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.

Outward – Backpacking Tour Trailer

Nine Dots Studio’s upcoming open-world RPG Outward will give you plenty of areas to explore, and you’ll need all sorts of supplies to do so. And in order to carry those supplies, as well as all the stuff you find…

Baldur’s Gate – On Monsters and Combat

Head on over to PC Gamer and you’ll find this article that takes a look back at the Baldur’s Gate series, and in particular its monster and encounter design that was partially responsible for the series’ long-lasting success. The article…

Diablo III – The Season of Grandeur Live

A new gameplay season for Blizzard Entertainment’s hack ‘n’ slash action-RPG Diablo III should now be live, full of new challenges, rewards and general quality of life improvements. The new season is accompanied by a special seasonal buff that will…

System Shock Remastered Edition Update #51

A brand new Kickstarter update for Nightdive Studios’ remastered edition of the original System Shock shows off plenty of fresh concept art and also brings us two and a half minutes of gameplay footage that acts as a preview of…

Battle Brothers Update 1.2.0.24 Live

The latest update for Overhype Studios’ strategic RPG Battle Brothers, and the game’s recently released Beasts & Exploration expansion, fixes a good deal of miscellaneous issues and completely reworks one of the enemies introduced in the expansion – the Alp.…

Breach Steam Early Access Live

QC Games’ asymmetric co-op action-RPG Breach has entered Steam Early Access. If you’re interested in this fast-paced mythology-inspired project and don’t want to wait until it goes free-to-play, you can now grab a starter pack for $24.99 or your regional…

Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 Dark Zones and Conflict

With the private beta for Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 going live in a few weeks, this article on the game’s website brings us up to speed with The Division 2’s newly revamped multiplayer-focused Dark Zones. Check out the article…

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord Developer Blog Q&A

This week’s developer blog for TaleWorlds Entertainment’s upcoming sandbox RPG Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord brings us an in-house Q&A with Bahar Şevket, a gameplay programmer who’s currently busy implementing Bannerlord’s siege engines. If you’re interested in that particular aspect…

Anthem Gameplay Videos

If you’re interested in watching some fresh Anthem gameplay footage, and in the process learning a thing or two about the game’s world, story, progression, and customization options, then you should check out this developer-narrated video: Go in-depth on Anthem…

ATOM RPG Patch v1.07 Available

The latest patch for the post-apocalyptic ATOM RPG fixes a heap of small issues, adds a new tutorial map, deals with some typos, and reworks the game’s random encounter balance. And with that out of the way, the developers can…