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.

Solasta: Crown of the Magister Spring Update Now Live

The big Spring early access update for Solasta: Crown of the Magister is here, offering a level cap increase, new quests, new feats, and a great deal of system improvements, plus the Dungeon Maker tool. With the update now live,…

Disco Elysium: The Final Cut Interview

In less than a week, ZA/UM Studio will be launching The Final Cut of their detective RPG Disco Elysium. This sizable content update is going to feature new quests, new art and animations and full voice-acting, and this GamingBolt interview…

Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance Interview

Last week, we got a chance to see some gameplay and read a few hands-on previews for Tuque Games’ upcoming action-RPG Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance. Now, we can follow that up with another preview, one from VentureBeat, that doubles…

Monster Hunter: Rise Reviews

With the Switch release of Capcom’s co-operative action-RPG Monster Hunter: Rise scheduled for March 26, 2021, you might want to check out a few reviews for this latest installment of the long-running series and learn that its re-discovered handheld nature…

Magic: Legends Enters Open Beta on PC

Perfect World Entertainment and Cryptic Studios’ free to play online action-RPG Magic: Legends is now available on the Epic Games Store and Perfect World’s Arc Games client. Positioned as an open beta, this release invites us all to become spell-wielding…

The Outer Worlds – Carrie Patel on Writing Challenges

During a recent GDC Showcase, Obsidian Entertainment’s game director Carrie Patel answered a number of questions regarding her work on Pillars of Eternity and The Outer Worlds, and the key differences between writing for an isometric and a first-person RPG.…

Fallout 76 – 2021 Roadmap

Fallout 76, Bethesda’s multiplayer survival RPG that launched back in 2018 seems to still be going strong, with the developers planning to expand their game with plenty of new content and extra features over the course of 2021. This article…