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.

Joined: December 18, 2016
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ByVal Hull
OnAugust 10, 2017

XCOM 2: War of the Chosen New Soldier Features

In the War of the Chosen expansion for XCOM 2, according to an official announcement, your soldiers will be able to bond with one another. This will kick the title’s emergent gameplay up a notch and offer tangible tactical benefits…

ByVal Hull
OnAugust 10, 2017

Grimoire: Heralds of the Winged Exemplar Early Impressions

Grimoire: Heralds of the Winged Exemplar, the RPG that took over 20 years to make, was recently released to everyone’s great surprise. Upon spending a few days with the game, the folks at Rock, Paper, Shotgun offer their initial impressions of…

ByVal Hull
OnAugust 10, 2017

Warren Spector Interview

PC Games Insider brings us a new interview with one of the most well-known video game developers – Warren Spector. In the interview, the man responsible for Deus Ex and System Shock talks about his career and how it all…

ByVal Hull
OnAugust 10, 2017

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Behind the Scenes – Cinematic Dialogues

During the 2016 GDC, CD Projekt Red’s animation technical director Piotr Tomsinski talked about the ins and outs of creating The Witcher 3’s cinematic dialogues for about an hour, aided by a bunch of slides and work-in-progress videos. That presentation…

ByVal Hull
OnAugust 9, 2017

Darkest Dungeon Headed to iOS

An official announcement on the Darkest Dungeon website informs us that the party-based RPG will be coming to iPad on August 24, 2017. The Red Hook Studio folks call this the Tablet Edition, however, at this point we don’t know…

ByVal Hull
OnAugust 9, 2017

XCOM 2: War of the Chosen Introducing New Enemies

The latest XCOM 2: War of the Chosen “Inside Look” video introduces the new types of Advent units we will be facing in the expansion. These include the explosive pyromaniac Purifiers, the psionic Priests that strengthen their allies by merging…

ByVal Hull
OnAugust 9, 2017

The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II Available on PS4

The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II, a gothic action-RPG by NeocoreGames is now available on PlayStation 4 in the EU region, with the US version lagging a bit behind and aiming for an August 15, 2017 release. The PS4…

ByVal Hull
OnAugust 9, 2017

Bob Clardy Interview, Part 4 – Matt Chat

The fourth and final installment of Matt Barton’s interview with Bob Clardy is now up on YouTube. If you would like to hear the grimy details of the Cendant financial scandal, one of the largest financial scandals of the 1990s…

ByVal Hull
OnAugust 9, 2017

Masquerada: Songs and Shadows Available on PS4, Xbox One Release Delayed

Masquerada: Songs and Shadows, a tactical RPG in a Renaissance-inspired setting from Witching Hour Studios and Ysbryd Games is now available on PlayStation 4. A press release we’ve received informs us that the Xbox One version of the game has…

ByVal Hull
OnAugust 8, 2017

The Elder Scrolls Online Horns of The Reach – Battlegrounds Update

The upcoming Update 15 and the Horns of the Reach DLC for The Elder Scrolls Online that launch later this August will add some new PvP features to the game. In particular, the players will get the chance to play…