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.

Darkest Dungeon: The Color of Madness Released

The Color of Madness, the latest piece of DLC for Red Hook Studios’ side-scrolling RPG Darkest Dungeon is now available on Steam for $4.99 or your regional equivalent, adding a new region, an endless mode, and a heap of new…

Dying Light 2 E3 2018 Impressions

Dying Light 2, Techland’s upcoming zombie survival game with a newfound story focus was announced at this year’s E3 by none other than Chris Avellone, and after that, a number of media outlets got a chance to see a hands-off…

BattleTech Beta Update 1.1.0 Release Notes

According to the official Paradox Interactive forums, the beta version of Harebrained Schemes’ next major BattleTech update is now live on both Steam and GOG. The update adds a number of highly requested features, like granular difficulty settings and custom…

Rune E3 2018 Previews

Human Head Studios’ Rune, formerly known as Rune: Ragnarok, sequel to Rune, had a hands-on demo at this year’s E3, and now we can read a few previews that came out of that. To start us off, PC Gamer describes…

The Bard’s Tale IV: Barrows Deep Video Interview

Brian Fargo and David Rogers participated in a live interview during this year’s E3, where they talked about inXile’s upcoming dungeon crawler The Bard’s Tale IV: Barrows Deep, while showing off some fresh gameplay footage. The interview was aimed at…

The Bronze Age of RPGs, Part 1 – Matt Chat

If cRPG history is something you’re interested in, you should probably keep an eye out for Matt Barton’s upcoming book, Dungeons & Desktops 2.0, that will be packed with insightful cRPG-related retrospectives. But, if you’d like to learn some RPG…

Prey: Mooncrash Reviews

Prey: Mooncrash, a DLC for Arkane Studios’ immersive sim Prey was revealed and released during this year’s E3. It can be described as a standalone rogue-lite campaign where you have to escape TranStar’s secret moon base with several characters possessing…

Grimshade Reaches Initial Kickstarter Goal, $100,333 and Counting

Grimshade, Talerock’s tactical story-driven RPG with JRPG influences, has reached its $100,000 Kickstarter goal with just a few days left in its campaign. So, if you like steampunk-themed fantasy worlds, anthropomorphic animals, colorful characters, and tactical battles, you now have…

Pathfinder: Kingmaker E3 2018 Impressions

Owlcat Games’ upcoming isometric cRPG Pathfinder: Kingmaker was showcased during this year’s E3, but unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be a lot of coverage available at the moment. Still, there is this hands-on preview from RPGamer that shares a number…