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.

Trent Oster Interview, Part 2 – Matt Chat

The second part of Matt Barton’s chat with Beamdog’s CEO and BioWare’s co-founder Trent Oster is now up (you can find the first part over here). If you’re interested in hearing the veteran developer talk about game engines, Neverwinter Nights’…

The Outer Worlds Gameplay Footage and Interview

We’re now less than a month and a half away from the October 25, 2019 release of Obsidian Entertainment’s sci-fi RPG The Outer Worlds, which means that the gameplay footage presented during this year’s Tokyo Game Show should be pretty…

The Bard’s Tale IV: Director’s Cut September 10 Patch

Following the release of the extended “Director’s Cut” of The Bard’s Tale IV: Barrows Deep, inXile Entertainment brings us a new patch for the game that addresses some of the most commonly reported issues introduced by the recent major update.…

Conglomerate 451 Preview and Interview

During this year’s Gamescom trade fair RuneHeads and 1C Entertainment were showcasing their procedurally-generated cyberpunk dungeon crawler Conglomerate 451. As a result, we can now watch this Gamereactor video interview with RuneHeads’ Moreno Lovato where he talks about the game’s…

Solasta: Crown of the Magister Updates, $111,828 and Counting

With three more weeks to go and a total of $111,828 already pledged, Tactical Adventures’ Kickstarter campaign for their D&D-inspired CRPG Solasta: Crown of the Magister is over halfway to getting funded. With that in mind, the campaign’s latest update…

The Surge 2 Story Trailer

Ahead of the September 24, 2019 launch of Deck13 and Focus Home Interactive’s action-RPG The Surge 2, we get a cinematic story trailer for the game that introduces us to some of its mysteries, the quarantined Jericho City, and the…