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.

Joined: December 18, 2016
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ByVal Hull
OnOctober 7, 2020

ZeniMax Online – New MMORPG in the Works

ZeniMax Online Studios, the developers behind The Elder Scrolls Online, have apparently been working on some new project for a couple of years now. The folks over at TweakTown have been following this game’s low-key development, and thanks to them…

ByVal Hull
OnOctober 6, 2020

Baldur’s Gate III Live in Early Access

Roughly two decades after BioWare launched Baldur’s Gate II, a CRPG remembered fondly to this day by countless RPG enthusiasts, we can now purchase an early access version of Baldur’s Gate III on Steam or GOG. Developed by Larian Studios,…

ByVal Hull
OnOctober 6, 2020

Geneforge 1: Mutagen Steam Page and Trailer

Spiderweb Software’s upcoming remaster for their first Geneforge game now has a proper Steam page and a gameplay trailer that shows off the new visuals while highlighting some of the remaster’s key features. So, let’s start with that: The Steam…

ByVal Hull
OnOctober 6, 2020

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion – Herbalism Retrospective

If you’re interested in reading something silly and amusing but still vaguely RPG-related, you should direct your attention to this recent Eurogamer article that tells a tale of a man oblivious to the intricacies of real life herbology and some…

ByVal Hull
OnOctober 6, 2020

Divinity: Original Sin – The Board Game Update #22

Prior to starting the second round of playtesting for Divinity: Original Sin – The Board Game, the game’s developers bring us this Kickstarter update where we can find some stats from the first round and learn how the game is…

ByVal Hull
OnOctober 5, 2020

The Iron Oath Development Status Update

The latest development update for The Iron Oath, Curious Panda’s gritty turn-based RPG, explains the absence of even a vague release window at this point, lets us know that despite all the setbacks, the game is now in alpha, promises…

ByVal Hull
OnOctober 5, 2020

System Shock 2 – Jonathan Chey Retrospective Interview

Jonathan Chey, one of the original developers on System Shock 2, recently had a chat with PC Gamer, reminiscing about his work on the classic immersive sim. The resulting interview covers System Shock 2’s humble origin as a three-man project…

ByVal Hull
OnOctober 5, 2020

Tainted Grail – Seeds of Corruption Update Live

Awaken Realm Digital launched their narrative-driven open-world RPG Tainted Grail into Steam Early Access roughly three months ago. Since then, the game has received numerous fixes and updates, all leading up to the recent major Seeds of Corruption content update.…

ByVal Hull
OnOctober 4, 2020

Brian Fargo and David Rogers Interview – Matt Chat

InXile Entertainment’s Brian Fargo and David Rogers join Matt Barton for the latest episode of his Matt Chat show to talk about inXile’s recently-released post-apocalyptic RPG Wasteland 3. But beyond that, the episode also touches on The Bard’s Tale series,…

ByVal Hull
OnOctober 4, 2020

Vaporum: Lockdown – Windows 7 Fix Available

Fatbot Games released Vaporum: Lockdown a few weeks back, but, apparently, the dungeon crawler kept crashing on Windows 7. As a result, we now have this patch addressing that particular issue and fixing some miscellaneous bugs and crashes on top…