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.

BioWare Celebrates “N7 Day” – Dev Blog

Every year on November 7th, BioWare celebrates its Mass Effect series with the so-called N7 Day. This time around, the planned festivities include some Mass Effect: Andromeda enhancements for Xbox One X, a Mass Effect-themed apparel giveaway, a fan-art competition,…

System Shock Remastered Edition Update #49

This month’s Kickstarter update for Nightdive Studios’ remastered edition of the original System Shock is mostly visual in its nature. It offers a look at the game’s walk cycle and ragdol physics, and shares a number of work in progress…

Obsidian Entertainment Interview on Worldbuilding

If you’re someone who likes their games to have intricately crafted worlds and deep lore, then you will probably enjoy reading this PCGamesN interview with Obsidian Entertainment’s designer Alex Scokel that for the most part revolves around Obsidian’s worldbuilding techniques.…

Neverwinter: The Heart of Fire Available on PC

The Heart of Fire, the latest module for Perfect World Entertainment’s free to play MMORPG Neverwinter is now live on PC, featuring the voice work and characters from Penny Arcade’s Acquisitions Incorporated show. This sizable content update adds a new…

Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr Season One Live on Consoles

NeocoreGames’ sci-fi action-RPG Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr arrived to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One back in August. And according to this announcement, Martyr’s console players should now also have access to the Dark Eldar-themed “Season One” free content update…

Warren Spector on Immersive Sims

Warren Spector, a veteran developer who worked on such titles like Deus Ex, System Shock, and Ultima Underworld, recently had a chat with PCGamesN, sharing his thoughts on a number of notable immersive sim and role-playing games that he didn’t…

Rumor: Diablo IV in Development at Blizzard Entertainment

Blizzard Entertainment’s recent announcement of Diablo: Immortal, a mobile MMORPG, didn’t sit right with a lot of people, in part because many of them expected this year’s BlizzCon to give them something more substantial. However, if this Kotaku article is…