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.

Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn – Matt Chat

Having started his Matt Chat show back in 2009, Matt Barton has now worked his way all the way up to episode 500. Over the years, this initially hobby project resulted in a treasure trove of insightful interviews with notable…

Songs of Conquest 2023 Roadmap Reveal

Lavapotion, the team behind the Heroes of Might and Magic-inspired Songs of Conquest, brings us an updated early access roadmap for their game that promises three major updates throughout 2023. The third of those is currently scheduled for late Q3…

Star Trek Online: Refractions Update Live

Refractions, the latest content update for Gearbox Publishing and Cryptic Studios’ spaceship MMO Star Trek Online is now live on PC, and should be arriving to consoles at a later date. Concluding the game’s latest Mirror Universe arc, the update…

Risen Console Port and PC Update Available

A couple months back, THQ Nordic announced a new console port for Piranha Bytes’ open world RPG Risen that was originally released back in 2009. That port is now live on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch, inviting us…

Mac Walters Departs BioWare

Last year, we got a chance to check out a BioWare blog acting as a profile story for Mac Walters, a veteran developer of 19 years who at the time was acting as the production director on Dragon Age: Dreadwolf,…

Dark Envoy – Limited Demo Incoming

Event Horizon’s tactical RPG Dark Envoy was initially positioned as a turn-based alternative to Tower of Time, the studio’s previous project featuring a real-time-with-not-quite-pause combat system. It was also supposed to be going live in 2020. However, the game was…

Fallout 76 Update – Illegal Weapon Mod Removal Update

Bethesda brings us a new development update for their multiplayer survival RPG Fallout 76 that highlights the game’s new patch aimed at removing “illegal” weapon mods from the game, rebalancing a few of its perfectly legal weapons, and fixing some…

SpellForce: Conquest of Eo Release Date Announced

Those of you who can get excited by a bit of spellslinging 4X action with turn-based tactical battles and some RPG elements on top of that, are probably well aware of Owned by Gravity and THQ Nordic’s upcoming turn-based take…

Stoneshard Update – Dungeon Generation

Last time we heard from Ink Stains Games, they revealed an updated roadmap for their turn-based RPG Stoneshard that’s been stuck in early access for a couple years now. Which now brings us to this Steam announcement informing us that…