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.

Conan Exiles Live Action Trailers

In order to remind us that their survival RPG Conan Exiles will be leaving Early Access in just a few days, Funcom has put together three humorous live action trailers where Conan himself has to deal with household appliances, Ikea…

BattleTech Update #52 – What’s Next?

Now that Harebrained Schemes’ BattleTech has been out for a bit, a new update on the game’s Kickstarter page outlines the team’s future plans that include plenty of bug fixing in the nearest future, quality of life improvements later this…

The New World Update #26

The latest developer update for Iron Tower Studio’s upcoming colony ship RPG The New World revolves around The Monks, that game’s science fictional cyber aug-happy faction. If that sounds intriguing to you, you can check out the update for the…

Path of Exile Skill Revamps, Part Four

Path of Exile’s Vaal Skills will be getting a bit of a rework in the upcoming 3.3.0 content update for Grinding Gear Games’ action-RPG. Originally envisioned as super-powered versions of normal skills, in practice there was rarely a reason to…

Phoenix Point Backer Build One Gameplay/Impressions

The first playable backer build for Snapshot Games’ Phoenix Point went live yesterday, allowing the eligible backers to experience an early version of the game’s tactical turn-based combat. And if you’d like to see this build in action for yourself,…

Dungeons & Dragons Stream of Many Eyes Announced

The next official Dungeons & Dragons adventure, following in the footsteps of last year’s Tomb of Annihilation, will be unveiled during a three day long event taking place in Los Angeles on June 1-3. This so-called Stream of Many Eyes…

Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition v2.5 Patch Available

Following some extensive beta-testing, the long-awaited v2.5 patch for Beamdog’s Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition has finally been released, complete with over 300 bug fixes and new features. The latter include a new playable Shaman class, improved looting functionality, additional character-building…

Mount & Blade Retrospective Interview

Armağan Yavuz, the founder and CEO of TaleWorlds Entertainment had a chat with PC Gamer recently about his studio’s debut project, the original Mount & Blade that back in the day felt pretty unique and revolutionary. The resulting article is…

Eador: Masters of the Broken World Overview

Snowbird Games’ turn-based strategy/RPG Eador: Masters of the Broken World was free on Steam not so long ago, which prompted the editors over at PCGamesN to pick the game up and give it a spin. This resulted in an article…