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.

Middle-earth: Shadow of War Delayed

Delays are not uncommon nor are they indicative of anything being wrong with the development cycle in this day and age. So, the official announcement that Monolith’s upcoming action-RPG Middle-earth: Shadow of War is getting delayed to October 10, 2017…

The Mage’s Tale Release Date Announced

inXile’s first foray into virtual reality – The Mage’s Tale, a dungeon crawler for Oculus Rift and Touch – has received an official release date. According to a press release, the game will launch on June 20, 2017, and will…

BattleTech Update #40, Backer Beta Has Begun

A short Kickstarter update informs us that the Backer Beta for Harebrained Schemes’ BattleTech has officially begun. It might take some time for your key to arrive, but when it does, you should receive a notification email from BackerKit. Here…

Bethesda RPGs Arrive on GOG

Three classic Bethesda RPGs have finally made their way to GOG: Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. I don’t believe these games require any introduction, but regardless, here’s a short refresher from the press release…

The Surge First Major Update

Deck13’s sci-fi action-RPG, The Surge, has received its first major patch. It adds some functionality, fixes a number of bugs, and tweaks a lot of things balance-wise. Most notably, blocking seems to have received quite a few buffs, which is…

Diablo III – Blizzard on Bringing Back the Necromancer

A couple of Blizzard employees have spoken to IGN about the process of bringing Diablo II’s iconic Necromancer class to Diablo III. The visual design and the class abilities are the main topics there. The original article contains some mild…

Wasteland 3 Development Recap

In case you weren’t following the development of InXile’s Wasteland 3 too closely, Fextralife offers a concise summary of things we already know about that game. Check out this excerpt: The game is tentatively scheduled for release in 2019 and…