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.

Nox Archaist Update – Playtesting

Nox Archaist, 6502 Workshop’s upcoming Ultima and The Bard’s Tale-inspired RPG, has entered the playtesting phase, and by the end of September, the developers intend to share the game’s final release date with the world. This Kickstarter update lets us…

Wasteland 3 – Matt Chat

Matt Barton starts the latest episode of his Matt Chat show with an unboxing of Wasteland 3’s Collector’s Edition, and then follows that up with a whopping 4-hour long gameplay session, during which he shares his thoughts on the opening…

Divinity: Original Sin – The Board Game Update #21

This month’s development update for Divinity: Original Sin – The Board Game shows off a number of sample miniatures, shares a playtesting update, goes over the game’s boss design, and highlights some fresh artwork. To start things off, here’s the…

Wasteland 3 – Brian Fargo Interview

Following the recent release of inXile Entertainment’s latest post-apocalyptic RPG Wasteland 3, the studio’s boss Brian Fargo had a video chat with the folks over at Shacknews. The resulting interview covers the long-running series’ bumpy history, the challenges of developing…

New World Previews

Thanks to the ongoing preview event for Amazon Game Studios’ upcoming MMORPG New World, we can now check out a number of articles that tell us how the game looks and plays now, after its relatively recent pivot to a…

Gamedec – Coming to Nintendo Switch

According to a new trailer that premiered during this year’s gamescom, Anshar Studios’ cyberpunk detective RPG Gamedec will be coming to Nintendo Switch sometime in 2021, following the game’s PC release that’s currently scheduled for late 2020. Here’s the trailer…

The Waylanders – Medieval Era First Look

Gato Studio’s time-travel RPG The Waylanders is currently going through early access. If you buy into the game at this point, you’ll be able to experience its pre-Roman Celtic era. But thanks to this year’s gamescom and IGN, we can…