ZeroSpace Adds Full Xol Roster for Galactic War Season 1

If you have been waiting to field an army of chrome-plated robot aliens, ZeroSpace finally has room for you.

The early access real-time strategy game has pushed out a new content drop. The headline is simple: the Xol, its robotic alien race, can now be played across far more of the game than before. Not every Xol unit is gleaming, but plenty of them are. Given that the race is a group of machines that only recently broke free and became sentient, a bit of shine seems fair.

It's a meaningful step. A faction that only exists in a corner of a game is a curiosity. A faction you can take into every mode is a real choice.

The Xol Go Everywhere

With this update, the Xol are fully represented in ZeroSpace. The complete roster is now available in matchmaking, survival and skirmish. More importantly for competitive players, the Xol can be taken into ranked 1v1 matches and into Galactic War, the game's wider persistent mode.

That last part matters most. In a strategy game, the ranked ladder is where a faction proves itself. Players will test it, push it and pick it apart. They will either crown it or complain about it. Now the Xol get that treatment, and their full kit is in the hands of the people most likely to find out what it can really do.

Galactic War Season 1 Is Here

The other big piece of this drop is the start of Galactic War Season 1. The season brings several mini-events and new items. It also adds a mechanical bonus tied to alliance ranking, and that bonus benefits everyone in an alliance rather than a select few.

That design choice is worth noting. Shared rewards give alliances a reason to pull together instead of leaning on a couple of dedicated players to carry the group. Whether it works in practice depends on how players organise themselves. On paper, though, the bonus is clearly meant to reward collective effort.

Galactic War also now draws on every matchmade mode. Every mode that uses matchmaking feeds into the larger conflict. A quick match no longer has to feel separate from the season's bigger picture.

Progression, Polish and Fixes

Beyond the Xol and the new season, the update covers a lot of ground:

• Account-wide XP and leveling: Experience now builds up across all game modes. Leveling unlocks cosmetics tied to your account.
• UI updates: A wide range of interface changes have been made.
• Campaign polish: The single-player campaign has received some refinement.
• A new mission: Fresh content for those who prefer to play outside the competitive modes.
• Balancing and bug fixes: A broad batch of tuning and fixes across the game.

The account-wide progression may be the most quietly important change on this list. Before, a player who split time between campaign, skirmish and ranked might have felt pulled in different directions. Now that time all counts toward the same account level. It's a small structural change that makes every session feel a little more worthwhile.

As for the robots, their bugs (the shiny metal kind, not the code kind) are reportedly not broken. They're just a bit confused. And very chrome.

Our Take

This update looks like ZeroSpace turning from a game that is being built into a game that wants to be played regularly. Finishing out a faction, starting a numbered season and adding account-wide progression all point the same way. The aim is to give players reasons to come back, and to make whatever they play count toward something larger.

That pattern is familiar across multiplayer games. Many titles now lean on seasonal structures to keep players engaged between bigger releases. It's notable to see an RTS still in early access adopting the same approach. Making every matchmade mode feed Galactic War also suggests the developers want the persistent conflict to be the heart of the game rather than a side attraction.

The Xol arrival in ranked 1v1 is the part competitive players should watch most closely. New factions in strategy games often need several rounds of tuning before they settle. As recent StarCraft II balance debates have shown, players are quick to push back when changes feel wrong. The balancing included in this drop is a starting point, not a final word.

Over the coming weeks, it is worth watching how the Xol perform on the ladder and whether the shared alliance bonus actually encourages cooperation. It will also be telling to see how Season 1's mini-events are received. If the season lands well, it could set the template for how ZeroSpace keeps its community active through the rest of early access.