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.

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen March 2023 Newsletter

The latest newsletter for Visionary Realms’ party-focused MMORPG Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen seems to be the last one of its kind, as this month’s Producer’s Letter lets us know that starting next month, instead of arriving together as part…

Stoneshard Update – Settlement Outskirts & New Bags

Ink Stains Games brings us a new development update for their turn-based RPG Stoneshard that highlights some of the features we can expect from the game’s upcoming Rags to Riches early access update. The chief among them are Settlement Outskirts…

Wartales Community Update #6 Released

As we’re nearing the April 12, 2023 release date for Shiro Games’ mercenary RPG Wartales, the developers bring us one final early access update based on all the feedback the team’s been getting recently. As a result, this latest update…

Divinity: Original Sin – The Board Game Update #38

Last we heard about the board game version of Divinity: Original Sin, it was just about ready to be shipped to the people who backed the project on Kickstarter. And as such, the project’s latest update brings us an unboxing…

Lords of the Fallen Previews

CI Games’ upcoming Dark Souls-inspired action-RPG Lords of the Fallen, not to be confused with CI Games’ Dark Souls-inspired action-RPG Lords of the Fallen from 2014, recently got an impressive technical showcase trailer. And while the new game definitely looked…

Diablo IV Open Beta Stats

Hot on the heels of the recent open beta for Diablo IV, Blizzard Entertainment brings us some assorted stats highlighting the smashing success of this demon-slaying weekend. With roughly 62 million hours played across all participating accounts, this apparently was…

Path of Exile: Crucible Expansion Reveal

Launching on April 7, 2023, Crucible is the next challenge league expansion for Grinding Gear Games’ free to play action-RPG Path of Exile. Built around a mysterious race of titans with a knack for upgrading weapons, Crucible will feature fresh…

Ravenbound Released, Reviews

Systemic Reaction’s challenging open world action-roguelite Ravenbound is now live on Steam, priced at $29.99 or your regional equivalent. If a project that combines challenging fast-paced action, permadeath, Scandinavian folklore, and a wide open world to explore sounds interesting to…