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 Kickstarter Update #14

A new Ash of Gods post-funding update is up and it talks about the backer rewards, and the console versions of the game. After some news on the coming reward surveys, the update informs us that the console versions will…

Planescape: Torment Enhanced Edition Mod Spotlight

The latest Beamblog post lists a number of mods already available for Planescape: Torment Enhanced Edition and promises that more are on the way. If you’re looking for ways to customize your Planescape: Torment Enhanced Edition experience, you might want…

Triumph Studios Acquired by Paradox Interactive

Triumph Studios, the developers behind the Age of Wonders and the Overlord series, have recently been acquired by Paradox Interactive. In their new capacity Triumph will focus on developing games, with Paradox taking care of the publishing side of business.…

Pathfinder: Kingmaker Update #21, $609,037 and Counting

The 21st Pathfinder: Kingmaker Kickstarter update unveils a new stretch goal: at $800,000 we’ll get an opportunity to greatly customize our characters through archetypes. These archetypes change certain class features in order to make less conventional playstyles possible. Here’s a…

Starpoint Gemini Warlords Update 1.110 Released

A sizable new patch for the space action, RPG and 4X strategy hybrid Starpoint Gemini Warlords is now available on Steam. It focuses on fixing bugs and polishing the game but also includes some balance tweaks, and a few quality…

Raphael Colantonio on His Decision to Leave Arkane Studios

Raphael Colantonio, the founder of Arkane Studios, has recently announced his departure from the gaming industry after 18 productive years. He then opened up about this decision at the Spanish Gamelab conference, noting that those 18 years felt to him…

Pathfinder: Kingmaker Update #20, $602,342 and Counting

With 9 more days to go, Pathfinder: Kingmaker has surpassed its $600k Kickstarter stretch goal, adding the Magus class to the game. However, in the latest update instead of stretch goal-related talk we get introduced to another one of our…

Exzore: The Rising Hero Reveal Teaser Trailer

I can’t say that I’ve been closely following the development of this particular title, but from the looks of it, Exzore: The Rising promises some open world RPG action with multiple skill trees, modular crafting, and a complex faction system.…

Thea 2: The Shattering First Look at the Event Editor

Event Editor for the upcoming 4X Strategy/RPG hybrid Thea 2: The Shattering will allow you to weave your own custom events and stories into the game. This feature was available in the original Thea: The Awakening, and in Thea 2…