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.

Warren Spector on “Player Powered” Games

As part of a rather roundabout publicity drive for his upcoming multiplayer immersive sim Argos: Riders on the Storm, Otherside Entertainment’s Warren Spector will be authoring a series of articles over at GameDeveloper (formerly Gamasutra). The first of those revolves…

Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader Developer Diary #2

Roughly four months after the first developer diary for Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, Owlcat Games brings us another one. Only instead of a proper diary, it’s more of a concept art-packed lore video that introduces us to Rogue Traders within…

Pentiment – Behind the Scenes Video

If you wouldn’t mind knowing more about Obsidian’s historical narrative RPG Pentiment ahead of its November 15, 2022 release, you might want to watch this behind the scenes video where the game’s developers talk about its story, visual style and…

Alaloth: Champions of the Four Kingdoms Development Update

This here development update for Alaloth: Champions of the Four Kingdoms directs us to the latest hotfix for the game, talks about some upcoming bigger updates, and recaps the team’s experiences with a couple of recent video game award shows.…

Diablo IV – What Open World Means For the Game

In a series first, Diablo IV features an expansive open-world layer. And if you’d like to know why it’s there, how it will work, and what it will mean for your upcoming hack ‘n’ slash adventure, you should check out…

King Arthur: Knight’s Tale – Update Plans For 2022

If you’d like to know what the developers over at NeocoreGames have in store for King Arthur: Knight’s Tale, you should check out this Steam announcement that mentions new skirmish scenarios, achievements, and seasonal content. More on that: Knights! We…

Fallout 76 Update – Upcoming Weapon Changes and Events

Bethesda brings us a new development update for their multiplayer survival RPG Fallout 76 that outlines some upcoming changes to weapon mods that are currently live on the Public Test Server and briefly talks about a couple of in-game events.…

Hogwarts Legacy Gameplay Showcase

If your idea of a wizard doesn’t have any Vancian spell slots or mana and instead revolves around teenagers shouting incantations at each other within the hallways of some majestic old building, then you might want to direct your attention…