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.

Dauntless Intro Cinematic

Dauntless will be launching into open beta tomorrow, on May 24, 2018, opening the co-operative action-RPG up to a great deal of new players. And if you’re interested in checking out the game’s three and a half minute long intro…

Paradox Interactive on Tyranny 2

Since Paradox Interactive owns the rights to the Tyranny IP, the possible sequel to Obsidian’s evil henchman RPG may not be developed by Obsidian Entertainment, or may not even be an RPG at all, according to Paradox’s Fred Wester and…

Fred Wester on the Future of Vampire: The Masquerade

Paradox Interactive’s CEO Fred Wester chatted with a PCGamesN representative during this year’s PDXCON. One of the topics discussed was the future of the beloved Vampire: The Masquerade franchise. According to this interview, the Vampire IP is definitely on Paradox’s…

The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset Released

Summerset, the new, bright and sunny, elf-themed expansion, or chapter as they call it, for Bethesda’s MMO The Elder Scrolls Online is now available for purchase on PC and Mac. The expansion offers a brand new zone to explore, a…

Path of Exile Majority Stake Acquired by Tencent

Grinding Gear Games, the developers behind the free-to-play action-RPG Path of Exile, is now more or less owned by Tencent. According to the official announcement, the Chinese tech giant now owns a majority stake in GGG, but the developers assure…

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Map Praise

With its fairly impressive visuals, overworld map reminiscent of Storm of Zehir, and incredibly detailed and tactile city maps, Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire can be considered a benchmark when it comes to isometric RPG maps. Kotaku seems to agree,…

The Iron Oath Update #31

This month’s Kickstarter update for Curious Panda’s turn-based RPG The Iron Oath is on the shorter side of things, with team getting ready to show off a playable demo at DreamHack Austin in early June. But even so, we get…

Age of Wonders: Planetfall Announced

Triumph Studios was acquired by Paradox Interactive last year and now we know why. During this year’s PDXCON, they announced Age of Wonders: Planetfall, a sci-fi spin-off of their long-running Age of Wonders series that combines RPG and 4X elements…

Dauntless 101 – The Shattered Isles

While Phoenix Labs’ co-operative action-RPG Dauntless is getting ready to enter open beta on May 24, 2018, we get this lore-filled developer post on the official website that, in a fairly concise fashion, introduces us to the game’s world, setting,…