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.

Darkest Dungeon: The Color of Madness DLC Announced

Red Hook Studios continues to support their side-scrolling dungeon crawler Darkest Dungeon and this coming spring is planning to release a new sizable piece of DLC – The Color of Madness. The DLC will add new enemies, items, and what…

The Metaphysics of Dishonored

The occult elements of Arkane Studios’ Dishonored have always been my favorite thing about that series, and as such, this Eurogamer article, that explores the metaphysics of Dishonored’s shadowy Void and its mysterious denizens, was a nice read. The article…

Vaporum Accessibility Update Available

Fatbot Games’ real-time dungeon crawler Vaporum is now a bit less real-time with the release of the latest patch that introduces a so-called Stop Time Mode. This new mode stops all the action while you’re considering your next move and…

Dauntless Sharpen Your Skills Update Developer Preview

Some major changes are coming to Phoenix Lab’s cooperative action-RPG Dauntless this December when the Sharpen Your Skills update goes live. It will bring a new weapon, new damage types, new gameplay mechanics and new Behemoths. And while you were…

Grim Dawn Grim Misadventure #130

This month’s Grim Misadventure development update for Crate Entertainment’s action-RPG Grim Dawn outlines the studio’s plans for the upcoming 1.0.4.0 patch. Apart from an extensive balancing pass, the patch will focus on adding some new content to the Crucible DLC…

Biomutant Developer Q&A

Experiment 101’s Stefan Ljungqvist has recently answered some questions about Biomutant, his studio’s upcoming action RPG about raccoon-type creatures and their post-apocalyptic world where they practice kung fu. The questions cover the initial ideas behind Biomutant, the game’s open world,…

ATOM RPG Early Access Patch 0.6.0a Available

The developers behind the post-apocalyptic ATOM RPG, now that it’s in Early Access, are working hard in order to polish the game up and make it as bug-free as possible before the full release. Already, they have a patch out…

Dauntless Cell System and New Behemoths

The upcoming Sharpen Your Skills update for Phoenix Labs’ cooperative action-RPG Dauntless, apart from reworking the game’s progression and combat, will introduce a new Cell system and add a couple of new Behemoths for you to fight. With Cells you’ll…