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.

Phoenix Point – Julian Gollop Talks Campaign

Phoenix Point’s tactical layer was on display during the recent PC Gamer Weekender, where a playable Pre-Alpha demo offered a decent idea of how that game’s tactical combat would look like. But if you’re more interested in the overarching “Geoscape”…

Grim Dawn: Forgotten Gods Expansion Announced

While celebrating the second anniversary of Grim Dawn’s full release, the developers promised to announce something big soon, and that’s exactly what they did. The latest of Crate Entertainment’s “Grim Misadventures” developer updates announces a brand new expansion for Grim…

Stoneshard Status Update

Stoneshard, a roguelike RPG from Ink Stains Games, will be launching its crowdfunding campaign within a month or so, we learn from the latest development update. And when it does, it will offer a Prologue demo with roughly an hours…

Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem Update #74

Hack ‘n’ slash action-RPGs are usually pretty light on the story side of things; however, if you look back at games like Diablo II or Path of Exile, you’ll realize that they have plenty of story to offer should you…

The New World Update #24

If you’re interested in reading about Iron Tower Studio’s approach to designing RPG dungeons, you should check out the latest developer update for The New World, ITS’ upcoming colony ship RPG. The update provides a bit of story background for…

Dungeons III: Evil of the Caribbean DLC Released

Evil of the Caribbean, a new piece of DLC for Realmforge Studios and Kalypso Media’s humorous dungeon sim Dungeons III, is now available on Steam for $4.99 or your regional equivalent. Part of a three DLC plan, Evil of the…

Dauntless Behemoth Update Preview

The main attraction of Phoenix Labs’ co-operative action-RPG Dauntless is its challenging and memorable fights with the massive Behemoths that roam the game’s Shattered Isles. And if you’d like to know how the developers plan to improve the design of…

Secret World Legends – Introducing the Agent Network

During its Warlords of Draenor expansion, World of Warcraft popularized the “Garrison” mechanic where players had to manage a roster of NPCs and send them onto missions that took somewhere between a few hours and a few days of real…

Path of Exile: Bestiary League Launched

The Bestiary Challenge League for Grinding Gear Games’ action-RPG Path of Exile is now live. If you’re interested in facing new challenges, capturing dangerous beasts and squaring off against the newly added Uber Elder boss, all you have to do…