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.

Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood Reveal Trailer

During this year’s PDXCON, Cyanide Studio’s game director presented a new trailer for their upcoming World of Darkness-themed action-RPG Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood that’s currently slated for a summer 2020 release. The trailer focuses on the game’s protagonist Cahal…

Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong Announced

Earlier this year we learned that Big Bad Wolf Studio, the developers of The Council, were working on a narrative World of Darkness RPG together with Bigben Interactive. That game has now been officially announced as Vampire: The Masquerade –…

BattleTech: Heavy Metal Expansion Announced

Paradox Interactive and Harebrained Schemes revealed the next expansion for BattleTech, their tabletop-inspired mech combat tactics game, at this year’s PDXCON. Entitled Heavy Metal, the expansion is set to go live on November 21, 2019, packed with a total of…

Pathfinder: Kingmaker – Owlcat Games Goes Independent

Owlcat Games, the team that brought us Pathfinder: Kingmaker, used to operate as a subsidiary of MY.GAMES. But seeing how MY.GAMES’ main focus lies with freemium projects, going forward Owlcat Games will be acting as an independent studio. According to…

Encased Update #38 – One Year Later

Encased, Dark Crystal Games’ Fallout-inspired RPG, is currently going through an Early Access phase, with the full release scheduled for next year. And if you’d like to examine Encased’s year-long journey from a simple Kickstarter pitch to a very much…

The Outer Worlds Launch Trailer

In order to get us all ready for the upcoming October 25, 2019 release of their sci-fi RPG The Outer Worlds, Obsidian Entertainment has put together a flashy launch trailer that highlights the game’s player-driven story as well as its…

Anthem – Season of Skulls Update Available

Season of Skulls, the first seasonal content update for BioWare’s multiplayer action-RPG Anthem, is now live as part of the v1.5.0 patch for the game. The update introduces a Halloween-themed event that offers unique challenges and rewards, a special boss…

Code of the Savage Update #21 – Children of Eterin

This month’s development update for Code of the Savage, Geoff Jones’ Ultima-inspired old-school RPG, starts with a general progress report that lists all the recent fixes and improvements. It then introduces us to Children of Eterin – a fire-loving doomsday…

The Outer Worlds Interviews, System Requirements Revealed

With Obsidian Entertainment’s Fallout: New Vegas-inspired sci-fi RPG The Outer Worlds launching in about a week, you might be interested in checking out a couple of fresh interviews with the game’s developers. First, we have this WCCFTech interview with Brian…