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.

Dauntless Upcoming Updates Overview

Phoenix Labs’ cooperative action-RPG Dauntless should be entering Open Beta in the nearest future, now that its Sharpen Your Skills update is up and running. However, Sharpen Your Skills is not the last update Dauntless will get before opening up…

SpellForce III Editor and Mod Tools Available

If you’re someone who enjoys mods in their video games or someone who has fond memories of all the custom maps from WarCraft III, you’ll be happy to know that Grimlore Games and THQ Nordic’s RTS/RPG hybrid SpellForce III has…

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire – Pirates and Lore

The last round of Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire previews featured quite a few PCGamesN articles already, but apparently, the PC-focused website had more to share about Obsidian’s upcoming RPG. They start with an overview of the game’s text-based ship…

David Gaider Leaves Beamdog

Two years ago, David Gaider left BioWare and joined Beamdog as Creative Director. And now, that chapter of his life is also behind him, according to this Beamblog post that informs us of David’s departure from the Edmonton studio known…

World of Warcraft Level Scaling Impressions

If you’re anything like me and actually like leveling up characters in MMOs, you might enjoy this PC Gamer article that analyzes World of Warcraft’s revamped, level scaling-fueled progression system. The short of it is that while it may be…

Vampyr Release Date Announced, Webseries Episode Four Available

The fourth and final episode of the “Dontnod Presents Vampyr” webseries brings us some fresh gameplay footage, tells us how the developers at Dontnod Entertainment create narratives for their games, and finally announces Vampyr’s release date. Barring any unforeseen delays,…

The Making of Monster Hunter: World, Part Three: Craft

Monster Hunter: World is the first Monster Hunter game in a long while to utilize the latest hardware. This allowed the developers to spread their creative wings and produce a technically impressive and complex video game. And if you’re interested…