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.

New World – September 2022 Team Update

Amazon Game Studios’ MMORPG New World launched about a year ago, and so now we get this anniversary update celebrating the game’s first year online, and this team update that talks about the studio’s approach to learning from their early…

Steelrising – New Game Plus Mode Available

Spiders Studio has put together a new patch for their Dark Souls-inspired action-RPG Steelrising that adds the coveted New Game Plus mode to the game, introduces a few balance tweaks, and fixes some assorted issues. Here’s what you can expect:

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen September 2022 Newsletter

This month’s newsletter for Visionary Realms’ MMORPG Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen brings us a producer’s letter with a few paragraphs on the game’s latest pre-alpha session and an overview of some upcoming new features, and the month in review…

World of Warcraft: Dragonflight Release Date Announced

Having released the Classic version of Wrath of the Lich King earlier this week, Blizzard Entertainment now turns their attention to the retail branch of World of Warcraft. And as a result, we now have a release date for the…

Horizon Forbidden West Settlement Design Deep Dive

As part of the GDC Vault, we can now watch a presentation by Guerrilla Games’ Roland Ijzermans where he talks about the world, settlement and faction design in his studio’s open-world action-RPG Horizon Forbidden West. If you’re interested in game…

Dragon Age: Dreadwolf – BioWare Community Update

With BioWare currently focusing their efforts on a new entry in the Dragon Age series, they bring us this community update that explains how this new game won’t require you to have familiarity with the earlier Dragon Age titles, shares…

Darkest Dungeon II: The Altar of Hope Now Live

The Altar of Hope early access update for Darkest Dungeon II is now live on the Epic Games Store, featuring a complete rework of the game’s long-term progression, the Bounty Hunter as a temporary ally, and plenty of miscellaneous gameplay…

EverQuest II – September 2022 Producer’s Letter

This month’s producer’s letter for EverQuest II reveals Renewal of Ro, the 19th expansion for the long-running MMORPG. Launching this December, the expansion will be going into beta on October 4, 2022. Here’s more on that, along with an overview…