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 III Race and Class Overview

Larian Studios’ upcoming Baldur’s Gate III will be using the fifth edition of Dungeons & Dragons as its roleplaying system. And while that system sure seems to be popular these days, it’s perfectly understandable if you don’t know its subclasses…

Fallout 76 Update – PTS News and Incoming Hotfix

Steel Dawn, this year’s final content update for Fallout 76, will be launching in a few months, and as such, some of its features will soon be making their way to the Public Test Server. The latest development update for…

Ultima Online: New Legacy Announced

Ultima Online: New Legacy is a new way to play the venerable MMORPG that combines some ideas of a Classic server with the concept of seasonal progression that resets every year. It’s not clear when this new shard will be…

Baldur’s Gate II Retrospective – The Anatomy of a Sequel

With Baldur’s Gate III launching into early access on October 6th, the folks over at Gamasutra have unearthed this ancient by this point Baldur’s Gate II retrospective. The article was penned by one of BioWare’s founders Ray Muzyka soon after…

Stoneshard – Way Forward Update Live

The big Way Forward early access update for Ink Stains Games’ turn-based RPG Stoneshard is now live. The update’s main new features improve the game’s dungeon generation and overhaul its AI. As a result, the enemies will now act more…

Ni-Oh 2: Darkness in the Capital DLC Pack Detailed

Come October 15, 2020, Team Ninja’s Dark Souls-inspired samurai-themed action-RPG Ni-Oh 2 will be getting its second DLC pack – Darkness in the Capital. According to this post on the official PlayStation Blog, this bit of extra content will take…

Solasta: Crown of the Magister PAX Q&A Recap

Earlier this month, there was a Discord Q&A for Tactical Adventures’ upcoming CRPG Solasta: Crown of the Magister. And if you’d like a not so quick recap of everything that’s been shared there, you can now check out this article…

Xbox to Become a Console for RPGs

Following Microsoft’s acquisition of ZeniMax Media, GameSpot brings us this article that revolves around the idea that given Microsoft’s recently expanded developer roster, the next generation of Xbox consoles has a decent chance of becoming a bastion for role-playing games.…

Wasteland 3 – Patch 1.1.1 Live

Right now, inXile Entertainment is working on a big patch for their recently released post-apocalyptic RPG Wasteland 3. But for the time being, we get this smaller update aimed at improving the game’s stability, fixing some pressing co-op issues, and…