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.

Encased Development Update – How to Master Combat

With Dark Crystal Games getting ready to launch their Fallout-inspired RPG Encased out of early access, we get a new development update that brings us a comprehensive overview of the game’s turn-based combat system in its current iteration. Check it…

Underrail Development Update – The Psi Question

Last month, Stygian Software released a new Psi Update for their post-apocalyptic RPG Underrail. The update reined in the game’s overpowered Psi builds by limiting their unparalleled versatility. Some people weren’t too fond of these changes, and as a result,…

Path of Exile: Heist Announced

Launching on September 18, 2020, Heist is the latest challenge league expansion for Grinding Gear Games’ free to play action-RPG Path of Exile. The league’s main new mechanic will have you planning and executing elaborate heists in pursuit of unique…

Vaporum: Lockdown Release Date Announced

Vaporum: Lockdown, Fatbot Games’ prequel to their steampunk dungeon crawler Vaporum, will be launching on Steam, GOG and the Humble Store in just a couple of weeks, on September 15, 2020. If you’re interested in a bit of Legend of…

Fallout 76 Update – One Wasteland Preview

The latest development update for Bethesda’s survival RPG Fallout 76 details the upcoming One Wasteland feature that’s currently being tested on the PTS. This feature will introduce a curious take on level scaling to the game and let you to…

Rune II Coming to Steam Featuring Updated Narrative

A while back, we learned that the team responsible for keeping Rune II alive following Human Head Studios’ unexpected exodus was planning to overhaul the game’s narrative and add a bit more story to the otherwise senseless slaughter. We now…