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.

Grim Dawn Grim Misadventures #160 – All Set Here

Now that the Forgotten Gods expansion for Crate Entertainment’s action-RPG Grim Dawn is released, the regular “Grim Misadventure” development updates are less frequent, but they’re still coming. The latest one, for example, directs us to the patch notes for the…

Thea 2: The Shattering Released

If you’re interested in a game that combines 4X elements, RPG systems and card battles with plenty of narrative bits firmly rooted in Slavic mythology, then you should direct your attention towards MuHa Games’ recently released Thea 2: The Shattering.…

Dauntless Release Date Announced

After spending quite a few months in open beta, Phoenix Labs’ co-operative monster-slaying action-RPG Dauntless is about ready for a proper launch. Barring any last minute delays, the game should be going live on May 21, 2019 for PlayStation 4,…

ATOM RPG 1.1 Update Preview

AtomTeam’s post-apocalyptic Fallout-inspired ATOM RPG will be getting a sizable new update on May 29, 2019. Despite the game being fully released, the update is going to introduce plenty of new locations, characters, quests, and items, alongside the usual assortment…

The Surge 2 Interview

When Deck13’s Dark Souls-inspired action-RPG The Surge 2 launches later this year, you’ll get a chance to explore a futuristic city, fight plenty of tough enemies, use parts of them as your own gear, and uncover some mysteries in the…

Torchlight Frontiers Living Roadmap Available

Visual roadmaps seem to be fairly popular these days as a means of communicating development progress. And if you enjoy following roadmaps and are interested in Echtra Games’ upcoming multiplayer action-RPG Torchlight Frontiers, you can now check out the game’s…

Code of the Savage Update #16

This month’s Kickstarter update for Code of the Savage, Geoff Jones’ old-school Ultima-inspired RPG, talks about books, beds, and optimization. If you’re interested in a progress report or have some ideas for what the game’s combat system should look like,…

Path of Exile Developer Q&A, Part 2

Earlier this month, we had a chance to check out a detailed developer Q&A that revolved around the issues Grinding Gear Games’ hack ‘n’ slash action-RPG Path of Exile is facing at the moment. The second part of that Q&A…

Outward Video Interview

Nine Dots Studio’s survival-focused action-RPG Outward launched back in March. Despite some rough edges, the game is doing fairly well for itself, and as such, the studio’s founder Guillaume Boucher-Vidal, has recently took part in a GDC livestream where he…