GigaBash Adds Ultraman Zero and Ultraman Belial in New DLC July 9
Malaysian studio Passion Republic Games released the “Ultraman Zero DLC” for its kaiju brawler GigaBash on July 9, adding two long-awaited playable characters: the heroic Ultraman Zero and his corrupted rival Ultraman Belial. The drop lands across every platform the game supports, from PC and consoles to Nintendo Switch.
The pair make their debut in GigaBash based on their iconic appearances from the 2009 film “Mega Monster Battle Ultra Galaxy: The Movie,” with Ultraman Zero built around speed, precision and relentless offense. Tsuburaya Productions, the Japanese studio that owns the Ultraman franchise, confirmed the collaboration on its own official news page, describing the release as a way to let fans manifest one of two iconic Ultras who are each other’s antithesis in the arena.
Zero Sluggers Versus the Giga Battlenizer
According to the official character rundown published by both Passion Republic Games and Tsuburaya Productions, Ultraman Zero is a proficient fighter from the Land of Light who uses the Zero Sluggers to keep enemies at bay, Emerium Slashes to pummel them at range, and a storied experience with space martial arts. GoNintendo’s breakdown of the launch build adds that his kit is designed to keep opponents on their toes with the Zero Sluggers, pressure them from afar with Emerium Slashes, and chain together swift martial arts techniques inspired by Ultraman Zero’s battles throughout the Ultra Series.
Belial, by contrast, is built as a brute-force counterpoint. One craved power and paid for it, the other overcame that craving to grow more powerful, reads the character copy shared across Steam, Xbox and the official press materials. GoNintendo’s write-up notes that consumed by his desire for greater power, Ultraman Belial fights with overwhelming brutality, wielding the fearsome Giga Battlenizer to tear through opponents using crushing strikes, devastating projectiles, dark energy, and savage melee attacks.
Launch Tied to Ultraman’s 60th Anniversary
The timing is deliberate. The DLC arrived on GigaBash on July 9, 2026, in commemoration of the 60 year anniversary since Ultraman made his first TV appearance in 1966, according to Nintendo Everything’s coverage of the release. Passion Republic Games’ own Steam announcement framed the drop the same way, urging players to mark July 9, 2026 at 20:00 PDT and celebrate the 60th Ultraman Day with an epic Ultra battle.
That 8pm PT launch window translated to roughly 3pm on July 10 in New Zealand and about 1pm the same afternoon on Australia’s eastern seaboard, meaning most local fans could jump in without a late-night wait after work or uni.
GigaBash’s Ultraman Roster Now Runs Four Deep
Zero and Belial are not GigaBash’s first brush with the Ultra Series. A bundle listing on Steam confirms the base game and its prior expansions had already added the original Ultraman, Ultraman Tiga, Camearra and the Ultraman & Emi pairing, meaning the new DLC pushes the total number of Ultraman-branded fighters in the roster to a total of 19 new playable characters added across all DLCs, including Godzilla, MechaGodzilla, Gigan, Destoroyah, Ultraman, Alien Baltan, Ultraman Tiga, Camearra, King Ghidorah, Hedorah, Balzarr, R.O.J.A.K., Ultraman & Emi, Gamera, Guiron, Gaya Gigaman, Zargorah, Ultraman Zero and Ultraman Belial. That places the July 9 update alongside earlier crossover packs built around Godzilla and Gamera, cementing GigaBash’s identity as a tokusatsu crossover destination rather than a one-off licensed tie-in.
Where and How to Play the New Fighters
Passion Republic Games’ official rollout confirms the DLC is available on July 9, at 8pm PT on all platforms, including Steam, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Epic Games Store, Stove, as well as PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5. Once installed, the new fighters slot into GigaBash’s existing mode line-up, which spans a story campaign, an arcade run against waves of bosses, and cross-platform online battles.
As Games Press’ official press notes describe it, players in Battle Mode can expect 1-4 players to destroy each other in a variety of fully destructible maps, available Online with cross-platform matchmaking or Local Play, wreaking havoc to collect Giga Energy and transform into an S-Class Titan. That transformation system gives both new Ultras a giant-form finisher on top of their grounded movesets, tying the DLC’s presentation back to the tokusatsu source material it is drawing from.
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For long-time Ultraman fans, the Zero-versus-Belial pairing recreates one of the franchise’s most enduring rivalries in a genre built around monster-sized brawls, giving GigaBash’s growing player base a fresh reason to jump back into destructible arenas just as the wider Ultra Series marks its 60th year on air.
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