Val Hull

Val Hull

Resident role-playing RPG game expert. Knows where trolls and paladins come from. You must fight for your right to gather your party before venturing forth.

Battle Brothers – The Witch Hunter Novel Available

Hot on the heels of the recent Of Flesh and Faith DLC, Casey Hollingshead, the lead writer on Battle Brothers, brings us a novel set in the game’s gritty world of mercenaries and monsters. Entitled The Witch Hunter and totaling…

Mechajammer – The Refracted Update Now Live

What looks to be the last major content update for Whalenought Studios’ cyberpunk RPG Mechajammer is now live. Following 8 lesser patches, The Refracted Update introduces a number of new quests, some balance and quality of life improvements, new merchants…

The Ascent Now Available on PlayStation

Last year, Neon Giant and Curve Digital’s cyberpunk action-RPG The Ascent was released on Steam and the Xbox family of consoles. And now, the game is finally also available on both current and next-gen PlayStation consoles featuring all the patches…

Fallout 76 – March 2022 Highlights

With the upcoming Test Your Metal update now live on the Public Test Server for Fallout 76, we get this developer update that shares a quick overview of the ongoing playtesting efforts and highlights the latest installment of the Treasure…

ELEX II Patch 2 and 3 Now Live

Since we last checked, the developers over at Piranha Bytes have put together a couple of new patches for their sci-fi RPG ELEX II. The game’s patch #2 fixes a few bugs and adds a new camera mode, while patch…

Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong RPG Trailer

The latest trailer for Nacon and Big Bad Wolf Studio’s Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong is dedicated to the game’s RPG elements. In particular, it tells us how the game handles Skills and Disciplines, Traits and Talents, and how you’ll…

Baldur’s Gate III – Swen Vincke Interview

With Larian’s CEO Swen Vincke currently at GDC, PC Gamer got a chance to chat with him about Baldur’s Gate III, the game’s massive scope, Larian’s rapid expansion that allowed them to produce a game of such scope, and what…