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.

Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues Development Update

It’s quite difficult to keep up with all the frequent updates Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues is receiving. Multiple weekly updates, community spotlights, and release notes fill the game’s official website. And these aren’t just brief write-ups. For example,…

Underworld Ascendant Progress Report

In a fresh progress report, OtherSide Entertainment provides some new information regarding their upcoming title, Underworld Ascendant. The team has been busy and the progress report reflects that. We get a description of a particular Lizard Men-involving subplot that also…

Podcast Interview With Standing Stone Games Developers

The newest LOTRO Reporter podcast interviews Jerry Snook, aka Cordovan and Rob Ciccolini, aka Severlin form newly founded Standing Stone Games. The two developers talk about the transition of their team from Turbine to Standing Stone Games. They describe the…

Unknown Realm: The Siege Perilous Kickstarter Campaign Finished

The Kickstarter campaign for Unknown Realm: The Siege Perilous has been successfully funded. The final amount raised was $126,343, nearly doubling the original $65,536 goal. Still, this puts the final sum slightly below the coveted $150,000 mark that promised the…

Necromunda: Underhive Wars Announced

Plenty of Warhammer titles have been released in the past several years. Few of them could be considered critical and financial successes. Rogue Factor’s Mordheim: City of the Damned published by Focus Home Interactive was an exception that had some…

TrustedReviews’ 15 Best RPGs

It’s not an easy task to pick 15 best RPGs. TrustedReviews has attempted to do just that. I’ll be honest with you, RPG veterans may not be particularly fond of such a selection that omits a lot of standout games…

Obsidian Entertainment Teases Project Louisiana

A tweet by the official Obsidian Entertainment account links to a mysterious image on their website. No additional comments have been given so far but an ear of wheat and the accompanying text speaking of gods lead to assumptions of…

Matt MacLean Interview

Gameumentary has talked with Obsidian’s narrative designer Matt MacLean about his work on Tyranny. Matt describes in what ways Pillars of Eternity helped shape their future project, he talks about the game’s influences that include Fallout: New Vegas, Warhammer, and…