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.

Joined: December 18, 2016
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ByVal Hull
OnApril 10, 2020

Encased Development Update – Content Patch 2 Overview

With a sizable new early access update for Dark Crystal Games’ post-apocalyptic RPG Encased coming soon, we get this development update that lists 6 main new features the second content patch will introduce to the game. These include overhauled locations,…

ByVal Hull
OnApril 10, 2020

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen – April 2020 Producer’s Letter

If you’d like to see some fresh gameplay footage from Visionary Realms’ upcoming group-focused MMORPG, Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen, you should check out this month’s producer’s letter. There, you’ll find links to a number of livestream VODs, a general…

ByVal Hull
OnApril 8, 2020

Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous Update #46

Roughly a month after the successful conclusion of Owlcat Games’ Kickstarter campaign for Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, we get this update that answers a number of prominent community questions. These questions, or rather their answers, shed some light on…

ByVal Hull
OnApril 8, 2020

The Making of Pyre – Noclip Documentary

Pyre, Supergiant Games’ least conventional offering that combines some elements of sports games, visual novels and RPGs, is the subject of Noclip’s latest documentary. If you’ve already watched Noclip’s documentaries dedicated to the making of Supergiant’s earlier games (Bastion and…

ByVal Hull
OnApril 8, 2020

Corven: Path of Redemption Update – Kickstarter in May

Corven: Path of Redemption, Lycantic’s upcoming Ultima-inspired RPG, will be heading to Kickstarter sometime around May. With that in mind, this development update for the game assures us that everything is moving along at a reasonable pace and that we’ll…

ByVal Hull
OnApril 8, 2020

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands – Closed Alpha Incoming, Covenant Abilities Overview

The Shadowlands expansion for World of Warcraft will be launching later this year, but if you’d like experience some fresh WoW content slightly ahead of schedule, you can now sign up for a closed alpha that will be launching shortly.…

ByVal Hull
OnApril 7, 2020

Reputation Overload – The Evolution of RPG Reputation Mechanics by Josh Sawyer

Josh Sawyer, a veteran RPG designer who played an integral part in the creation of Icewind Dale II, Fallout: New Vegas, and the Pillars of Eternity series among other things, is quite dissatisfied with how GDC (Game Developers Conference) runs…

ByVal Hull
OnApril 7, 2020

Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr New Content Update Live

The team over at NeocoreGames has put together a new content update for Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr. This particular update’s main attractions are the new Hardcore and Amber void crusades that will provide some new challenges and rewards for…

ByVal Hull
OnApril 7, 2020

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord Early Access Reviews

TaleWorlds Entertainment’s highly-anticipated sandbox RPG Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord spent about a week in early access by this point. As a result, we can now check out a number of fairly positive reviews based on the currently available and…

ByVal Hull
OnApril 7, 2020

The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor Preview Round-up

The upcoming Greymoor expansion for The Elder Scrolls Online will be taking us back to Skyrim where, this time around, we’ll be dealing with a vampire infestation, on June 2, 2020. And while we can already play through a prologue…