Rafał
Staff Writer
Zero1 Gaming editorial staff covering esports analysis, gaming hardware reviews, features, and patch notes updates.
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GTA Vice City Still Has the Best Atmosphere in the Series
When I return to the original Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, I do not expect its mechanics to have stood the test of time. The game is more than two decades old, and its controls, targeting system, and ...
Resident Evil 7 Still Makes the Baker House Feel Unsafe
Resident Evil 7 biohazard was Capcom's attempt to pull the series away from the noise and excess of its sixth main entry. Playing it in 2026, I expected the first-person camera, scripted chases, and f...
Signalis makes old survival horror feel painfully new
Signalis wears its influences openly. Its locked doors, scarce ammunition, fixed viewpoints, storage boxes, strange keys, and puzzle-filled corridors all recalled at being a polished tribute to Reside...
The 5 Best Dragon Ball Games of All Time
For generations, Dragon Ball has taught fans about friendship, courage, and sacrifice, while the world created by Akira Toriyama has inspired countless great games, from expansive RPGs to competitive ...
Ratatan Has Rhythm in Early Access, but It Needs More Time
These things happen in the gaming industry. Ratatan was supposed to leave Early Access on July 16, 2026, but its full release was pushed back to October 15. The developers need additional time to fix ...
The 10 Best Free Games on Steam in 2026
Is it really true that nothing is free anymore? Steam proves otherwise. The platform offers dozens of free games with enough content to keep players entertained for hundreds of hours. What is more, so...
The 6 Biggest EA Sports FC 26 Streamers Right Now
From creators who built their channels during the FIFA era to a player who combines regular live streams with top-level competitive EA FC, these are the six streamers leading the FC 26 category right ...
The 10 Highest-Rated Players in EA Sports FC 26
Every year the EA FC ratings reveal turns into its own event, and this year's edition is no exception. The biggest talking point in most live streams is a tie at the very top. Four players shar...
Exclusive Interview with New Head Coach of Astralis : Filip "NEO" Kubski
Filip "NEO" Kubski has experienced almost every era of professional Counter-Strike. He became one of CS 1.6's defining players, won a CS:GO Major with Virtus.pro, and later guided FaZe to three Major ...
The 5 Biggest Valorant Streamers Right Now
From world champions to watch-party specialists, here are the five streamers shaping how the community watches Valorant in 2026. The biggest Valorant streamer doesn't have to be the best player on the...
10 Biggest Switch 2 Games and Expansions Still Coming in 2026
Elden Ring, a new Onimusha, and a ground-up Ocarina of Time remake are just the start of what's still on Switch 2's calendar before the year is out. Switch 2 has already built an impressive library in...
The Success of Classic Black Ops Is a Lesson for Activision
The success of these decade-plus-old ports doesn't prove players will buy anything wrapped in nostalgia. It shows what modern Call of Duty left behind along the way. Black Ops and Black Ops 2 landed o...
EA Removes Microtransactions from College Football 27 After Player Backlash
EA is pulling paid progression out of College Football 27's Dynasty and Road to Glory modes less than a week after players discovered it had been added. The company announced the reversal on July 10 t...
GTA VI: 22 New Gameplay Details Worth Knowing Before Launch
Rockstar has finally started sharing specifics instead of just more trailers. Alongside the launch of pre-orders, the studio revealed the contents of each GTA VI edition, and the descriptions of the i...
Switch 2 Is the Perfect Home for Digimon Story: Time Stranger
Digimon Story: Time Stranger debuted on other platforms in 2025 and quickly earned strong reviews, leaving Switch players waiting longer than they would have liked. I came into the Switch 2 version as...
Trapped in Aincrad, Bored After Twenty Hours
Echoes of Aincrad is the first Sword Art Online game that doesn't put you in Kirito's shoes. Instead, you create your own character and experience the events of Aincrad from their perspective. I was n...
Palworld 1.0 Shows the Two and a Half Year Wait Was Worth It
Palworld entered Early Access in January 2024 and turned into an internet phenomenon within days. Mostly on the strength of one simple, effective pitch: Pokemon with guns. I sat down with version 1.0,...
Granblue Fantasy: Relink – Endless Ragnarok Is a Gift for the Most Loyal Players
Granblue Fantasy: Relink came out in 2024 and quickly became a favorite among action RPG fans, even though the story was never the main reason to play it. Endless Ragnarok is the first full paid expan...
College Football 27 Wins on the Field and Loses Off It
EA Sports College Football is a college football sim that came back in 2024 after more than a decade on the shelf due to disputes over player likeness rights. The first two entries since the series re...
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Shows How to Do a Remake Right
Black Flag from 2013 has held the unofficial title of best pirate game for over a decade, so news of a remake stirred up mixed feelings in me even before I launched the first mission. Ubisoft Singapor...
The Best CS2 Streamers Right Now: Full 2026 Ranking
Getting better at CS2 isn't just about hours spent grinding matches. A lot of useful tips, news, and tactics can be picked up just by watching streams. Counter-Strike also gets watched purely for ente...
Xbox Cuts 3,200 Jobs and Hands Off Its Own Studios
Microsoft isn't just cutting jobs. It's also stepping away from studios it spent billions acquiring. How did Xbox end up here? On Monday, Xbox announced the biggest reorganization in its history. The ...
Doom: The Dark Ages – Revelations Proves the Slayer Still Has More to Learn
A year after The Dark Ages launched, I returned to Doomguy's boots with a bit of skepticism. The base game was good, but slower, more rigid than Eternal. Some fans, myself included, missed the airborn...
Top 10 Best Snipers in Counter-Strike History
The AWP is a weapon that can decide the fate of an entire round with a single hit. Difficult to master, but giving a huge advantage to a skilled owner. Since the days of CS 1.6, through the golden era...
The Hidden Cost of AI: Gamers Are Paying the Price
Artificial intelligence has a price tag. Not in some metaphorical sense, but in very real money that gamers are paying for consoles and games. While data centers buy up an ever larger share of the wor...
Top 10 Best Action Games of the 2000s
The start of the millennium brought a huge wave of nostalgic titles and plenty of iconic action games. For some players it's a trip back to childhood or teenage years, for others a chance to discover ...
Sony Says Goodbye to Discs. PlayStation Games Will Be Digital-Only Starting in 2028
Starting in January 2028, no new PlayStation game will be released on disc. Sony announced this week that it will stop producing physical discs for all new PlayStation games beginning in January 2028....
TOP 5 Best Protagonists in the GTA Series
The Grand Theft Auto series has been entertaining players for nearly three decades. The franchise is an especially hot topic this year due to the planned release of GTA VI in November 2026. In the new...
12 Games You Can't Miss This July 2026
We've already entered the second half of 2026, and the first few months were packed with strong releases. Resident Evil Requiem, Forza Horizon 6, and 007 First Light have already made waves among play...
Top 5 Characters I Want to See Return in GTA VI
One of the most exciting parts of every new Grand Theft Auto release is the speculation surrounding the return of characters from previous games. Seeing familiar faces is always a real treat for longt...
GTA VI: Everything You Need to Know
One of the most anticipated game releases in history is almost here. Over 12 years of waiting and two postponed release dates later, GTA VI is finally on the horizon, bringing with it the sunny and be...
God of War Laufey Changes How We See the Series So Far
By the end of 2018's God of War, Faye can be compared to Clark Kent being revealed as Superman. The surprise was just as significant. As the game revealed, Kratos' beloved was not an ordinary woman fr...
Top 5 GTA V Side Characters
Grand Theft Auto V is not just about Michael, Trevor, and Franklin. It is an entire ecosystem of colorful supporting characters that give Los Santos its depth and personality. Some are hilarious, othe...
GTA V is Still a Fantastic Game. That's Exactly Why GTA VI Has to Be a Revolution
It has been over 12 years since GTA V launched, and it remains one of the most beloved titles in Rockstar’s iconic series. The game that brought players back to Los Santos earned one billion dol...
Borderlands 4 confirms new official release for June 25
A good Borderlands update needs two things: a reason to shoot more enemies, and a reason to care about the loot that drops after. Gearbox is aiming for both on June 25, with a free endgame raid and a ...
Rockstar gives free GTA 5 upgrades before the next GTA Online heist
Rockstar is giving more last-gen GTA 5 players a free move to the newer console versions. Starting June 18, anyone who owns a PS4 version of Grand Theft Auto V can upgrade to the PS5 version for free,...
New co-op Witcher leak sounds like the series’ riskiest spin-off yet
A co-op Witcher game sounds wrong until you picture the contract board. One monster, a village full of bad information, a swamp nobody wants to enter, and a group of witchers arguing over who brought ...
The Witcher 3 is dragging Geralt back onto the Path
Geralt got one of the rare goodbyes video games almost never allow. Blood and Wine let him slow down, drink in the sun, and leave players with the feeling that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt had closed the ...