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.

Wartales Combat Q&A

We already had a chance to familiarize ourselves with the lore behind Shiro Games’ upcoming mercenary RPG Wartales. And this means, we’re now treated to a closer look at the game’s turn-based combat system, its unique features, approach to RNG,…

Rick Francis Interview – Matt Chat

A few weeks back, Matt Barton checked out a curious Neverwinter Nights module that turns Eye of the Beholder (I and II) into a Neverwinter Nights adventure. And if you wouldn’t mind knowing more about this project, you can now…

Crowfall Reviews

ArtCraft Entertainment released their “Throne War” MMORPG Crowfall earlier this month, promising a new take on PvP battles in a constantly changing world. And though properly reviewing an MMORPG can take a while, if you’d like to know what to…

The Ascent Gameplay Deep Dive

Neon Giant and Curve Digital’s cyberpunk action-RPG The Ascent is scheduled to go live on July 29, 2021. But those of you who have pre-ordered the game, can already start pre-loading it, according to this here Steam announcement. And if…

The Waylanders – Alpha 0.33 Available

The latest early access update for Gato Salvaje’s Dragon Age-inspired time-travel CRPG The Waylanders overhauls the game’s pet system, highlights some Ranger class archetypes, introduces the so-called “Chore Quests,” improves the game’s tutorial, and more. Here’s a quick look at…

Path of Exile: Expedition Now Live

The Expedition expansion and challenge league for Path of Exile is now available on PC and should be coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One next week. The expansion introduces four new merchant NPCs, 19 new Skill Gems, numerous balance…

King’s Bounty II Katharine Character Trailer

With 1C Entertainment’s King’s Bounty II scheduled to go live in about a month, on August 24, 2021, we’re treated to a new character trailer introducing us to Katharine, one of the upcoming tactical RPG’s three playable characters and a…

Baldur’s Gate III Hotfix #12 Now Live

Having recently released their fifth major early access update for Baldur’s Gate III, Larian Studios now follows it up with this quick hotfix that addresses some crashes, a few UI-related issues, and more. Here are the complete patch notes: Hello…