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.

Underworld Ascendant Update – E3 Prep, Resherak, and More

Otherside Entertainment will be presenting a playable alpha build of Underworld Ascendant at this year’s E3 (June 12 – June 14), according to this development update. At the same time, the game’s eligible backers will receive access to the same…

Daniel Vávra on Designing a Historical Open-world RPG

Daniel Vávra, the creative director on Warhorse Studios’ recently released historical RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance, gave an hour long talk during this year’s Digital Dragons conference, focusing on his studio’s approach to open-world storytelling, and the importance of historical accuracy and…

Mike Laidlaw Interview

Last year, Mike Laidlaw departed BioWare after spending 14 productive years with the studio, during which he worked on Jade Empire, Mass Effect, and Dragon Age. And if you’re interested in any of these games, you can now read this…

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Update #48 – What’s Next

A new Fig update for Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire outlines Obsidian Entertainment’s plans for the continued support of their recently released cRPG throughout the remainder of 2018. Apart from the previously announced Season Pass DLC, we’ll be getting multiple…

Stoneshard Updates, $41,141 and Counting

Ink Stains Games’ roguelike RPG Stonshard is currently sitting at $41,141, with roughly three weeks left to go in its Kickstarter campaign. Last time we checked, the game had just reached its initial goal, and since then, it had some…

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord Developer Blog Q&A

Ali Eser is TaleWorlds Entertainment’s concept artist and the subject of the latest in-house developer Q&A where he talks about his position, his day-to-day duties as a concept artist, and the challenges of coming up with all the different castle…

The New World Update #27

If you’d like to know what the Iron Tower Studio team has been up to over the past three months, you can check out this development update for their upcoming colony ship RPG The New World that also shows off…

Age of Wonders: Planetfall Preview/Interview

Age of Wonders: Planetfall was announced during this year’s PDXCON with a trailer and a brief overview of the game’s features, but if you’re interested in something a bit more in-depth, you can check out this early preview peppered with…