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.

Disco Elysium – New Approach to Failure

ZA/UM Studio’s detective RPG Disco Elysium allows you to fail at pretty much everything. And even though some mistakes are harder to come back from than others, most of the game’s scenarios allow you to fail forward as a way…

The Waylanders Update #42 – Companion Story & Background

Gato Salvaje Studio introduces us to another companion we’ll have a chance to recruit while playing their Dragon Age-inspired time-travel RPG The Waylanders in the game’s latest Kickstarter update. That companion is a brash one-eyed monster hunter who goes by…

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Bringing Ciri to Life

Jakub Szamalek, CD Projekt’s principal writer on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, recently had a chat with PC Gamer, during which he focused on Ciri and his team’s efforts to properly introduce her to the video game adaptation of the…

Torchlight III – Update 10 Overview

A few days back, Echtra Games revealed that their free to play co-operative action-RPG Torchlight Frontiers is no more, and instead, we’ll be getting a proper premium title in Torchlight III. With that in mind, you might be interested in…

Iron Danger Release Date Announced

Iron Danger, Action Squad Studios and Daedalic Entertainment’s time-bending tactical RPG now has a proper release date. Barring any last-minute delays, the game should be launching on March 25, 2020. And if you’d like to know what to expect from…

Ash of Gods: Redemption Released on Consoles

Originally released on PC back in 2018, AurumDust’s crowdfunded Banner Saga-inspired narrative RPG Ash of Gods: Redemption is now available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. The game offers a dynamic story where no character is safe from…

Conglomerate 451 Release Date Announced

Following a bit of a delay, RuneHeads’ procedurally generated cyberpunk dungeon crawler Conglomerate 451 is now getting ready to leave Steam Early Access on February 20, 2020. If you’re interested in an overview of the game’s early access journey and…

Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr Content Update 2.2.1 Live

NeocoreGames has put together a new content update for their grimdark action-RPG Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr and its standalone Prophecy expansion. The update introduces a heap of balance adjustments, primarily aimed at improving the game’s ranged weapons, a few…