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.

Dungeons & Dragons – OGL 1.2 “Playtest” Revealed

Having recently alienated a decent chunk of their community with their plans to make the Dungeons & Dragons Open Game License (OGL) significantly more restrictive, Wizards of the Coast now seem to be looking to right their course to some…

Feargus Urquhart Interview

Despite not releasing any new RPGs in 2022, Obsidian Entertainment has had a pretty good year. And if you’d like to know whether this is the studio’s new direction or just some fluke, you might want to read this recent…

Monomyth Update – Beta 2 Available

Last week, we had a chance to familiarize ourselves with this Kickstarter update for Rat Tower Software’s dungeon crawling RPG Monomyth that outlined the contents of the game’s upcoming closed beta. This new beta build was said to feature two…

Baldur’s Gate III – Hotfix #31 Now Live

Starting the year on a high note, Larian Studios brings us this here hotfix for the latest early access build of Baldur’s Gate III. This particular patch fixes a couple of crashes and deals with a number of assorted issues…

Remnant: From the Ashes Coming to Nintendo Switch

Last month, Gunfire Games and THQ Nordic announced Remnant 2, a sequel to their co-op focused action-RPG Remnant: From the Ashes. The sequel is currently aiming for a 2023 release, but in the meantime, THQ Nordic will be working on…

Zoria: Age of Shattering Update – Monthly Changelog #2

The latest Kickstarter update for Tiny Trinket Games’ squad-based tactical RPG Zoria: Age of Shattering brings us up to speed with what the team’s been up to over the last month or so. That list includes remodeling and expanding some…

Sovereign Syndicate Preview

Originally announced back in 2021, Crimson Herring Studios’ steampunk RPG Sovereign Syndicate that seems to be mashing together some elements from Disco Elysium and Arcanum is currently aiming for a “late 2023 – Mid 2024” release. But in the meantime,…

Valheim Development Blog – Quests and Concepts

Iron Gate released their latest Mistlands early access update for Valheim last month. And now that the dust of countless new Viking dwellings being built has settled, they follow that release up with this here development blog looking towards the…

Triumph Studios – New Announcement Incoming

Triumph Studios, the Dutch team behind the Age of Wonders and Overlord series, was acquired by Paradox Interactive back in 2017. So far, this partnership has led to the release of Age of Wonders: Planetfall – a more sci-fi take…