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.

Joined: December 18, 2016
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ByVal Hull
OnJuly 21, 2018

Beamdog Livestream Recap – Enhanced Editions Updates

We’re still a few months away from Beamdog’s next big reveal, so this week’s developer livestream with Trent Oster and Phil Daigle is instead focused on the usual suspects – all the various Enhanced Editions. We’re told a bit about…

ByVal Hull
OnJuly 21, 2018

Pathfinder: Kingmaker Release Date Announced, Pre-orders Open

The latest Kickstarter update for Owlcat Games’ Pathfinder: Kingmaker announces the release date for the kingdom-building cRPG. Barring any last-minute delays, the game should be launching September 25, 2018, and already you can pre-order it on both Steam and GOG,…

ByVal Hull
OnJuly 21, 2018

Developers on Writing and Designing RPG Characters

In order to try and figure out how one can go about creating compelling video game characters, the team over at Gamasutra reached out to a number of prominent video game writers. And so now we have this article where…

ByVal Hull
OnJuly 21, 2018

The Banner Saga 3 Interview

The Banner Saga’s original crowdfunding campaign went live more than six years ago, and now, The Banner Saga 3 is set to launch in less than a week, on July 26, 2018. Creating a satisfying ending for such a long-running…

ByVal Hull
OnJuly 20, 2018

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Update #52 – Beast of Winter Preview

Last week, we got our first glimpse at the upcoming Beast of Winter DLC for Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire during an official Obsidian Entertainment livestream. In case you missed it, or if you prefer a quick summary and a…

ByVal Hull
OnJuly 20, 2018

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord Developer Blog – Battle Report

This week’s developer blog for Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord introduces us to the new and improved battle report feature that will now provide you with a detailed breakdown of battle participants, along with a number of useful stats and…

ByVal Hull
OnJuly 20, 2018

THQ Nordic Gamescom 2018 Trailer

THQ Nordic, the publishers behind such games like ELEX and SpellForce 3, have announced their intentions to attend this year’s Gamescom with a high-octane trailer that shows off some of the games they plan to present at the convention. Among…

ByVal Hull
OnJuly 20, 2018

Pathfinder: Kingmaker Developer Diary – Meet the Companions

If you’ve been following the development of Pathfinder: Kingmaker and the game’s fairly frequent Kickstarter updates, then you probably know all there is to know about this upcoming Infinity Engine-inspired cRPG. But if you haven’t, or if you just like…

ByVal Hull
OnJuly 19, 2018

Dungeons & Dragons Online Update 39 Released

The newly released Update 39 for Standing Stone Games’ Dungeons & Dragons Online is packed full of the usual balancing adjustments and gameplay tweaks, but more importantly, it also adds four new dungeons to the game that all share a…

ByVal Hull
OnJuly 19, 2018

The Elder Scrolls Online Wolfhunter DLC – March of Sacrifices Preview

The upcoming Wolfhunter DLC for The Elder Scrolls Online will add two new expansive dungeons to Bethesda’s MMORPG. March of Sacrifices, one of these two dungeons, now has a detailed preview article on the game’s official website. The preview introduces…