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.

Ash of Gods Updates #17, 18

A couple of new post-funding updates for the Banner Saga-like RPG Ash of Gods from AurumDust Studio has gone up since we last checked. Update #17 is the big one – it shows off the English build of the game,…

The Making of Fallout: New Vegas

The media coverage of Obsidian Entertainment and its titles continues with a pair of lengthy articles dedicated to Fallout: New Vegas. First, we have this Eurogamer interview with Feargus Urquhart and Chris Parker where we learn that the game was…

Empyre: Lords of the Sea Gates Story Trailer

The developers at Coin Operated Games have released a new story trailer for their upcoming RPG Empyre: Lords of the Sea Gates, which is quite welcome, considering how little we know about the game at this point. The trailer tells…

Divinity: Original Sin II Origin Stories

We’ve already had the chance to acquaint ourselves with The Red Prince, Lohse and Beast, and now the three remaining Divinity: Original Sin II’s Origin characters have their turn in the spotlight. First, we have Sebille, an elf and a…

Rummaging Through Obsidian’s Drawer of Game Ideas

The latest Obsidian-related Eurogamer article is not about what is or what was, but about what could be. When the Stormlands deal fell through, Obsidian had to mobilize all their resources if they wanted to stay in business. This meant…

ELEX The Cleric Faction Trailer

ELEX, the upcoming science-fantasy action-RPG from Piranha Bytes, has received a new trailer that introduces us to the game’s Cleric faction. The Clerics, devout followers of the god Calaan, are prohibited from consuming Elex, and instead they use this alien…

Jordan Weisman on Adapting BattleTech into a Video Game

Jordan Weisman, the creator of BattleTech and the co-founder of Harebrained Schemes, has recently spoken to PCGamesN about the tricky nature of bringing a board game into the digital realm, be it as a first person shooter, like MechWarrior, or…