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.

Fallout 76 – The Burrows and Camera Preview

On April 16, 2019, a new dungeon will be making its way to Bethesda’s multiplayer survival RPG Fallout 76. Entitled The Burrows, the dungeon will let you explore an expansive tunnel system and fight its less than friendly inhabitants. And…

Path of Exile Development Manifesto – Melee Rebalance

The next expansion for Grinding Gear Games’ action-RPG Path of Exile is set to go live around June. And according to this development manifesto, when it does go live, the game’s melee skills will be revamped and rebalanced in order…

Battle Brothers Developer Blog #122 – The Ijirok

The Ijirok is a new boss-type monster coming to Overhype Studios’ strategy RPG Battle Brothers in the upcoming Warriors of the North expansion. Previewed in the latest developer blog, this dimension-hopping beast will be linked to a new legendary quest…

Encased Update #32 – Rewards That Matter

The latest Kickstarter update for Dark Crystal Games’ Fallout-inspired post-apocalyptic RPG Encased discusses the idea of in-game backer rewards and explains how the developers plan to make said rewards matter and at the same time fit in both with the…

Underworld Ascendant Update 3 Live

The developers over at Otherside Entertainment have put together a brand new update for their dungeon crawling immersive sim Underworld Ascendant. The update is now live on Steam. It mainly improves the game’s performance, but also fixes some bugs and…

Focus Home Interactive – What’s Next 2019

Focus Home Interactive, the publishers of many an RPG project including Vampyr, The Surge, and Call of Cthulhu, have revealed their plans for the near future during a recent “What’s Next” event. You can find all the announcements neatly arranged…

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord Developer Blog – Keep Battle

This week’s developer blog post for Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord is dedicated to sieges, and in particular the part where a besieged castle’s defenders retreat to the keep and make their last stand. Tight quarters, scene changes, unit numbers,…

Dungeons & Dragons Online: Masterminds of Sharn Interviews

The developers over at Standing Stone Games have recently announced the Masterminds of Sharn expansion for their long-running MMORPG Dungeons & Dragons Online. You can already pre-order the expansion from the official website, but if you’d like to learn a…