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.

Why You May Enjoy Divinity: Original Sin II

The mainstream appeal of Larian’s Divinity: Original Sin II never ceases to amaze me. After all, it’s a turn-based isometric RPG with plenty of complex systems, tough combat encounters, and rough edges. Yet even with all that, the game had…

Dragon Age 4 Needs to Embrace Its Dark Origins

A new Dragon Age title was recently confirmed to be in development, prompting PCGamesN to put together an article where they argue that this potential new RPG should return to the dark and gritty style of the series’ original game…

World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth Pre-orders Open

The Battle for Azeroth expansion for Blizzard Entertainment’s flagship MMO World of Warcraft will be launching this coming summer, bringing along a raised level cap, new content, and plenty of new features, like the new playable Allied Races. And if…

Avernum 3: Ruined World Released

If you’re in a mood for some old-school cRPG action, you’ll be happy to know that you can now pick up Avernum 3: Ruined World, Spiderweb Software’s latest turn-based RPG, on Steam and GOG for $19.99 or your regional equivalent.…

The New World Update #23

According to the latest development update, Iron Tower Studio’s upcoming colony ship RPG The New World should receive a playable combat demo in 2018, which in turn should put the game on track for a 2020 release. The update also…

The Iron Oath Update #28

A playable build of Curious Panda’s upcoming turn-based RPG The Iron Oath was showcased at the recent Otronicon expo and if you’re curious to know how that went down, you might want to check out the latest Kickstarter update for…

ATOM RPG February Update Preview

The team behind the upcoming Fallout-inspired ATOM RPG aims to launch the next big update for the Early Access version of their game on February 28, 2018, adding a new follower or two, over 20 new NPCs, and plenty of…