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
OnOctober 2, 2019

System Shock – 25th Anniversary Livestream, Warren Spector Interview

LookingGlass Technologies’ System Shock was released on September 23, 1994. And in order to celebrate the game’s 25th birthday, Nightdive Studios, the team behind System Shock Remastered Edition, organized a livestream together with some of the original System Shock designers,…

ByVal Hull
OnOctober 1, 2019

Solasta: Crown of the Magister Updates, $215,915 and Counting

With merely 3 days to go and a total of $215,915 pledged, Tactical Adventures’ Kickstarter campaign for Solasta: Crown of the Magister is nearing the finish line. With that in mind, update #19 informs us that the Lawkeepeer Background stretch…

ByVal Hull
OnOctober 1, 2019

Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition – Tyrants of the Moonsea Live on GOG

Tyrants of the Moonsea, Ossian Studios’ premium module for Beamdog’s Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition, launched on Steam earlier this year, and is now available on GOG.com as well. So, if you’re interested in a new expansion-sized Neverwinter Nights adventure, but…

ByVal Hull
OnOctober 1, 2019

Grim Dawn Grim Misadventure #164 – Korvan Heresy

The Crate Entertainment team is currently busy working on the free 1.1.5.0 update for their hack ‘n’ slash action-RPG Grim Dawn, an update the developers refer to as “Grim Dawn’s largest free content update ever.” And if you’d like to…

ByVal Hull
OnOctober 1, 2019

Disco Elysium – Introducing the Thought Cabinet

We are now just two weeks away from the launch of ZA/UM Studio’s innovative detective RPG Disco Elysium. And now that we know just how big the game is going to be, we get a new developer blog from ZA/UM’s…

ByVal Hull
OnSeptember 30, 2019

Trent Oster Interview, Part 3 – Matt Chat

Trent Oster, BioWare’s co-founder and the current CEO of Beamdog, shares some stories of what it was like to work on Baldur’s Gate back in the day, mentions some of the unexpected issues his team had to deal with while…

ByVal Hull
OnSeptember 30, 2019

Fallout 76 – Upcoming Updates and Quality of Life Features

If you’re interested in what Bethesda has in store for their multiplayer survival RPG Fallout 76, you should check out this development update that talks about the public event changes coming to the game in the upcoming Patch 14, mentions…

ByVal Hull
OnSeptember 30, 2019

Gamedec Gameplay Demo Walkthrough, Previews

Earlier this month, we learned about Gamedec – Anshar Studios’ upcoming cyberpunk detective RPG based on a series of Polish novels. And now, we can follow that up with roughly 20 minutes of developer-narrated gameplay footage, courtesy of Shacknews. Have…

ByVal Hull
OnSeptember 30, 2019

GreedFall Reviews

Following the release of Spiders and Focus Home Interactive’s colonial themed action-RPG GreedFall, we had an opportunity to check out several reviews for the game. Those reviews were for the msot part positive but not overwhelmingly so. And if you’re…

ByVal Hull
OnSeptember 29, 2019

The Elder Scrolls: Legends – Jaws of Oblivion Expansion Announced

Jaws of Oblivion is the title of the next pack-based expansion for Bethesda’s CCG The Elder Scrolls: Legends. Scheduled to go live on October 8, 2019, the expansion will be introducing over 75 new cards, including some special Daedra cards,…