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.

State of Decay 2 Launch Trailer and Previews

Undead Labs’ survival RPG State of Decay 2 will be releasing on May 22, 2018 as a Microsoft exclusive title, and because of that you can now watch the game’s launch trailer on the official Xbox YouTube channel. The trailer…

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Update #46

If you haven’t been following the development of Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire as closely as you would’ve liked, the latest Fig update serves as a good way to catch up. It rounds up all the latest official updates and…

Grim Dawn Grim Misadventure #137

The team at Crate Entertainment is currently busy working on the Forgotten Gods expansion for their action-RPG Grim Dawn. However, at the same time they’re also also preparing a new content patch for the base game. This patch is the…

Phoenix Point Backer Build One Detailed

Back when we first heard about it, the so-called Backer Build One for Snapshot Games’ Phoenix Point was supposed to go live today, on April 30, 2018. However, due to some time zone confusion that date had to be pushed…

Chris Avellone Interview

After roughly two years of correspondence, the long-awaited RPG Codex interview with Chris Avellone is finally here, or at least a part of it is. Still, the currently available bits can put most complete interviews to shame. These questions, and…

Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition Pre-order Live

Last year, we were treated to a pre-alpha playtest of the upcoming 5th edition of the Vampire: The Masquerade pen and paper RPG that allowed us to take the new and updated World of Darkness ruleset for a spin. And…

Path of Exile Changes to Ignite in 3.3.0

The 3.3.0 update for Grinding Gear Games’ action-RPG Path of Exile should be arriving in early June and bringing along plenty of mechanical changes to the game. Some of those, according to this developer post, will be focused on making…

Dauntless Progression Update Preview

Phoenix Labs’ co-operative action-RPG Dauntless will be launcing into open beta on May 24, 2018. But before that happens, on May 2nd, the game will get its final closed beta update that will revamp its progression in a variety of…