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.

Songs of Conquest – New Update and Map Making Contest

The Lavapotion team brings us a new early access update for their kingdom management RPG Songs of Conquest. This particular one focuses on the game’s map editor, making it more robust and easier to use. And to celebrate this addition…

Cyberpunk 2077 – Ray Tracing Overdrive Mode Revealed

With NVIDIA looking to promote their new GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs together with their DLSS 3 “performance multiplier” technology, they’ve now partnered with CD Projekt RED. As a result, the studio’s futuristic open-world RPG Cyberpunk 2077 will be getting…

New World Season 1 – Fellowship & Fire Now Live

Fellowship & Fire, the first progression season for Amazon Game Studios’ MMORPG New World is now live, featuring the game’s first Season Pass reward track, an assortment of combat balance updates, a new seasonal story and expedition, and numerous quality…

Baldur’s Gate III Creature Codex – Goblin

With Baldur’s Gate III scheduled to go live on August 31, 2023, Larian Studios now appears to be running a new kind of promotional campaign on Twitter that will gradually introduce us to the various monsters and creatures we’ll get…

Path of Exile: Crucible FAQ

A few days back, Grinding Gear Games revealed the upcoming Crucible expansion for Path of Exile with their customary livestream. That event was then followed by an also livestreamed Q&A session with the studio’s CEO Chris Wilson. But apparently even…

Darkest Dungeon II Interview

Red Hook Studios recently released the Redemption Road early access update for Darkest Dungeon II in order to prepare the game for its upcoming May 8, 2023 release. Which makes now a good time to look back at the game’s…

Freedom Force – RPG Codex Retrospective Review

Spitfire Interactive’s upcoming superhero strategy RPG Capes is positioned as a spiritual successor to Freedom Force, a cult-classic superhero RPG from back in 2002. More than a mere nod of respect, one of Spitfire’s founders – Morgan Jaffit – actually…

The Iron Oath – Friends and Foes Update Available

Friends and Foes is the latest early access update for Curious Panda Games’ tactical RPG The Iron Oath. This major update overhauls the game’s attributes and its leveling system in general. It also increases the party size from 4 to…