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.

Diablo: Immortal January 2023 Developer Q&A

Back in November 2022, Blizzard Entertainment put together this quick Q&A aimed at clarifying the studio’s immediate plans for their mobile-focused action-RPG Diablo: Immortal. The intention there was to keep expanding it from time to time. Which now brings us…

The Lord of the Rings Online – A Look at LOTRO’s 2023

Allan “Orion” Maki, the lead systems designer on Standing Stone Games’ long-running MMORPG The Lord of the Rings Online brings us this year’s first “Letter to the Players” that outlines the studio’s plans for 2023 and shares the latest roadmap.…

Jeff Vogel on the Upcoming OGL Changes

With Spiderweb Software gearing up for a new remaster of some description, Jeff Vogel, the mastermind behind the venerable indie studio, is once again active on his blog. Which brings us to this here extensive post with a veteran developer’s…

New World: Forged in Aeternum – Community Q&A

Amazon Game Studios kicks off 2023 with a new Forged in Aeternum episode where some of the senior developers behind their Age of Discovery MMORPG New World answer a series of pressing community questions. As a result, we can learn…

Age of Wonders 4 Announced

Following this recent tease suggesting that a new Age of Wonders title might soon be announced, Triumph Studios and Paradox Interactive went ahead and did exactly that, reveling Age of Wonders 4 to the world roughly three months ahead of…