Ahead of the second major update for Zenless Zone Zero, the 1.2 "Tour de Inferno" patch, most of the update's new additions have been teased in a comprehensive livestream, including new story, areas, characters, and when the patch will release. Zenless Zone Zero, similarly to other HoYoverse gacha games like Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail, has so far maintained the relatively short patch cycle that's now typical of the studio's games, aiming to put out a new update once approximately every six weeks, with few deviations

Compared to Star Rail and especially Genshin, Zzz is still relatively new as a live-service title, and as a result, the game's 1.2 update will be aiming to make a number of quality-of-life changes alongside its added content. These will include several additions to help streamline the exploration-focused "TV sections" of the game, with sped-up animations, the ability to automatically gain certain rewards when replaying missions,...