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.

Diablo: Immortal Announced

Before this year’s BlizzCon kicked off, we were essentially told not to expect any notable Diablo-related announcements. And depending on how you feel about mobile games, it was a well-timed warning, since the only new Diablo project unveiled at the…

Beamdog Livestream Recap – NWN:EE Mobile Gameplay and Studio News

Beamdog’s Trent Oster and Luke Rideout bring us this week’s developer livestream with all the studio news and updates. The two developers mention the latest development build for Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition, show off the upcoming “keyholing” feature for NWN:EE…

Battle Brothers Developer Blog #110 – More Stuff

The latest developer blog for Overhype Studios’ Battle Brothers describes a number of new features coming to the game in the upcoming Beasts & Exploration DLC that should be going live on November 29, 2018. These features include a new…

Phoenix Point Official Trailer

A new trailer for Snapshot Games’ X-Com inspired Phoenix Point shows off some of the game’s monsters, lists a number of standout features, and informs us that the game can now be pre-ordered from its official website, with the $50…

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord Developer Blog Q&A

This week’s developer blog for Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord brings us an in-house Q&A with TaleWorlds Entertainment’s 3D artist Ülker Dikmen, who talks about her day-to-day duties, the trickiness of cloth simulation, and the functionality of the game’s character…

Transistor Available on Nintendo Switch, Free Giveaway

If you own a Nintendo Switch, you can now purchase Supergiant Games’ sci-fi RPG Transistor from the official Nintendo eShop for $19.99 and experience an atmospheric story about a talking sword and a singer without a voice in a futuristic…

Fallout 76 First Beta Patch, Holotape Series

The first PC beta session for Fallout 76 was live yesterday. Unfortunately, it included an unexpected issue that forced those who wanted to get into the beta to re-download the entire game. However, according to this PC Gamer article, this…

The Iron Oath Update #36

This month’s development update for Curious Panda’s upcoming turn-based RPG The Iron Oath describes the recently implemented injury system that will put your characters out of commision for prolonged periods of time. And then, the update also brings us up…

Jagged Alliance: Rage! Interview

Cliffhanger Productions’ upcoming attempt to revive the Jagged Alliance series, Jagged Alliance: Rage! is currently slated for a December 6, 2018 release. But even though the game is roughly a month away at this point, we still don’t know much…