise
Diablo 4 Season 14 has an early favorite, and it is not the class many players expected to lead the season. Rogue is looking like one of the strongest picks in Season of Death Awakening, helped by fas...
Helldivers 2 Counters Exploiters With New Cheat Detection System
Helldivers 2 is now facing a new problem that has nothing to do with battles on the battlefield. Arrowhead is taking action against players who have been using cheats, automation, and duplication expl...
Donkey Kong 64 Is Coming To PC
Donkey Kong 64 is finally getting a PC version, but this is not a new release from Nintendo. A fan project called DK64 Recompiled is bringing Rare’s Nintendo 64 collectathon to Windows, macOS, and Lin...
League Of Legends Classic Is Arriving Much Sooner Than Expected
League of Legends players are going back to the old Rift much sooner than many expected. Riot has confirmed that League Classic launches on July 29, bringing back the older map, champions, items, rune...
Meccha Chameleon Has Outsold Mario Kart World In Less Than A Month
Meccha Chameleon has become one of the most surprising sales stories of 2026. The small Steam multiplayer game has now sold 15 million copies in less than a month, putting it above Nintendo’s latest o...
GTA Online’s Next Big Heist, The First Since 2020, Is Coming Soon And It Looks Great
Rockstar is finally giving GTA Online players another proper heist to plan. The Kortz Center Heist arrives on July 14, and it sends players into one of Los Santos’ richest locations to steal valuable ...
Call Of Duty: Black Ops 1 And 2 Ports Are Out Now On PS5, But They Come At A High Cost
PlayStation players can finally buy Call of Duty: Black Ops and Call of Duty: Black Ops II on PS5 and PS4. That should be an easy win because both games are still loved by many old Call of Duty fans. ...
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Steam Pre-Orders Have Already Beaten Skull & Bones Lifetime Sales, Analyst Claims
Ubisoft spent years trying to make Skull & Bones its big pirate game, but early numbers for Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced are not very encouraging. Players may be showing more interest in r...
ARC Raiders’ Matchmaking Update Gives Players What They’ve Always Wanted
ARC Raiders players finally have the matchmaking change they were asking for. If you play quiet solo runs one day and full PvP trios the next, the game should now handle that better instead of mixing ...
GTA 6 Pre-Orders Go Live In India As Rockstar Confirms Standard And Ultimate Edition Pricing
Indian players now have a clear idea of how much they will need to pay to buy GTA 6 when it launches. Pre-orders are live, the editions are listed, and Rockstar’s next game is starting at ₹5,999 in In...
The Steam Machine’s Red Line Of Death Is Less Scary, And More Useful, Than You Might Think
The Steam Machine getting its own "Red Line of Death" sounds like bad news for players. Anyone who lived through the Xbox 360 era knows why a red warning light can make players nervous, especially whe...
“Catastrophic Mismanagement” And AI Gambits Led To Mass Xbox Layoffs, Expert Says
Xbox is cutting thousands of jobs while Microsoft continues to pour money into AI, and the timing has made the latest shake-up feel even harsher. The company says the roles are not being replaced by A...
Diablo 4’s Massive Mythic Item Changes Aren’t Finding Many Fans
Diablo 4 players know that not every item drop will be the one they want, and they have learned to accept that. They have been farming bosses, clearing dungeons, and sorting through endless gear since...
Lords Of The Fallen 2 Boss Calls GTA 6 Physical Disc Decision Unfair
Players who buy a boxed game usually expect a disc inside. That is why the latest GTA 6 debate has caught the attention of many fans. Rockstar’s upcoming release is being sold in physical boxes, but t...
Fortnite Leaks Court Case Settled By Epic Games
Fortnite leaks have become a normal part of the game. Players chase skin rumors, crossover hints, event details, and early season info almost every week. Epic Games is clearly taking stronger action w...
Crimson Desert Just Got A Brand-New Update For July 2026
Crimson Desert players have a new reason to return to Pywel this July, especially if they have been using Oongka, Damiane, or spending too much time making every outfit look right. Patch 1.13.00 is no...
Stand-Alone Halo Multiplayer Game Reportedly Canceled
A rumored standalone Halo multiplayer game has reportedly been canceled, disappointing fans who were hoping for a fresh start for the series. Halo: Campaign Evolved gives the franchise a clear campaig...
Diablo 4 Season 14 Nerfs Its Best Mythic
Blizzard has hit Heir of Perdition with one of the biggest item nerfs in Diablo 4 Season 14. The Mythic helmet was a favorite because it gave many endgame builds a huge damage boost with very little e...
New Official Resident Evil Release Confirmed For July 30
Resident Evil has a new official release set for July 30, but fans should know exactly what is coming. This is the Grace Ashcroft and Leon S. Kennedy amiibo release for Resident Evil Requiem, not a ne...
DOOM: The Dark Ages Revelations DLC Launches Tomorrow On July 7
DOOM: The Dark Ages players will not have to wait much longer for the first major campaign expansion. Revelations launches on July 7 with six new levels, fresh demons, the Chain Spear weapon, and more...
2 Licensed Xbox Games May Be Getting Delisted In July 2026
Funko Fusion and Star Trek: Legends are still available on Xbox, but players are paying more attention to them this July. Neither one has an official Xbox delisting notice yet. The concern comes...
Kingdom Come: Deliverance Release Confirmed For Fall 2026, But There Is A Catch
Kingdom Come: Deliverance fans are getting a new official release this fall, but it is not the next video game announcement some players may be expecting. The confirmed release is Kingdom Come: Delive...
Moonlight Peaks Brings Its Supernatural Life-Sim To Players On July 7
Moonlight Peaks is almost here, and it is coming at the right time for players who want a cozy game with a darker twist. Instead of moving to a quiet village as a regular farmer, players step into the...
Hide-And-Seek Gaming Phenomenon Meccha Chameleon Hits 10M Sales In 2 Weeks
Meccha Chameleon started as a small Steam game, but it has quickly become one of the fastest-growing multiplayer games this year. In just over two weeks, the hide-and-seek game has crossed 10 million ...
EA Accidentally Gave Battlefield 6 Players The XP Booster Fix They Wanted Twice
Battlefield 6 players keep getting shown the better version of XP Boosters, only to be told it was a mistake. Twice in June, the game suggested boosters would count during active match time instead of...
New Fortnite DC Collab Leaked
Fortnite may be getting another DC crossover, and it looks different from the usual Gotham theme. A leaked promotional image points to summer versions of Batman, Harley Quinn, Catwoman, and Poison Ivy...
Rockstar Devs Launch Landmark Bid For Union Recognition
Rockstar is preparing for the biggest game launch in the world, but some of its workers are now focused on a different fight inside the company. Staff at Rockstar’s UK studios have asked the company t...
Obsidian Entertainment Issues New Statement On Fallout: New Vegas Sequel
Obsidian Entertainment knows why Fallout fans keep watching every interview, every studio comment, and every small mention of the wasteland. Fallout: New Vegas still has a hold on players because it g...
Dragon Age: Origins Is Unsupported On Steam Deck, But It Runs Incredibly And Costs Just $3
Steam Deck’s Unsupported label can make a game look dead on arrival, but Dragon Age: Origins is one of those cases where the badge sounds worse than the reality. BioWare’s classic RPG needs a little s...
Bethesda Game Has Completely Shut Down
Bethesda's Elder Scrolls mobile game is coming to an end. The Elder Scrolls: Blades shut down on June 30, 2026, and players can no longer access the game because it depended on live servers. It was no...
Palworld Highlights Important Changes Ahead Of 1.0 Update
Palworld is getting ready to leave Early Access, and Pocketpair is not treating Version 1.0 like a simple content drop. The July 10 update is bringing the World Tree, new Pals, new regions, and a new ...