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.

Path of Exile Skill Reworks, Upcoming Announcements

The upcoming 3.5.0 expansion for Grinding Gear Games’ action-RPG Path of Exile will be arriving in early December and feature a number of cold-based skill reworks. First on the docket is the Ice Spear spell that will get new visual…

The Waylanders Update #8, $63,710 and Counting

The latest Kickstarter update for Gato Salvaje Studio’s party-based RPG The Waylanders introduces us to the game’s giants, the Fomorians, and their playable Half-Fomorian descendants. The update also announces a new developer livestream, as well as a “refer-a-friend” program that…

Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues Goes Free to Play

With its latest update, Portalarium’s Richard Garriott-helmed Ultima Online-inspired MMORPG, Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues, now offers an expanded list of features to its free to play players and boasts a revamped new user experience on top of that.…

Cyberpunk 2077 Interviews

CD Projekt’s highly anticipated open world RPG Cyberpunk 2077 still doesn’t have even a preliminary release date, so all we can do for now is wait and maybe read whatever the developers have to say in their occasional interviews. If…

Beamdog Livestream Recap – News and Updates

During last week’s official livestream, Beamdog’s Trent Oster and Sarah Dawson brought us the latest studio news and updates, directed our attention towards the new development build for Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition, showed off a bit of NWN:EE gameplay on…

Grim Dawn Grim Misadventure #150 – Shattering Expectations

The new “Grim Misadventure” development update for Crate Entertainment’s action-RPG Grim Dawn shares some additional details about the new Shattered Realm game mode for the upcoming Forgotten Gods expansion that was originally unveiled in an earlier update. Check it out:…

Call of Cthulhu Released, Reviews

If you’re in the market for a scary game with some RPG elements on top of all the madness and horror, Cyanide Studio and Focus Home Interactive’s Lovecraftian detective RPG Call of Cthulhu may just scratch that particular itch. You…

Fallout 76 Official Live Action Trailer

In preparation for the November 14, 2018 launch of Fallout 76, Bethesda Softworks brings us a brand new live action trailer that, with the help of a cheerful tune, illustrates the benefits of post-nuclear cooperation. Check it out: And if…