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.

Beamdog PAX West Panel and Livestream Recap

Call me naive but I honestly believed Beamdog was about to announce a new official D&D RPG at this year’s PAX West. Instead, we got a voice and portrait pack, and a couple of livestreams (a developer panel starting at…

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning – Acquired by THQ Nordic

When Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios went bankrupt, the studio’s existing project, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, went straight down the drain along with the unfinished Project Copernicus MMO. However, thanks to the wonders of necromancy and corporate accounting, not all is…

Realms Beyond Preview

Ceres Games’ old-school D&D-inspired RPG Realms Beyond had a strong presence at this year’s Gamescom. Unfortunately, even despite the game winning the indie arena booth award at the trade fair, it didn’t get a lot of media coverage. However, if…

Jagged Alliance: Rage! Gameplay Trailer, Release Date Announced

HandyGames, THQ Nordic’s independent publishing branch, brings us a new gameplay trailer for Cliffhanger Productions’ upcoming Jagged Alliance: Rage! that also serves as the game’s release date announcement. Barring any last-minute delays, the latest installment in the Jagged Alliance series…

Fallout 76 – Atomics and Peace Video

The team behind Bethesda’s Fallout 76 released the final promotional video in their “You Will Emerge” animated series. This latest video covers the mechanics behind the game’s nuclear missiles and how you can use the nuclear fallout they produce to…