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.

Thea 2: The Shattering Update #29

The end of year Kickstarter update for MuHa Games’ 4X/CCG/RPG hybrid Thea 2: The Shattering shares a couple of holiday cards, brings us some backer reward-related news, and lets us know that the game is well on schedule to launch…

Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem Developer Q&A

SolarFall Games, the developers behind Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem, have put together a fresh Q&A video where they address a number of community questions regarding their upcoming hack ‘n’ slash action-RPG. The video touches on such topics like Wolcen’s endgame…

Grimoire: Heralds of the Winged Exemplar Version 2 Now Live

Golden Era Games’ Cleve Blakemore released his party-based first-person RPG Grimoire: Heralds of the Winged Exemplar back in 2017, after working on it for over two decades. And now, less than two years after the initial release, the second version…

The Elder Scrolls Online – Creative Director’s Letter

With another year almost behind us, Bethesda’s MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online is fast approaching its fifth anniversary. And so, looking forward towards a new year full of adventures, the game’s creative director Rich Lambert brings us this open letter…

Underworld Ascendant – Update #1 Live

The first major update for Otherside Entertainment’s recently released dungeon crawler Underworld Ascendant is now live on Steam. The update completely overhauls the game’s save system, revamps its combat mechanics and enemy AI, introduces some quest-related improvements, and fixes a…

Baldur’s Gate – Celebrating the 20th Anniversary

Developed by BioWare and published by Interplay Entertainment, the original Baldur’s Gate launched on December 21, 1998 and ushered in a new era of Dungeons & Dragons-inspired RPGs. And now, two decades later, this venerable RPG celebrates its 20th birthday,…

Stoneshard Update #39 – New Interface

The end of year Kickstarter update for Ink Stains Games’ roguelike RPG Stoneshard starts with some holiday well wishes and then proceeds to talk about the game’s recently revamped UI that now has a new equipment slot, an autosort button,…

Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness Update #30

Following several months of silence, the new Kickstarter update for GrapeOcean Technologies’ isometric party-based RPG Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness shares a bit of lore, touches on late backing and backer surveys, and then spends a good few paragraphs talking…