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.

The Surge 2 – Pre-Alpha Gameplay Footage

Deck13 and Focus Home Interactive’s Dark Souls-inspired action-RPG The Surge 2 is set to go live in roughly three months. For now, if you’re interested in this project, you can check out a bit of alpha gameplay footage narrated by…

How Tabletop Rules Are Adapted for Video Games

Whenever someone decides to create a video game based on this or that pen and paper RPG, they have to first figure out a way to make the game’s rules work within the context of a video game, which can…

Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory Previews

Back during this year’s E3, we got a chance to check out a gameplay demo for Bigben Interactive’s tabletop-inspired humorous RPG Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory. And now, we can learn a bit more about this game, thanks to a couple…

Rune II “Loki’s Ages of Ragnarok” Spotlight Trailer

Human Head Studios’ viking-themed action-RPG Rune II, formerly known as Rune and Rune: Ragnarok, is currently slated for a summer 2019 release. And in order to showcase the game’s recent progress, the developers have put together a new trailer dedicated…

Star Trek Online: Rise of Discovery Live on Consoles

The Rise of Discovery content update for Cryptic Studios and Perfect World Entertainment’s Star Trek Online that launched on PC back in May, has finally made its way to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The update adds a couple of…

Age of Wonders: Planetfall Previews

A hands-on demo for Triumph Studios and Paradox Interactive’s sci-fi 4X/RPG hybrid Age of Wonders: Planetfall was available at this year’s E3. As a result, we can now read a series of previews for the game ahead of its August…

Starfield Overview and Details

If you’re interested in Bethesda’s mystery-shrouded sci-fi RPG Starfield, you should check out this PC Gamer article that puts a spotlight on everything we currently know about this game. If you’ve been following Starfield’s development, most of it should be…