I don’t know — and admittedly, don’t wish to know — why the very first thing somebody did after a latest Zenless Zone Zero replace was examine feline genitals, however due to this intrepid detective work, all of us need to reside with the information that the motion RPG’s cats have jiggly balls.
Zenless Zone Zero model 1.6 dropped on March 12, introducing a slew of modifications to HoYoverse’s newest free-to-play sport. And whereas gamers typically quibble over each little gameplay adjustment, one change that appears to be a unanimous hit with the group are the “enhancements to pedestrian habits in Lumina Sq. to make it extra dynamic and various.”
Amongst different issues, this implies the realm’s felines at the moment are in a position to stroll round reasonably than keep put in static areas, which gave one participant the proper alternative to seize footage of a tomcat’s swinging testicles. The animation is delicate, particularly for a sport as notoriously rife with jiggle physics as Zenless Zone Zero, however I’ve studied the footage and might verify there may be positively motion unbiased from the remainder of the cat’s physique.
Sadly, this replace isn’t all enjoyable and video games. Zenless Zone Zero model 1.6 additionally swapped out two voice actors after they refused to carry out in solidarity with the continuing SAG-AFTRA strike. HoYoverse might not be one of many online game builders explicitly focused by the strike, however it additionally hasn’t signed onto an interim settlement making certain voice actor protections towards AI.
“I used to be changed as Soldier 11 as a result of I’m unwilling to carry out work not coated by a SAG Interim Settlement throughout a strike for AI safety, the result of which is able to decide the way forward for our business,” Soldier 11 voice actor Emeri Chase defined through Bluesky on March 11.
“Each single actor [is] vulnerable to having their voice stolen from previous union work, previous non-union work, video content material creation, or interviews,” Chase instructed game-feeds the next day. “That is not a struggle for honest wages, it is a struggle for bodily autonomy and the appropriate to our personal voices.”
