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.

Atlas Fallen Hands-on Previews

Deck13 Interactive’s upcoming action-RPG Atlas Fallen will be going live on May 16, 2023. And if you’re curious about this sand-shrouded project but still aren’t quite sure what it actually wants to be or what to expect from it, you…

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Retrospective

A lot of PC gamers consider The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion to be the black sheep, or rather the black armored horse, of The Elder Scrolls franchise. Console gamers, on the other hand, view it as the template that changed…

Sovereign Syndicate Gameplay Trailers

Crimson Herring Studios’ narrative steampunk RPG Sovereign Syndicate will be showcased during this year’s PAX East taking place later this month. And ahead of that inevitable boost to publicity, we’re treated to a couple of updated trailers highlighting the game’s…

Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning New Update Available

When THQ Nordic released the Arena Mode update for Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning last year, it came completely out of the blue, considering that at that point, this was a two-year-old remaster of a ten-year-old game. But apparently, this wasn’t…

Atlas Fallen Video Overview

With Atlas Fallen launching in just two months, on May 16, 2023, Deck13 brings back their “Inside” video series, previously used to promote The Surge 2, in order to shine some light on their next fast-paced action-RPG. The first episode…

Warren Spector on Games That Make Statements

Warren Spector’s next project over at Otherside Entertainment is Argos: Riders on the Storm – an innovative immersive sim that has something to do with whales. And every once in a while, he puts together a blog post for GameDeveloper…

Dungeons 4 FAQ Reveals Key Features

Announced last year, Realmforge Studios and Kalypso Media’s humorous dungeon sim Dungeons 4 is aiming for a 2023 release. And while we don’t know the exact date just yet, we do now have this robust FAQ that lists the game’s…

Disco Elysium – Introducing Collage Mode

Prominent video games these days frequently have Photo Modes that let you take fancy screenshots and enhance them with various filters. And according to this Steam announcement, Disco Elysium’s latest update takes this idea one step further by introducing the…

Age of Wonders 4 Developer Diary #9 – Ancient Wonders

For a series called Age of Wonders, you would expect something called “Ancient Wonders” to be fairly important and prominent in the grand scheme of things. As such, tracing their lineage from Age of Wonders 3’s Treasure Sites and Planetfall’s…