Welcome to a new instalment of the Weekly News Roundup, as we bid our American viewers a Happy Independence Day (thus the thumbnail)! We’ve got some awesome news to cover this week, so let’s get started!
FPS Madness
A brand-new documentary called FPS: First Person Shooter has had its Kickstarter launch! CreatorVC is going from strength to strength with its latest documentary aiming to bring 48 years of video game history to viewers, with industry talent providing in-depth insight into the origins of the FPS genre. Learn more about it here!
Halo Infinite developers, 343 Industries, delivered a new “Inside Infinite” High-Level Update. In this month’s Inside Infinite, 343 Industries went in-depth with the title’s seasons and revamped the Halo Waypoint website. Check out our coverage here!
Developer id Software has released the 6th update for their first-person shooter masterpiece, DOOM Eternal! The update contains plenty of content and fixes (including the Patriot skin seen in the thumbnail!), with the biggest being the next-gen upgrades for Xbox Series X, PlayStation 5, and PC! Review the upgrades and new content here!
Summer is here, and with that comes many live events that players can participate in to win special in-game rewards. With this in mind, Bungie has just announced the Solstice of Heroes event for Destiny 2, which started on July 1st, 2021. Learn everything you need to know about the event here!
Legendary Aventures
Blizzard has unveiled a teaser trailer for the latest Hearthstone expansion. As part of the brief trailer, a series of changes were announced, including an update to the mercenaries game mode; which was set for release as a part of the current expansion cycle. Learn more about it here!
Greedfall: Gold Edition is here! This fantasy RPG definitive experience launches today on Playstation, Xbox and PC, so if you haven’t jumped into the Greedfall experience yet, now is a great time. Take a look at what the Gold Addition features here!
NIJISANJI News
On the 30th of June 2021, Suzuhara Lulu, a talent from the popular VTuber agency Nijisanji graduated. Come review her legacy and final streams/events here!
Every week we host a weekly NIJISANJI segment, where we cover the schedule for the VTuber group LazuLight. Each members’ schedule for the following week will be posted as individual articles. Take a look at what Elira Pendora, Finana Ryugu, and Pomo Rainpuff‘s schedules looked like this week!
The Weekly Pixel
That covers everything in this instalment of the Weekly News Roundup! I hope you enjoyed it as much as we loved writing about it all! In addition, we wish our American readers a safe and fun Independence Day!
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