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.

Knights of the Chalice 2 – Update on The Dark Arena

Following a bit of a jolt during the recent OGL mess that ended up with Wizards of the Coast reverting the planned changes and keeping the old license intact, Heroic Fantasy Games brings us this here Kickstarter update for Knights…

Horizon: Call of the Mountain – Introducing Ryas

Horizon: Call of the Mountain, Guerrilla Games’ PlayStation VR2 exclusive spin-off of their retro-futuristic open world series, is scheduled to go live on February 22, 2023. And seeing how the game will let us play as a new protagonist called…

Dungeons & Dragons Online – January 2023 Producer’s Letter

If you’d like to know what Standing Stone Games has in store for their long-running MMORPG Dungeons & Dragons Online, you should check out this Producer’s Letter where Amanda “Tolero” Grow shares DDO’s development roadmap for 2023. From the looks…

Pentiment – Hannah Kennedy on Managing the Art Pipeline

One of the more notable things about Obsidian Entertainment’s narrative adventure Pentiment is its striking art style clearly inspired by medieval manuscript illustrations. And if you wouldn’t mind knowing a thing or two about how one goes about creating something…

Gothic 1 Remake – Molerat Sneakpeek

With a new month upon us, we get another sneak peek at THQ Nordic and Alkimia Interactive’s Gothic remake. This one shows off the updated molerat model that looks precisely look you would expect a molerat to look, now with…

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen January 2023 Newsletter

This year’s first newsletter for Visionary Realms’ MMORPG Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen brings us a producer’s letter outlining the team’s plans for the nearest future, then follows it up with the month in review section, shares a few developer…

Dungeons & Dragons – Planned OGL Changes Walked Back

Wizards of the Coast’s recent announcement of a new Dungeons & Dragons Open Game License (OGL) went down with all the grace of a lead balloon. With just about everyone complaining, customers unsubscribing, competitors working on alternatives, and a small…