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.

Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn Announced

Back in 2018, A44 Games released Ashen, a Dark Souls-inspired action-RPG with some fairly unique co-op mechanics. And now, together with their publishers Kepler Interactive, they’re looking to follow that game up with Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn, an open-world…

Fable – Explanation of Slow Progress

Back in 2020, a new entry in the Fable series was announced, but since then, we haven’t heard too much about this project. However, Spanish video game news website Vandal now has an interview (partially translated by WCCFTech) with an…

Weird West – How It Accounts for Emergent Gameplay

Lucas Loredo, a narrative designer on Wolfeye Studios’ upcoming immersive sim Weird West, gave a talk at this year’s GDC that revolved around the challenges of designing a game with a high degree of freedom and possibilities for emergent gameplay.…

The Witcher – Next Game Announced

Without going into too much detail, CD Projekt Red has announced a new entry in The Witcher series. At this moment, we don’t know when the game will be going live or what it will be about, just that it’s…

Fallout 76 – Test Your Metal PTS Highlights

Test Your Metal, the next major content update for Bethesda’s multiplayer survival RPG Fallout 76, is currently live on the Public Test Server. And as a result, we’re now treated to this article on the game’s website outlining the update’s…

Darkest Dungeon II – Highwayman Hero Paths

Having recently introduced us to the Hero Paths for the Plague Doctor class, Red Hook Studios now brings us this article highlighting the character development options the Highwayman class will have in Darkest Dungeon II. These include the Sharpshoot path…

New World – March 2022 Team Update and New Roadmap

This month’s team update for Amazon Game Studios’ MMORPG New World brings us an hour-long video where the game’s developers discuss the upcoming Heart of Madness update, go over some upcoming events and combat-related changes, share a roadmap for 2022,…