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 Livestream Recap – Introducing Luke Rideout

Now that Phil Daigle is no longer with the studio, Beamdog’s marketing manager Lee Guille uses the latest developer livestream to introduce us to a new livestream participant – Luke Rideout, a producer at Beamdog. Apart from this introduction, the…

World of Warcraft “Warbringers: Azshara” Animated Short

World of Warcraft’s third “Warbringers” cinematic is finally here (here’s one for Jaina and one for Sylvanas), telling us the origin story of the game’s Nagas and their queen Azshara over the course of seven minutes. Continent shattering events, shapeshifting…

Battle Brothers Developer Blog #101 – New Weapons

The upcoming Beasts & Exploration DLC for Battle Brothers will introduce a good deal of new weapons to the game. Some of them will act as low budget versions of the already existing two-handed weapons, while others will bring something…

Stoneshard Update #32 – Health System Changes

The team at Ink Stains Games has recently overhauled the health system (hunger, pain, toxicity, etc.) in their upcoming roguelike RPG Stoneshard, and the latest Kickstarter update offers an overview of these latest changes. The new system is more deterministic…

The Bard’s Tale IV: Barrows Deep Brian Fargo Interviews

InXile Entertainment’s Brian Fargo has participated in a couple of interviews while attending this year’s Gamescom, talking about his studio’s upcoming dungeon crawler The Bard’s Tale IV: Barrows Deep. This IGN interview features some gameplay footage and provides a general…

Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden Interview, Preview

This year’s Gamescom has already given us the release date for Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden, but now we also get a chance to check out a brand new developer interview, courtesy of IGN, and watch some fresh gameplay…

Phoenix Point Update – Arming the Factions

A new development update for Phoenix Point shows off a good number of weapon models you’ll be able to get your hands on in the game. From assault rifles and shotguns to grenade launchers and stun rods, the weapons will…