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 #41

Chris Avellone is back with a new Kickstarter update for Owlcat Games’ upcoming CRPG Pathfinder: Kingmaker. This time around he starts by talking a bit about the rogue class and the people who play it. And after that, he spends…

The Iron Oath Updates, $63,674 and Counting

The ongoing Kickstarter campaign for The Iron Oath, a dark turn-based tactical RPG, reached its initial funding goal around September 1st, and now, with roughly 50 hours left to go, the campaign has passed its first stretch goal and is…

Fallout 4 – Analysis of the Glowing Sea Area

I can’t say I’m a big fan of Bethesda’s Fallout games or their particular brand of storytelling, but this PCGamesN article, that takes a close look at the Glowing Sea area from Fallout 4, does a great job of highlighting…

Middle-earth: Shadow of War Dark Tribe Trailer

The latest trailer for Monolith’s upcoming open-world action-RPG Middle-earth: Shadow of War reveals another Orc tribe we’ll encounter in that game – the Dark tribe. These sneaky and mean assassins use trickery, traps, and subterfuge in order to serve Sauron…

Obsidian on Modernizing the Art of the Isometric RPG

With Pillars of Eternity and Tyranny, Obsidian Entertainment was going for a look reminiscent of the Infinity Engine games. The caveat there was that they had no idea how to achieve that look with modern technology and were forced to…

Dishonored: Death of the Outsider Interview

Eurogamer has spoken to a couple of Arkane Studios’ developers during the recent Gamescom, about the Dishonored series, the ways in which Death of the Outsider will differ from its predecessors, the inner workings of Bethesda as a publisher, and the…

Tyranny: Bastard’s Wound Developer Livestream

Bastard’s Wound, the upcoming expansion for Obsidian Entertainment’s Tyranny, is releasing in just 2 days from now, on September 7, 2017. And if you’d like to see the expansion in action prior to that, played by its creators no less,…

Feargus Urquhart Interview

A new interview with Obsidian Entertainment’s CEO Feargus Urquhart has popped up on VG247. It covers quite a broad range of topics that include the reasons people might want to play cRPGs on consoles, the overabundance of action in RPGs…

Grim Dawn Grim Misadventures #126

The latest of Grim Dawn’s “Grim Misadventures” development updates, Grim Misadventure #126, showcases the Ashes of Malmouth main menu screen, along with several new Legendary items we’ll be able to get our hands on in the expansion. Since this update…