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.

Pathfinder: Kingmaker Update #47

The latest Kickstarter update for Owlcat Games’ upcoming cRPG Pathfinder: Kingmaker is highly technical in nature. If reading about how lighting, shaders, and other visual effects come together to create an aesthetically pleasant game is your thing, chances are you’ll…

SpellForce III Reviews

In case you’re still not sure whether or not you should purchase THQ Nordic and Grimlore Games’ RTS/RPG hybrid SpellForce III, here’s a new batch of reviews that cover the game’s pros and cons rather extensively and may help you…

The Elder Scrolls Online in 2017 and Beyond

In this open letter on the game’s website, Matt Firor, the game director for The Elder Scrolls Online, looks back at 2017, a year that treated Bethesda’s MMO quite well: the Morrowind expansion, numerous updates and events, and a growing…

Phoenix Point Christmas Update

The latest development update for Snapshot Games’ Phoenix Point informs us that the game will be showcased during the PC Gamer Weekender in February, and that it will also get a backer-exclusive pre-alpha sometime in Q1 2018. The update outlines…

Darkest Dungeon – Happy Holidays From the Hamlet

In keeping with the theme of their madness-inducing RPG Darkest Dungeon, the folks at Red Hook Studios wish everyone a horrific holiday season and a mind-bending new year in the latest post on their developer blog. The post also informs…

Copper Dreams Update #17, Alpha Update Video

Whalenought Studios’ upcoming cyberpunk RPG Copper Dreams has received an end-of-year Kickstarter update, and it’s a meaty one. It starts with a four minute long video that shows off some extremely stylish gameplay and then announces that the backers will…

The Iron Oath Update #27

The December update for Curious Panda’s curious turn-based RPG The Iron Oath shows off several new combat animations and talks a bit about producing the varied story content for the game. There’s also a brief general status update and some…

The Bard’s Tale IV Update #40

The latest Kickstarter update for The Bard’s Tale IV, inXile Entertainment’s upcoming dungeon crawler, tells us that as we are about to enter 2018, the game is mostly feature-complete and now comes the time for QA, introducing backer content, and…