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.

Middle-earth: Shadow of War Warmonger Tribe Trailer

A new Orc tribe trailer for Monolith’s upcoming action-RPG Middle-earth: Shadow of War showcases the aptly named Warmonger tribe, the members of which consider every moment not spent in battle a moment wasted. Fury, fire, and giant siege engines are…

Fallout 4: Game of the Year Edition Available

The complete package of Fallout 4 that includes all the official add-ons and updates along with some graphical enhancements, Game of the Year Edition, is now available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC (Steam). The G.O.T.Y. edition will cost…

Pathfinder: Kingmaker Update #43

The latest Kickstarter update for Owlcat Games’ upcoming cRPG Pathfinder: Kingmaker informs us that the game is about to begin alpha testing, available to the $95 and above tier backers. The usual warnings of missing and work-in-progress features, and possible…

Julian Gollop Interview

In a new interview with PC Gamer, Snapshot Games’ Julian Gollop discusses Phoenix Point, an XCOM-like game he’s currently working on. Quite a few questions revolve around Phoenix Point’s strategy layer, where the majority of the genre’s experimentation happens these…

Divinity: Original Sin II Build Guide

The finer points of Divinity: Original Sin II’s skill system might not be immediately clear to those completely new to the series or to those who expect skills to work in exactly the same way as they did in the…

Middle-earth: Shadow of War Interview

Microtransactions in single-player games aren’t exactly a beloved feature, and any game that includes them becomes way less attractive for a significant portion of potential players. In order to placate and reassure these people, Monolith’s Bob Roberts spoke to Eurogamer…

Ni-Oh: Bloodshed’s End DLC Launch Trailer

The final piece of DLC for Team Ninja’s samurai action-RPG Ni-Oh, Bloodshed’s End, should be launching at some point today. If you wish to participate in the final chapter of William’s journey through the demon-infested Sengoku period Japan, be prepared…

Thea 2: The Shattering Updates, £29,589 and Counting

MuHa Games’ Kickstarter campaign for Thea 2: The Shattering is going pretty well, having gathered £29,589 out of the required £40,000 in less than ten days. Out of the three currently available campaign updates, Updates #1 and #3 are mostly…

Matt Chat 387 – Grimoire: Heralds of the Winged Exemplar

Let me start by disappointing you – the latest installment of Matt Barton’s long-running Matt Chat series doesn’t feature an interview with Cleve Blakemore. Instead, it has roughly 40 minutes of Grimoire: Heralds of the Winged Exemplar gameplay and Matt’s…