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.

Starflight Retrospective Interview

Developed by Binary Domains and published by Electronic Arts way back in 1986, Starflight is a classic but often overlooked series that can be found among the inspirations for many a sci-fi RPG. Despite that, apart from a failed attempt…

King’s Bounty II Environments Preview

Having announced the updated release date for King’s Bounty II, 1C Entertainment buckled down and refocused their efforts on development, in the process ceasing most of their promotional communications. Even so, we can now check out this Twitter post showcasing…

Magic: Legends – State of the Open Beta, Week 3

Following a couple weeks of open beta testing, Magic: Legends’ executive producer Steve Ricossa brings us this state of the game update where he addresses some player feedback, outlines his team’s plans for the nearest future, and announces a couple…

Phoenix Point – Roadmap For 2021

New content is apparently still coming to Snapshot Games’ vaguely Lovecraftian X-Com-like Phoenix Point. Throughout the year, we’ll be getting a total of 3 sizable pieces of DLC, with the first one scheduled to go live on May 25, 2021.…

Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday – Matt Chat

Buck Rogers, the prototypical sci-fi action hero, was not only the star of countless stories, comic books, and films, he also had a couple of Gold Box RPGs dedicated to him and his futuristic adventures. One of those, Buck Rogers:…

Diablo II: Resurrected Previews

After spending some time with the technical alpha for Diablo II: Resurrected, quite a few outlets have put together their previews for this high-profile remaster. And even though the alpha only featured two acts, three classes and no multiplayer, it…