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.

Battle Brothers Developer Blog #112 – Almost There

The Beasts & Exploration DLC for Overhype Studios’ Battle Brothers should be going live in just a few days, on November 29, 2018, and if you’d like a quick recap of all the new features coming to the strategy RPG…

Age of Wonders: Planetfall – Dvar Faction Spotlight

We already got a chance to see Age of Wonders: Planetfall’s Vanguard and Kir’Ko factions in action, and now we can also check out a spotlight video dedicated to the game’s Dvar faction. Going by the video, the Dvar are…

Knights of the Chalice 2 November 2018 Update

This month’s development update for Heroic Fantasy Games’ upcoming RPG Knights of the Chalice II is short and to the point. It brings us up to speed with the game’s current state, shares a number of fresh screenshots, and describes…

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord Developer Blog – Ruwa

This week’s developer blog for Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord takes a novel approach to introducing one of the game’s new features – it celebrates an NPC’s birthday in order to let us know that the latest installment of the…

The Past, Present, and Future of Diablo

In the wake of the recent Diablo: Immortal announcement that didn’t sit well with the series’ fans, Kotaku’s Jason Schreier reached out to a number of anonymous Blizzard Entertainment developers in order to talk about the beloved series of action-RPGs,…

Queen’s Wish: The Conqueror Update #10

The latest monthly development update for Spiderweb Software’s upcoming RPG Queen’s Wish: The Conqueror is here. It informs us that the game is now fully playable and supports such overdue features like mouse wheel support and fast travel. The update…

Underworld Ascendant Reviews

Otherside Entertainment released their immersive dungeon crawler Underworld Ascendant last week, but it’s only now that we’re getting the first professional reviews. If I had to summarize the game’s reception in as few words as possible, I would have to…