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.

Wasteland 3 Patch v1.4.0 Preview – Animal Companion Kennel

The upcoming v1.4.0 patch for Wasteland 3 will not only introduce crafting to inXile’s post-apocalyptic RPG, it will also overhaul the game’s animal companion system by introducing the Kennel, removing companion type limits, and making the game’s UI more animal…

Disco Elysium: The Final Cut Narrator Interview

The recently-released Final Cut of ZA/UM Studio’s detective RPG Disco Elysium added plenty of voice acting, most of it done by one Lenval Brown, a London musician who you may recognize as the voice behind the game’s skills and its…

New World – PvP Vision & New Features

Following the release of a new alpha build for their upcoming MMORPG New World, Amazon Game Studios brings us this developer blog post outlining the team’s vision for the game’s PvP activities and offering a quick look at some newly…

Path of Exile 2 – Narrative Design Philosophies

Having recently shared some fresh Path of Exile 2 footage, Grinding Gear Games now brings us this article where they talk about their approach to narrative design in the upcoming action-RPG sequel. And what with the game’s enhanced reactivity and…

Hellgate: London – London 2038 Development Update #6

According to the latest developer diary for Hellgate: London’s London 2038 multiplayer mod, there’s now a new patch that improves the game’s Guardian and Evoker classes, introduces some early game enhancements, and more. Beyond that, we’re told about a new…

Biomutant World Trailer

In about a month, on May 25, 2021 to be precise, we’ll be able to start exploring the vibrant open world of Experiment 101’s highly-anticipated action-RPG Biomutant. With that in mind, we can now check out this new trailer that…

Conan Exiles: Isle of Siptah Update 2.4 Now Live

Funcom’s Isle of Siptah expansion for their survival RPG Conan Exiles has received a new content update that expands the game’s map, adds several new biomes, introduces some new bosses and a spider cult, and rebalances quite a few things.…

Transistor Retrospective Interview

Last week, as part of Supergiant Games’ 10th anniversary celebrations, we got a chance to look back at the making of Bastion, the studio’s debut project. And now, Game Informer brings us another Supergiant retrospective, this one dedicated to Transistor…