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: Markarth DLC Revealed

Markarth, the latest DLC for The Elder Scrolls Online, will be concluding the game’s year-long Dark Heart of Skyrim adventure on November 2, 2020 for PC, Mac and Stadia, and November 10th for PlayStation4 and Xbox One. The DLC will…

X-COM – The Digital Antiquarian

The latest entry on The Digital Antiquarian blog is dedicated entirely to Julian Gollop’s magnum opus that is X-Com: UFO Defense. We get to learn about the veteran designer’s humble origins, the game’s turbulent road to release, and then, we’re…

Torchlight III Early Access Update

Earlier this week, Echtra Games launched the so-called Update for Dummies for their hack ‘n’ slash action-RPG Torchlight III. That update was quite large, to the point where its changelog had to be split into three separate Steam announcements. With…

Dauntless – Untamed Wilds Update Live

Phoenix Labs has put together a new content update for their free to play co-op action RPG Dauntless. Entitled Untamed Wilds, it invites us to participate in a new Escalation challenge, introduces Missions, expands the game’s Behemoth roster with a…

Cyberpunk 2077 – Night City Wire, Episode 3

The latest episode of CD Projekt’s Cyberpunk 2077-focused Night City Wire livestream takes us on a quick tour of Night City, introduces us to the game’s many gangs, shares some developer insights, reveals the official system requirements, and more. Here’s…

Path of Exile: Heist Live

Heist, this year’s third challenge league expansion for Grinding Gear Games’ free to play action-RPG Path of Exile is now live. As is usual with these expansions, it offers some fresh challenges, a decent chunk of new content, and an…

Necromunda: Underhive Wars – Tips Trailer

If you’d like to know how to best tackle the plentiful tactical challenges Rogue Factor and Focus Home Interactive’s recently released Necromunda: Underhive Wars will throw at you, there is now a new trailer that shares a number of helpful…

Hades Leaves Early Access, Reviews

Following roughly two years of early access, Supergiant Games’ Greek mythology-inspired roguelite action-RPG Hades has finally graduated to a full release. You can purchase it on Steam or the Epic Games Store, or for your Nintendo Switch. The full release…