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.

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands – Maldraxxus Preview

Maldraxxus, the birthplace of necromantic magic, is one of the new areas you’ll be able to explore once World of Warcraft’s Shadowlands expansion goes live. This article on the game’s website talks about this grim place, the Necrolord covenant that…

Divinity: Original Sin – The Board Game Update #19

The latest Kickstarter update for the board game adaptation of Larian’s Divinity: Original Sin lets us know that the game’s release had to be postponed until Summer 2021. The reasons listed are the need for more playtesting and the team’s…

Battle Brothers Developer Blog #140 – New Origins

Once the upcoming Blazing Deserts DLC for Battle Brothers goes live, you’ll be able to choose from a number of new company origins. These new options will let you play as a band of southern mercenaries, an army of slaves,…

The Art of Arkane Studios

Arkane Studios continues to celebrate its 20th birthday, and as a result, we can now read this interview with Sebastien Mitton, Arkane Lyon’s art director responsible for the studio’s unique visual style. On top of that, you can now pick…

Dauntless – Call of the Void Update Live

A few days back, we had a chance to watch the launch trailer for Dauntless’ latest Call of the Void content update. That update is now live, featuring a new Escalation challenge, a new Behemoth, the latest iteration of the…

Demon’s Souls Remake Announced

Demon’s Souls, the original FromSoftware “Souls” game that, due to its PlayStation exclusivity and spotty Western support, pretty much nobody played, is being rebuilt from the ground up by JAPAN Studio and Bluepoint Games. Coming to PlayStation 5 at some…

Horizon Forbidden West Announced, Coming to PlayStation 5

Horizon Forbidden West, a direct sequel to Guerrilla Games’ tribal/futuristic action-RPG Horizon Zero Dawn, was announced during PlayStation’s Future of Gaming event. Coming exclusively to PlayStation 5, the new game will continue the open world journey of the daring huntress…

The Iron Oath Gameplay Trailer and Interview

Thanks to IGN’s Summer of Gaming event, we can now check out a new gameplay trailer for Curious Panda Games’ tactical RPG The Iron Oath and see some turn-based battles and a few bits of dialogue. The brief trailer is…

Gamedec Developer Diary – Complexity of Branching

A fresh developer diary for Anshar Studios’ cyberpunk detective RPG Gamedec was presented during The Escapist Magazine’s Indie Showcase. The diary puts the spotlight on the complexity of Gamedec’s branching system that will enable a variety of approaches based on…