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.

Encased – Early Access Content Patch #1 Live

The early access version of Dark Crystal Games’ post-apocalyptic RPG Encased has received its first major content patch that redesigns the game’s prologue, expands its first act, and adds a psionic skill tree, some new quests and locations, while also…

EverQuest II: Blood of Luclin Expansion Released

Blood of Luclin, the 16th expansion for Daybreak’s long-running MMORPG EverQuest II is here. You can purchase it directly through the official website, with the standard edition priced at $34.99, and enjoy plenty of new story content, fresh high-level encounters…

The Waylanders Update #39 – Combat Theme

An earlier Kickstarter update for Gato Salvaje Studio’s Dragon Age-inspired RPG The Waylanders shared the game’s main theme composed by Inon Zur, a prominent video game composer who worked on Icewind Dale II and Pathfinder: Kingmaker among other things. And…

Cyberpunk 2077 Interview

CD Projekt’s previous major project, The Witcher series, was adapted from a series of novels, which meant a fixed protagonist and a relative freedom when it came to developing gameplay systems. Now, the Polish studio is working on Cyberpunk 2077…

Anthem – Icetide Season and Update 1.6.0 Live

Last week, BioWare’s co-operative action-RPG Anthem received a new update that kicked off the game’s seasonal Icetide event that combines some holiday season festivities with new challenges and objectives. The update also fixes a number of bugs and introduces new…

Diablo II and Audio Design

Last month, we got an opportunity to check out an excerpt from David L. Craddock’s new Stay Awhile and Listen book that was dedicated to Blizzard’s short-lived Diablo Junior project. And now, this Gamasutra article shares another chapter from that…

Warhammer: Chaosbane – Tomb Kings DLC Live

Tomb Kings is the title of the new story DLC for Eko Software and Bigben Interactive’s action-RPG Warhammer: Chaosbane. Priced at $9.99 or your regional equivalent, the DLC is available on Steam, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It offers a…

Gothic Remake – Playable Teaser Available

Way back in 2001, Piranha Bytes released their debut project – an ambitious action-RPG known as Gothic. Despite featuring probably the least intuitive control scheme ever, the game quickly became a cult classic and was followed by a couple of…

Path of Exile 2 Interview

Path of Exile, Grinding Gear Games’ fast-paced action-RPG known for its unique skill gem system and its overwhelmingly massive passive skill tree, is considered by some to be a worthy successor to Diablo II, the gold standard of action-RPGs. Pair…