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.

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord Developer Blog Q&A

This week’s developer blog for Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord offers a few insights into the game’s level and scene design thanks to an in-house Q&A with Gündüzhan Gündüz, a level designer and video production artist on the project. Here’s…

Battle Brothers: Beasts & Exploration DLC Released

New enemies, new features, new locations – the Beasts & Exploration DLC for Overhype Studios’ mercenary management strategy RPG Battle Brothers is here. You can pick it up on Steam or GOG for $9.99 or your regional equivalent. If you…

Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden – Farrow Character Reveal

Farrow, an anthropomorphic fox that combines a stealthy approach with a powerful shotgun, is the newly revealed recruitable character for Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden, Funcom and The Bearded Ladies’ upcoming tactical game Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden…

Cyberpunk 2077 Aims for Triple-A Quality

The development of CD Projekt RED’s upcoming open world RPG Cyberpunk 2077 is “progressing fast and according to plan,” we learn from this VG247 article that quotes a recent financial results conference call. The article also mentions that the developers…

Fallout 76 Upcoming Updates

Bethesda’s recently released multiplayer post-apocalyptic survival RPG Fallout 76 isn’t exactly swimming in positive reviews, and perhaps as a result, this post on the game’s website describes a couple of upcoming updates aimed at improving the game and making it…

BattleTech: Flashpoint Released

If you’re in the market for a bit of turn-based mech action, you can now purchase the Flashpoint expansion for Harebrained Schemes’ BattleTech on Steam or GOG for $17.99 or your regional equivalent (including a 10% release discount). The expansion…

Tactical Adventures – A New Studio Focused on Tactical RPGs

Mathieu Girard, a co-founder of Amplitude Studios that developed the “Endless” series of video games (Endless Space, Endless Legend, etc.), left Amplitude earlier this year. This allowed him to follow his passion and create Tactical Adventures, a new studio specializing…