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.

The Elder Scrolls Online 2020 Retrospective

With another year almost behind us, ZeniMax Online Studio’s director Matt Firor takes a look back at 2020 and its impact on The Elder Scrolls Online. Because of the pandemic, the game’s content updates had to be developed remotely, and…

Baldur’s Gate III – Holiday Song

In order to spread some holiday cheer, Larian Studios brings us a special song that combines Christmas, Baldur’s Gate III and mind flayers into one neat festive package. And if the above seems like something you might enjoy, you should…

King’s Bounty II Screenshots

If you’d like to see a bunch of fresh screenshots and maybe a few pieces of concept art for 1C Entertainment’s upcoming RPG King’s Bounty II, you should visit the game’s Steam page where you’ll find a bunch of announcements…

Cyberpunk 2077 – Over 13 Million Copies Sold

Cyberpunk 2077 launched in a pretty buggy state, with some console performance issues on top of those bugs. This resulted in quite a bit of refunds, and that, in turn, led to some worries regarding the game’s long-term prospects. But…

RPGs That Feel Like BioWare Games

With BioWare’s Mass Effect and Dragon Age series once again in the spotlight following The Game Awards, we get this PC Gamer article that takes a look at a number of RPGs by other developers that feel like BioWare games…

Nox Archaist – Mark Lemmert Interview

Earlier this month, 6502 Workshop released Nox Archaist, a very old-school, Ultima-inspired RPG built around the limitations of the Apple II. And if you’d like to learn more about this curious project, how it came to be and how it…

Encased – Content Patch 4 Available

The full release of Encased is already looming on the horizon, but before we get there, Dark Crystal Games brings us one last early access content update for their Fallout-inspired RPG. This latest patch introduces a couple of new companions,…

Diablo: Immortal Previews

With Diablo: Immortal now in technical alpha, we can check out several hands-on previews for Blizzard’s mobile action-RPG and learn how it plays and what it has to offer in terms of gameplay, systems, and monetization. Have a look: Eurogamer:…