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
OnNovember 26, 2019

The Bard’s Tale IV: Director’s Cut Update Available

A few days back, the Director’s Cut of inXile Entertainment’s dungeon-crawling RPG The Bard’s Tale IV: Barrows Deep received a new update addressing a number of reported issues, fixing a few bugs, and improving the game’s performance among other things.…

ByVal Hull
OnNovember 26, 2019

Encased Update – Early Access Content Expansion Overview

According to this recent Kickstarter update, sometime in December the Early Access version of Dark Crystal Games’ post-apocalyptic RPG Encased will be getting its first major content update. The update will offer an overhauled intro section, expand the main quest,…

ByVal Hull
OnNovember 26, 2019

Blizzard North Founders Talk Diablo IV and Blizzard Entertainment

David Brevik, Erich Schaefer and Max Schaefer, who, as Blizzard North, developed the two original Diablo games, were attending this year’s ExileCon event. There, they had an extended chat with a PC Gamer representative about the trajectory of the Diablo…

ByVal Hull
OnNovember 24, 2019

Aaryn Flynn Discusses BioWare and EA’s Frostbite Engine

Aaryn Flynn, BioWare’s former general manager, was one of the keynote speakers at this year’s Reboot Develop Red conference. According to this GamesIndustry.biz article, Flynn discussed his tenure at BioWare, the extensive and easy to use toolset he helped develop…

ByVal Hull
OnNovember 24, 2019

Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr Content Update v2.2.0 Live

The NeocoreGames team has put together a new content update for Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr, their sci-fi action-RPG. Apart from fixing a number of bugs, the update introduces a new weekly buff system (you can find the full list…

ByVal Hull
OnNovember 24, 2019

Dungeons & Dragons – Eberron: Rising from the Last War Campaign Sourcebook Available

Eberron, the vaguely steampunk world you may know as the setting for Dungeons & Dragons Online, was revisited by Wizards of the Coast in 2018 with Wayfinder’s Guide to Eberron that outlined the rules for this campaign setting in the…

ByVal Hull
OnNovember 24, 2019

Rune II Reviews

Originally announced as Rune: Ragnarok, Human Head Studios’ viking-themed action-RPG Rune II was released earlier this month. Following the game’s launch, Human Head Studios was forced to shut down, only to be promptly absorbed by Bethesda as Roundhouse Studios. And…

ByVal Hull
OnNovember 23, 2019

Gamedec Developer Diary – Introducing Low City

Anshar Studios, the team behind the upcoming cyberpunk detective RPG Gamedec, has put together a developer diary for their game that introduces us to Low City – one of Gamedec’s futuristic locations. So, if you’d like to learn a few…

ByVal Hull
OnNovember 23, 2019

Grim Dawn 1.1.5.0 Content Update Available

Content update v1.1.5.0 is now live for Crate Entertainment’s action-RPG Grim Dawn. According to the developers, this is the game’s largest free content update yet. Featuring over 6000 database changes, the update adjusts the majority of the game’s items in…

ByVal Hull
OnNovember 23, 2019

Stoneshard Update #58 – Prologue Progress

Back in October, Ink Stains Games announced a slight delay for their upcoming roguelike RPG Stoneshard. And according to this Kickstarter update, the team now plans to use the added development time to put together an updated version of the…