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.

BattleTech: Flashpoint Expansion Announced

The first expansion for Harebrained Schemes’ BattleTech was announced at this year’s Gamescom. Entitled Flashpoint, the expansion will introduce a new kind of procedurally generated mini-campaigns, a new encounter type, biome, and of course new mechs. The expansion should be…

Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden Release Date Announced

Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden was announced earlier this year, promising a rich tactical experience based on a popular tabletop RPG where various mutated anthropomorphic animals roam the post-apocalyptic Earth. And now, the game has a proper release date.…

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord Gamescom 2018 Campaign Teaser

TaleWorlds Entertainment will be showing off Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord’s single-player campaign at this year’s Gamescom, and in order to give us a taste of what to expect, they’ve put together a new teaser trailer. The two minute long…

Torchlight Frontiers Preview, Gameplay Reveal Trailer

During this year’s Gamescom, Echtra Games will be presenting a playable demo of their upcoming online action-RPG Torchlight Frontiers. However, the IGN team has managed to play through the demo already and even put together a detailed preview article that…

Underworld Ascendant Release Date Announced, New Trailers

According to Otherside Entertainment’s website, the studio’s upcoming immersive sim Underworld Ascendant will be launching on Steam on November 15, 2018, and then coming to the current gen consoles sometime in 2019. This new announcement is accompanied by a cinematic…

Grim Dawn Grim Misadventure #145 – Oaths Must be Kept

The new “Grim Misadventure” development update for Crate Entertainment’s Grim Dawn introduces us to the Oathkeeper, the 9th mastery class coming to the action-RPG in the upcoming Forgotten Gods expansion. According to the update, the Oathkeeper will be a paladin-type…

Pathfinder: Kingmaker Monster Previews

If you’d like to get a closer look at some of the monsters you’ll be able to encounter in Owlcat Games’ Pathfinder: Kingmaker, you should check out the game’s developer blog over on Steam. There, you’ll find a number of…

World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth Interview

A couple of Blizzard Entertainment developers recently had a chat with VG247, talking about World of Warcraft’s Battle for Azeroth expansion, the recently released promotional cinematics, gnomes, and the inherent difficulty of scaling down an epic story that already featured…