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.

The Technomancer and the Rise of B-grade Games

Spiders, the French studio responsible for such games like Mars: War Logs and The Technomancer, is one of the more notable double-A, or as this IGN feature puts it, B-grade game developers. Their passion and ambitions oftentimes exceed their budgets…

Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues Update #53 Released

Richard Garriott’s multiplayer RPG Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues was officially released back in March after a lengthy period of Early Access. Following the release, the team at Portalarium promised to continue supporting the game with regular monthly content…

It Lurks Below Enters Steam Early Access

David Brevik’s solo “Diablo meets Terraria” project It Lurks Below has entered Steam Early Access and can be purchased for $19.99 or your regional equivalent with the full release coming “soon.” The game is officially described as an action-oriented, survival…

BattleTech Update #51 – Launch Notes

Mike McCain, the game director on Harebrained Schemes’ BattleTech and Jordan Weisman, the studio’s co-founder who came up with BattleTech in the first place, share a couple of open letters in the first post-launch Kickstarter update for the newly released…

The Bard’s Tale IV: Barrows Deep Interview

David Rogers, the creative director on inXile’s The Bard’s Tale IV: Barrows Deep, has recently spoken with Newsweek about the upcoming dungeon crawler’s humorous nature, its abundant puzzles, and the team’s “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” mentality. You…

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Post Launch Content Detailed

A press release openly available on Obsidian Entertainment’s website details the studio’s post-release plans for its upcoming RPG Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire. Spread across 2018, the first piece of currently planned DLC will be launching in July, the second…

Dark Souls: Remastered Gameplay Trailer

The team at Bandai Namco Entertainment has put together a new gameplay trailer for the remastered edition of their cult classic action-RPG Dark Souls ahead of its May 25, 2018 PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 release. The trailer runs…