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.

Unknown Realm: The Siege Perilous Update #36

A few days back, this update for Stirring Dragon Games’ old-school RPG Unknown Realm: The Siege Perilous raised quite a lot of eyebrows among the game’s Kickstarter backers and those curious about this project in general. As such, we now…

Diablo III – The Darkening of Tristram Event Returns

Diablo III’s annual Darkening of Tristram flashback event is now live and should stay that way until January 31, 2020. If you’re unfamiliar, this event allows you to play through a version of the original Diablo’s campaign in Diablo III’s…

Colin McComb Interview, Part 2 – Matt Chat

Last week, we got a chance to check out the introductory part of Matt Barton’s chat with Colin McComb that was focused on McComb’s early career and his current projects. And now we can follow that up with an insightful…

Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous Interview

Following the recent announcement of Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, Owlcat Games’ creative director Alexander Mishulin had a chat with Twinfinite. As a result, we can now learn a thing or two about Owlcat Games’ approach to making their next…

Fallout 76 – Watoga Underground Details

On top of introducing actual NPCs to Bethesda’s online survival RPG Fallout 76, the game’s upcoming Wastelanders expansion will also expand its world with a series of new areas. Watoga Underground is one of those areas and the subject of…

World of Warcraft – What to Expect in 2020

In ten days or so, World of Warcraft will be getting its big Visions of N’Zoth content update, and afterwards we’ll have a few months to prepare ourselves for the release of the game’s upcoming Shadowlands expansion. With that in…

Vagrus: The Riven Realms Project Update

It’s a bit tricky to keep track of all the incremental milestone updates for Lost Pilgrims Studio’s CRPG/strategy hybrid Vagrus: The Riven Realms, what with the game seemingly stuck in perpetual crowdfunding mode over on Fig. But thankfully, this Steam…

Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls Release Date Announced

Following a series of setbacks, the PC version of XSEED Games’ JRPG-style take on the Wizardry series, Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls, finally has a proper release date. Barring any additional delays, the game should be launching on January 15,…

Best RPGs of the Decade – WCCFTech List

A few days back, we got an opportunity to check out WCCFTech’s list of 2019’s best RPGs. And now, what with a good deal of people treating 2020 as the start of a new decade, we can follow that up…