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.

The Bard’s Tale IV: Barrows Deep Second Sight Update Live

Second Sight is the official title of the latest major update for inXile Entertainment’s dungeon crawler The Bard’s Tale IV: Barrows Deep. This newly released update fixes a great deal of bugs, adjusts the game’s balance, and most importantly, it…

Pathfinder: Kingmaker Season Pass and DLC Announced

If you’re interested in getting your hands on some additional Pathfinder: Kingmaker content, you can now purchase a season pass for the game (Steam, GOG) that will set you back $24.99 or your regional equivalent and give you access to…

Underworld Ascendant Development Update Video

Otherside Entertainment released their immersive dungeon crawler Underworld Ascendant a few days back, but due to a number of issues and questionable design decisions the game’s user reception was far from stellar. Because of that, we get a short video…

Brian Fargo Interview on Microsoft Acquisition

Microsoft’s recent acquisition of inXile Entertainment came seemingly out of nowhere and caught pretty much everyone by surprise. And in order to clarify a few things about this deal, Eurogamer has reached out to the studio with some questions. This…

Phoenix Point Backer Build Three Gameplay

The third backer build for Snapshot Games’ Phoenix Point launched a few days back, introducing a bunch of new features and giving the game’s backers their first taste of its strategic Geoscape layer. And if you’re not one of the…

Path of Exile: Betrayal Skill Reveals and More

Last week, Grinding Gear Games announced the upcoming Betrayal expansion and challenge league for their free to play action-RPG Path of Exile that should be going live on December 7, 2018. And if you’d like to learn a bit about…

Stoneshard Update #37 – Psyche System, Part 2

Back during Ink Stains Games’ crowdfunding campaign for their roguelike RPG Stoneshard, one of the updates talked about the game’s psyche system and its two mental indicators – sanity and morale. And now the latest one picks up where that…