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.

Dauntless – Infinite Radiance Continues

Infinite Radiance is the latest content update for Phoenix Labs’ monster-hunting action-RPG Dauntless. It introduces a shiny new Behemoth, kicks off a new season of the Hunt Pass and then throws in some extra perks, abilities, quests, and rewards for…

Magic: Legends State of the Game – May 2021 Update

Steve Ricossa, the executive producer on Cryptic Studios’ online action-RPG Magic: Legends, brings us this state of the game update where he talks about some recent changes and improvements and outlines his team’s plans for the near future. On top…

Dark Envoy – Seven Pillars of RPG Wisdom

With Dark Envoy scheduled to go live later this year, Event Horizon brings us this developer blog via the Tower of Time Steam page listing a number of features that should hopefully turn the studio’s upcoming project into a unique…

Guild Wars 2 – Return to Living World Season 2

With the Icebrood Saga now concluded, ArenaNet will be revisiting some of Guild Wars 2’s earlier episodic story content, namely the second season of the MMORPG’s Living World storyline, starting May 25, 2021. So, if you wouldn’t mind immersing yourself…

What Turns a Dungeon Into a Fun-geon

Fun dungeons, or fun-geons as PC Gamer’s editors call them, have been a cornerstone of RPGs pretty much since the day they branched off from wargames. And as such, this PC Gamer article tries to figure out what makes a…

How Game Designers Handle Encumbrance

Encumbrance in video games can be quite annoying, and as such, game designers are often tasked with solving this perceived problem. Now, if you’d like to know how exactly some of them go about it, you should check out this…

Biomutant – Explanation Trailer

With Experiment 101’s kung-fu action-RPG Biomutant launching in less than a week, we get an extended “Explanation” trailer where the game’s art & creative director Stefan Ljungqvist sheds some light on a number of its key features. Check it out:…

The Ascent Release Date Announced, Previews

Curve Digital and Neon Giant will be bringing their co-op friendly cyberpunk action-RPG The Ascent to PC and Xbox on July 29, 2021. This release date announcement is accompanied by a new trailer and a series of hands-on previews/interviews highlighting…

Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness Update #48 – New UI

Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness, GrapeOcean Technologies’ upcoming isometric CRPG, can now boast a fancier UI with a touch more personality. This Kickstarter update shows off all the latest improvements in that particular area and briefly talks about the reasons…