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.

Dungeons & Dragons Online – August 2022 Producer’s Letter

Following the relatively recent release of the Isle of Dread expansion for Dungeons & Dragons Online, Standing Stone Games now brings us this Producer’s Letter that highlights some upcoming updates for the long-running MMORPG. The standout features there are a number…

Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness Interview

GrapeOcean Technologies’ Baldur’s Gate-inspired CRPG Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness left early access a few months back. The game’s full release was then followed by a series of fairly sizable updates. And with that in mind, we can now check…

Baldur’s Gate III – Adapting Dungeons & Dragons

Eurogamer recently had a chat with a few video game developers who know a thing or two about adapting tabletop properties. Among them was Larian’s lead systems designer Nick Pechenin, and as a result, we can now read about some…

Alaloth: Champions of the Four Kingdoms – Update Philosophy

Following some hotfixes for Alaloth: Champions of the Four Kingdoms, Gamera Interactive brings us this Steam announcement outlining the team’s approach to early access updates going forward. The general gist of it seems to be having a functional build at…

The Lord of the Rings Online Executive Producer Q&A

Standing Stone Games’ executive producer Rob Ciccolini recently took part in a livestreamed Q&A where he answered a heap of community questions about The Lord of the Rings Online. Thanks to that Q&A we now know that the LotRO team…

Evan Robinson Interview – Matt Chat

Evan Robinson, a veteran game designer who worked at TSR and EA, is the latest guest on Matt Barton’s Matt Chat show. If you’re interested in some stories from the trenches and would like to know more about the inner…

Dungeons of the Amber Griffin – Trees and Weather System

The latest promotional video for Frozengem Studio’s dungeon crawler Dungeons of the Amber Griffin showcases the game’s new work-in-progress weather system and some new tree models. So, here’s what you can expect from the game when it comes to visuals: We…

MythForce – Summer Stability Update Live

Beamdog has put together a new early access update for their roguelite adventure MythForce. This particular one gets the game ready for some upcoming major content drops by fixing a heap of miscellaneous bugs. Here are the patch notes:

Hard West II – Upcoming Updates Detailed

Following the recent launch of Hard West II, Ice Code Games brings us this Steam announcement outlining some upcoming updates for the game. In the short term, the developers are looking to deal with some crashes and performance issues, improve…

Stoneshard – Forgotten Lore Update Now Live

The big Forgotten Lore update is now live for Ink Stains Games’ turn-based RPG Stoneshard. The update continues the game’s story, adds a new boss, new magic school and ability tree, expands the game’s arsenal and bestiary, introduces a few…