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.

Joined: December 18, 2016
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ByVal Hull
OnApril 29, 2018

Disco Elysium Video Interview, Preview

Thanks to its strong presence at the recent PAX East and EGX Rezzed events, ZA/UM Studio’s detective RPG Disco Elysium, that at one point used to be No Truce With the Furies, has been getting its fair share of media…

ByVal Hull
OnApril 28, 2018

ATOM RPG Patch v0.7b Available, Chernobyl Trip Photo Report

The release notes for the previous ATOM RPG Early Access patch informed us that the developers were planning a trip to Chernobyl in order to get first-hand experience with post-nuclear wastelands. And now that they’re back from their trip, they…

ByVal Hull
OnApril 28, 2018

Underworld Ascendant Update – Trailers, Previews, and More

This month’s developer update for Otherside Entertainment’s Underworld Ascendant recaps the team’s PAX East experiences and shares plenty of links to hands-on previews of the game. It also reminds us about the recently revealed developer diary and trailer, as well…

ByVal Hull
OnApril 28, 2018

Conan Exiles is Heading East

Following the release of the recent “Your Journey Through Conan’s World” trailer, Funcom has announced their new partnership with Spike Chunsoft and H2 Interactive that will allow them to release Conan Exiles across a number of Asian territories both digitally…

ByVal Hull
OnApril 28, 2018

Beamdog Livestream Recap – News and Updates

Beamdog’s Trent Oster and Phil Daigle revealed the currently planned release date for the long awaited 2.5 patch for Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition during their weekly developer livestream. Unless something goes wrong, the patch should arrive on Monday, April 30,…

ByVal Hull
OnApril 27, 2018

King’s Bounty: The Legend Retrospective Interview

King’s Bounty: The Legend is a spiritual successor to New World Computing’s King’s Bounty that in turn is a spiritual predecessor for the Heroes of Might and Magic series of turn-based strategies. It’s also an incredible game in its own…

ByVal Hull
OnApril 27, 2018

Underworld Ascendant – Training Level Gameplay Video

Otherside Entertainment, the developers behind the upcoming dungeon crawling “immersive sim” Underworld Ascendant have put together a new ten and a half minute long video that shows off the game’s opening tutorial level. Thanks to this video we get a…

ByVal Hull
OnApril 27, 2018

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord Developer Blog – Ranged Weapons

This week’s developer blog for TaleWorlds Entertainment’s upcoming sandbox RPG Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord predictably picks up where the previous one left off and introduces us to the game’s selection of ranged weaponry that includes bows, crossbows, and an…

ByVal Hull
OnApril 27, 2018

Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem Update #78, Beta Teaser Trailer

Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem, SolarFall Games’ upcoming action-RPG, will be entering Beta this September according to this update on the game’s Kickstarter page. And considering that the game has been stewing in Early Access for a while now, the update…

ByVal Hull
OnApril 27, 2018

BattleTech – A Beginner’s Guide

Harebrained Schemes’ recently released BattleTech is an adaptation of Jordan Weisman’s tabletop game and as such has a pretty complex and, some may say, confusing ruleset. This fact is exacerbated by the game’s apparently lackluster tutorial that doesn’t do a…