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.

WCCFTech’s Best RPGs of 2021

With another year behind us, now’s the time you might be hankering for some “Best of” lists. And if that’s the case, WCCFTech now offers us their list of best RPGs of 2021. As is usually the case with these…

New World – Game Informer’s Best MMO of 2021

While it’s not the player-driven, PvP-focused game we were originally promised, according to Game Informer, Amazon Game Studios’ age of exploration MMORPG New World is still last year’s best MMO. Here are some of their thoughts: It’s easy to take…

Expeditions: Rome – The Music of Rome Trailer

A while back, we had a chance to check out this developer diary for Logic Artists’ upcoming historical RPG Expeditions: Rome that focused on the game’s music. And now, with the game scheduled to go live later this month, we’re…

Monomyth Update – Refactoring & Game Design

Rat Tower Software brings us a new Kickstarter update for their dungeon crawling RPG Monomyth that starts with a quick progress report, then moves on to some technical stuff, and then gets to the actual juicy parts where that technical…

Neverwinter – Dragonbone Vale Adventure Zone Preview

Later this month, Cryptic Studios’ free to play MMORPG Neverwinter will be inviting us to explore its new Dragonbone Vale adventure zone. And if you’d like to know what to expect from this area where you’ll be able to put…

Path of Exile – New Expansion Timeline

Despite all the ongoing events, you still may be wondering when you’ll be able to play in a new Path of Exile challenge league. If that’s the case, you should check out this here announcement that promises a new league…

Encased – Content Patch 3 Overview

Dark Crystal Games was supposed to be releasing the third post-release content patch for their Fallout-inspired RPG Encased in December. However, this Twitter announcement now tells us to expect this patch in January 2022. It also shares a video that…

Gothic 1 Remake – Happy Holidays from the Colony

Alkimia Interactive and THQ Nordic, the teams responsible for the upcoming Gothic 1 Remake, have put together a short little video featuring some festive goblins and holiday well wishes. Check it out: Greetings from the Colony! As the year 2021…