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.

Ultima Online Newsletter

Ultima Online, the MMO that’s been, well, online for nearly twenty years, is still kicking. The January newsletter assures us that the game’s continued development is in full swing, with an update coming in February, and another one already in…

Corven: Path of Redemption Development Update

Corven: Path of Redemption, an Ultima-inspired open world RPG, has a development update up on the game’s forum. It’s rather short and, apart from a new area screenshot, just lists what the team is working on at the moment: 1.)…

Torment: Tides of Numenera Cut Content

For a couple of days now, I’ve been seeing various posts and articles pop up all over the place talking about the troubled development of InXile Entertainment’s Torment: Tides of Numenera. These looked dubious and unsubstantiated at first but now…

Thea 2: The Shattering Announced

MuHa Games released Thea: The Awakening, a story-driven 4X survival strategy inspired by Slavic folklore in 2015. The game was a success and now we have an announcement that a sequel, Thea 2: The Shattering, is in the works with…

Narborion Saga Coming to PC

Narborion Saga, a fantasy adventure RPG previously released on touchscreen devices, is coming to PC through Steam in late March, 2017. Personally, I have very little familiarity with mobile games of any kind, so I’ll just let the press release…

Mass Effect: Andromeda Gets New Trailers

With Mass Effect: Andromeda’s imminent release, BioWare has put together a couple of new trailers to keep their hype train going. Here’s an excerpt from the press release describing the two: How far will you go? Prospective Pathfinders will learn…

Two Worlds Series Interview

Loutrage, a French website, had a chance to talk with Dirk P. Hassinger from Reality Pump. First thing that becomes apparent from the interview is that Loutrage should really invest in better English translators. Still, it’s not quite the unintelligible…

Star Trek Online Season 12 – Reckoning Available

As promised, the seventh anniversary update for Star Trek Online is now live on PC with the release for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One coming at a later date. Here’s what Season 12 – Reckoning brings to the table: A…

Apocalypse Now RPG Kickstarter Campaign Launched

Surprising pretty much everyone, a Kickstarter campaign for an Apocalypse Now horror-RPG is now live. The project boasts the blessing of Francis Ford Coppola, and the team that includes renown developers from all over the place, among whom is Obsidian’s…

Eador: Imperium Release Date Announced

The latest entry in the Eador series, Eador. Imperium is about to escape the clutches of Early Access and get a full release on January 27, 2017. Coinciding with their strategy/RPG hybrid’s release, developers have announced they’ll be participating in…