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.

IGN’s Top 100 RPGs of All Time, Part 5

The final 20 titles that IGN considers to be the best of the best when it comes to RPGs have been unveiled. By now, their editors’ fondness for Japanese games should be quite apparent, so the top picks aren’t that…

Prey Released

Arkane Studios’ sort-of spiritual successor to System Shock, Prey, that has just about nothing in common with the game by the same name from 2006, is out today. The game is priced at $59.99 and is available on Steam, PlayStation…

IGN’s Top 100 RPGs of All Time, Part 4

Now we’re getting to the good stuff. The 4th part of IGN’s top RPG list includes entries 21-40, with a fair share of must-have titles for such a list among them. Some examples: Fallout – 38 Post-apocalyptic imagery is somewhat…

Diablo III: Rise of the Necromancer Q&A

A couple of Blizzard Entertainment developers have recently participated in a live Q&A session, focused on the soon to be released Necromancer class for Diablo III. If you had questions about gameplay mechanics surrounding the class – chances are they’ve…

ELEX Berserker Faction Trailer

Berserkers, a faction that sounds suspiciously like post-apocalyptic Elves, are the subject of the latest trailer for Piranha Bytes’ open-world RPG, ELEX. Here’s the trailer, which features over a minute’s worth of in-game footage: And a few words about the…

The Surge “Behind the Scenes” Video

The Surge, Deck13’s sci-fi and Souls-inspired RPG due to be released on May 16th, boasts a new “Behind the Scenes” video. In it, a number of developers talk about the game’s world, the particulars of combat and itemization, and some…