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.

System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition Coming Soon

Prior to announcing their still upcoming remake of the original System Shock, Nightdive Studios brought an Enhanced Edition of the legendary FPS/RPG hybrid to Steam and GOG. The Enhanced Edition offered higher resolution support, some new features and a series…

Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem – Game Design Objectives Q&A

The developers behind Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem, a hack ‘n’ slash action-RPG currently going through Steam Early Access, have recently put together this announcement styled as a Q&A that shares their plans for the game’s next update and beyond, with…

Kingdom Come: Deliverance – A Woman’s Lot DLC Reviews

Back in May, Warhorse Studios released A Woman’s Lot – the final piece of story DLC for their historical open-world RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance. If you’re someone who prefers to purchase games when they’re content-complete and would like to know…

System Shock Remastered Edition Update #59

Those of you following the development of Nightdive Studios’ System Shock Remastered Edition should by now be familiar with its predominantly visual Kickstarter updates. The latest one doesn’t break this mold, but that doesn’t stop it from featuring some neat…

Forged of Blood Interview

The Critical Forge team spent over three years working on their turn-based tactical RPG Forged of Blood, and now that the game is finally released, one of the developers had a chat with RPG Watch as part of their “Indie…

Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory Previews

If you’re interested in a humorous dystopian RPG based on a fairly popular tabletop game, then you have Black Shamrock and Cyanide Studio’s Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory to look forward to. Set in a retro-futuristic world and featuring a real…

Encased Update #34 – Closed Beta Now Live

Dark Crystal Games’ post-apocalyptic RPG Encased launched into a backer-exclusive closed alpha back in July. Roughly a month later, the game is now in beta, according to the latest Kickstarter update. If you’d like to learn what this means for…

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord Developer Blog – Sieges, Part 2

A few weeks back, the developers over at TaleWorlds Entertainment shared some information regarding the robust siege mechanics in their upcoming sandbox RPG Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord. This week’s blog post expands on that particular topic and covers the…