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.

New World: Forged in Aeternum – Sound Design

Good sound design can be a bit of an underappreciated art when it comes to video games. And so, in order to highlight the importance of audio in setting the right mood and evoking emotions, the latest Forged in Aeternum…

StarCrawlers: Chimera Winter Update

The early access build of Juggernaut Games’ single-character dungeon crawler StarCrawlers: Chimera has received a new update imparting some new abilities to the Soldier and Prototype classes, rebalancing some class features, and fixing a number of miscellaneous issues. Here are…

Gothic 1 Remake – Happy Holidays 2022

From the looks of it, the promotional strategy for THQ Nordic and Alkimia Interactive’s upcoming remake of the original Gothic seems to revolve around merely reminding us that the project exists every once in a while. And with that being…

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen December 2022 Newsletter

This year’s final newsletter for Visionary Realms’ party-focused MMORPG Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen brings us a producer’s letter with a quick recap and an updated alpha roadmap, as well as the usual month in review, developer feature, and community…

Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning Arena Mode Released

Back in 2020, THQ Nordic remastered 38 Studios’ ill-fated action-RPG Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, while also bringing it to modern consoles. Then, last year, they released the Fatesworn expansion for this Re-Reckoning remaster. And now, as a sort-of Christmas present,…