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.

Neverwinter Developer Blog – Hunting in Chult

According to a developer blog post, the upcoming Tomb of Annihilation module for the action-packed MMO Neverwinter will offer the players a chance to engage in jolly cooperation while hunting various great beasts. If they succeed in these hunts, too…

GOG RPG Sale

The folks at GOG want to distract us from this summer’s sweltering heat by offering us a chance to play a lot of heavily discounted RPGs. Their Weekly Sale Vol. 23 that will last until July 24 2017, 4PM UTC…

Diablo III Season 11 Now Live

Diablo III Season 11 is now live across the gameplay regions. It offers an opportunity to start fresh, try out new playstyles, maybe give the recently released Necromancer class a spin and get unique rewards for doing so. An earlier post…

ELEX Outlaw Faction Trailer

The folks at Piranha Bytes have released a brand new trailer that introduces one of the major factions in their upcoming action-RPG ELEX – The Outlaws. Having survived in the bleak desert of Tavar, The Outlaws are dangerous, rough around…

Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues Podcast Interview

The latest episode of the Shane Plays radio show is now available on YouTube in podcast from. It features Portalarium’s Starr Long and Mathew Anderson who talk about Richard “Lord British” Garriott’s current project, Shroud of the Avatar, for roughly…

Chris Avellone Interview

Ustatkowany Gracz, or The Settled Down Gamer, a Polish website, has managed to get some alone time with Chris Avellone and ask him about a variety of gaming-related topics, like his thoughts on video game translations, his perceived disdain for…

Pyre Launch Trailer Available

Pyre, the third title by Supergiant Games, the creators of Bastion and Transistor, is nearing its July 25th release date. In preparation for this occasion, the developers have released a new trailer, set to one of Darren Korb’s music tracks,…

Pathfinder: Kingmaker Update #36

The latest Kickstarter update from Owlcat Games talks about the intricacies of the trading system in Pathfinder: Kingmaker and describes the process of creating the game’s vendor UI that stays true to the spirit of the pen and paper Pathfinder…