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.

Defiant Development Shuts Its Doors After Nine Years

Founded back in 2010, Defiant Development, the studio behind the Hand of Fate series, will be ceasing development and going into “caretaker mode,” according to this official Facebook post. While their combat system could have used some work, I greatly…

Solasta: Crown of the Magister – Adapting the Ruleset

Solasta: Crown of the Magister, Tactical Adventures’ debut role-playing project, will be using an adapted version of the OGL 5e Dungeons & Dragons ruleset. And according to Tactical Adventures’ creative director and CEO, the team’s philosophy when it comes to…

Torchlight Frontiers – Beast Buddies Update Now Live

Beast Buddies, Torchlight Frontiers’ 7th closed alpha update was initially supposed to go live on July 16, however this official forums post informed us that the update’s release had to be postponed to July 23. Now that the update is…

Disco Elysium – Choose Your Own Misadventure, Part 2

The second part of Canard PC’s feature dedicated to ZA/UM Studio’s upcoming detective RPG Disco Elysium brings us an interview with Robert Kurvitz, the game’s lead designer and writer. The official developer blog offers an English translation and lets us…

Grim Dawn Grim Misadventures #162 – Riggs’ Request

The latest installment of Crate Entertainment’s “Grim Misadventure” series of development updates for their hack ‘n’ slash action-RPG Grim Dawn showcases the game’s new rendering tech and then talks a bit about the content coming our way in the game’s…

Underrail: Expedition Released

Stygian Software released Underrail back in 2015. Inspired by Fallout, this post-apocalyptic RPG featured engaging exploration, a fairly deep turn-based combat system and a strong focus on crafting. The Expedition expansion for Underrail was announced a year later, but it’s…

Stoneshard Update #52 – Health System

Staying alive is a pretty integral part of any roguelike game, so if you’re interested in Ink Stains Games’ roguelike RPG Stoneshard, you should check out the latest Kicstarter update that describes the recent changes to the game’s health system.…