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 Making of Monster Hunter: World, Part Five: Music

Last week’s episode of the Monster Hunter: World documentary series was advertised as the final one, but that turned out not to be the case. This week brings us an extra bonus episode where the game’s composers and conductor talk…

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord Developer Blog Q&A

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord’s engine has to support large scale battles, open world exploration, and be extremely moddable. To achieve these goals without sacrificing performance too much, TaleWorlds Entertainment decided to create a proprietary engine for Bannerlord. And if…

Kingdom Come: Deliverance – One Million Copies Sold

According to this Czech interview with Martin Frývaldský, CEO of Warhorse Studios, as well as this tweet from Daniel Vávra, the game’s creative director, Kingdom Come: Deliverance has managed to sell a million copies across all platforms within a week…

Divinity: Original Sin II – Surprises and Deadly Twists

Divinity: Original Sin II is an open-ended RPG filled with secrets, surprises, and optional content. It has no problem with killing your characters or letting you stumble into an unwinnable encounter. And that’s fine, because the game’s save system along…

Conan Exiles – Launch and Beyond

Funcom’s survival RPG Conan Exiles will be leaving Early Access on May 8, 2018. And going by this developer blog post, come full release, the game’s map will be twice as big as it is right now, the combat system…

Path of Exile – Ascendancy Changes and Skill Reveal

One of the more exciting new features of Path of Exile’s upcoming Bestiary League are the revamped Ascendancy Classes. When they were initially introduced, they added a certain degree of specialization to the game and made it much more enjoyable…

Necromunda: Underhive Wars Preview

Rogue Factor, the developers behind Mordheim: City of the Damned, are currently busy working on Necromunda: Underhive Wars, a tabletop-inspired RPG set in the grim darkness of Warhammer 40,000’s future. Published by Focus Home Interactive, the game was showcased during…

Starpoint Gemini Warlords: Rise Of Numibia DLC Released

Little Green Men Games’ 4X Strategy/RPG hybrid Starpoint Gemini Warlords has received a new piece of DLC, Rise Of Numibia, that you can purchase on Steam for $7.99 or your regional equivalent. Rise Of Numibia considerably expands Starpoint Gemini Warlords’…

Kingdom Come: Deliverance Patch Clarification

When Warhorse Studios’ historical RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance was released, it had been patched twice already, which created some confusion as to the exact nature of the notoriously large Day One patch and the version of the game’s review copies.…

Diablo III Season 13 First Look

Revisit the brutal, demon-infested world of Sanctuary, participate in a series of new challenges and earn unique rewards during Diablo III’s Season 13, slated to begin February 23, 2018. This season will offer you a chance to obtain unique cosmetic…