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.

Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong Developer Diary

Nacon and Big Bad Wolf Studio bring us a new developer diary for their upcoming narrative RPG Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong where the game’s lead quest designer Eliott Hipeau tells us a thing or two about Swansong’s story setup,…

Archaelund Development Update #4

4 Dimension Games’ Gold Box-inspired RPG Archaelund seems to be shaping up nicely. The game’s latest development update assures us that most of its essential systems are already functional, and then shares a three-piece soundtrack sample accompanied by a bunch…

SpellForce III: Reforced Edition New Console Release Date

Bringing an RTS game, even an RTS/RPG hybrid, to consoles is not exactly an easy task. Grimlore Games and THQ Nordic’s SpellForce III: Reforced Edition, for example, was originally supposed to be going live late last year, but then was…

Grim Dawn Patch v1.1.9.5 Available

Crate Entertainment has put together a new patch for their Titan Quest-like action-RPG Grim Dawn. Seeing how the game is now in maintenance mode, the patch doesn’t add or rebalance anything major, and instead simply fixes a handful of bugs.…

Daedalic Entertainment Acquired by Nacon

Right now, Daedalic Entertainment is working on The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, a Lord of the Rings-themed stealth-action game. But you may also know this studio as the team behind Blackguards, a very fine tactical RPG, and, if you’re…

System Shock Remastered Edition Update #84

Nightdive Studios brings us a new Kickstarter update for their remaster of the original System Shock. It starts by spotlighting some physical backer rewards that should start shipping later this year. Then, there’s a backer survey, a bunch of screenshots,…

SKALD: Against the Black Priory Development Update

Finding a publisher for their retro RPG SKALD: Against the Black Priory, has apparently allowed Scape-IT to broaden the scope of the game in a number of unusual but not unwelcome ways. The game’s latest development update outlines those, including…

Cyberpunk 2077 Patch 1.5 and Next Generation Update Live

CD Projekt has put together a new major patch for Cyberpunk 2077. It’s currently live on PC, and is apparently positioned as a next-gen upgrade for consoles. Aside from new weapons and cosmetics, the patch also promises a rebalance of…