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.

The Iron Oath – New Year Update

The developers over at Curious Panda bring us a new Kickstarter update for their upcoming turn-based RPG The Iron Oath. The update lets us know that the team is targeting Q1 2022 as the game’s release window, promises a new…

Solasta: Crown of the Magister – Matt Chat

The latest episode of Matt Barton’s Matt Chat show spotlights Tactical Adventures’ CRPG Solasta: Crown of the Magister. If you’re curious about this game and would like to check out its opening hours while listening to some insightful commentary, you…

Mass Effect: Legendary Edition Coming to Xbox Game Pass

Last year, BioWare re-released their Mass Effect trilogy as one big Legendary Edition. And if you’d like to check out all the changes and improvements this remaster has to offer, but aren’t too keen on buying the games again, you…

EVE Online – Doctor Who Crossover Event Announced

While quirky crossover events are fairly common in Japanese games, Icelandic spaceship captains now apparently want in on that action. As such, we now have The Interstellar Convergence, a limited time event coming to EVE Online on January 13, 2022,…

Neverwinter Nights: The Blades of Netheril Update

Last year, Ossian Studios’ Luke Scull announced The Blades of Netheril – an ambitious module for Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition that was supposed to pick up where the game’s original campaign left off. And now, we have this public Patreon…

Expeditions: Rome Developer Diary – Combat AI

As we get closer and closer to January 20th when Logic Artists’ historical RPG Expeditions: Rome should be going live, we’re treated to a constant trickle of developer diaries and other promotional materials for the game. The latest one, for…

Valheim – PC Gamer’s Game of 2021

While not a proper RPG, when it initially launched into early access, Iron Gate’s Viking survival game Valheim was a curious enough project to warrant a full preview from us. And apparently, the game also resonated with the editors over…

Path of Exile – A 2021 Retrospective

While we’re all waiting for Path of Exile 2 to drop, Grinding Gear Games brings us this retrospective for Path of Exile the original where they give us a quick overview of 2021. If you’re looking to reminisce or just…

Elden Ring – George R.R. Martin on His Involvement

Barring any additional delays, FromSoftware’s upcoming open-world action-RPG Elden Ring should be launching on February 25, 2022. And with that being the case, we get this promotional blog post from George R.R. Martin where he reminds us of his own…