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.

Gamedec PlayStation 5 Launch Trailer

The Definitive Edition of Anshar Studios’ cyberpunk detective RPG Gamedec will be coming to PlayStation 5 on February 24, 2023. A European physical release is then scheduled for March 10th, while those of you in the US will get a…

Code of the Savage Update #42 – NPC Crazy

Code of the Savage, Geoff Jones’ Ultima-inspired RPG, should soon be getting a new demo to showcase it in its current state. But before we get to that, we’re treated to this here Kickstarter update with a quick progress report…

Alaloth: Champions of the Four Kingdoms – Engine Upgrade Done

Gamera Interactive brings us this new development update for their narrative-driven action-RPG Alaloth: Champions of the Four Kingdoms where they let us know they’ve upgraded the game’s engine to the latest version of Unity, which should make everything work smoother,…

Pentiment – Josh Sawyer on Resurrecting Dead Fonts

One of the most impressive things about Obsidian Entertainment’s Pentiment is the way it plays with its medieval-inspired fonts and how that elevates the game’s dialogues to a whole new level. And perhaps not surprisingly, this was also a feature…

Horizon Forbidden West One-Year Anniversary

It has now been a year since Guerrilla Games released Horizon Forbidden West, the second mainline title in their retro-futuristic series of open world action-RPGs. And with the game still exclusive to the PlayStation family of consoles, the official PlayStation…

Heroes of Might and Magic II – The Digital Antiquarian

Roughly a year ago, The Digital Antiquarian brought us this insightful article dedicated to New World Computing’s original Heroes of Might and Magic game. And now, we get its direct follow-up that takes a good look at Heroes of Might…

MythForce Development Update

Luke Rideout, the project director on Beamdog’s roguelite adventure MythForce, brings us this year’s first development update for the game. There, we can learn that the team is currently working on upgrading the game to Unreal Engine 5, as well…

Diablo III Season 28 – Rites of Sanctuary Preview

Diablo III will be getting a new progression season on February 24, 2023, with its own theme, challenges and rewards. Preceded by patch v2.7.5 that will focus on tweaking certain Monk skills and assorted items, the Rites of Sanctuary season…