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.

Dragon Age and Mass Effect DLC Pricing Changed

Those of you who still own some BioWare Points should know that this particular virtual currency will be going away on October 11, 2022. As a result, most of BioWare’s DLC previously purchasable for these points is now free. And…

Path of Exile – 3.19 Expansion Timeline

With Path of Exile’s Sentinel league approaching its tail end, Grinding Gear Games brings us this announcement that goes over the release timeline of the game’s next expansion. Barring any delays, this 3.19 expansion should be going live August 12, 2022,…

Iron & Blood: Warriors of Ravenloft Retrospective

When encountering a game with Ravenloft in its title, you would generally expect it to be an RPG or a dungeon crawler of some description. Iron & Blood: Warriors of Ravenloft, however, is an obscure D&D fighting game from back…

Encased – Matt Chat

Matt Barton spends roughly 4 hours with Dark Crystal Games’ Fallout-inspired RPG Encased in the latest episode of his Matt Chat show. Which means you can now experience the opening hours of the game augmented by some insightful commentary, and…

Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance II Release Date Announced

If you’re looking for a hack ‘n’ slash adventure set in the world of Baldur’s Gate, according to this Twitter announcement, the very much unexpected Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance II remaster will be arriving to Steam and modern consoles in…

Monomyth Update – Slacker Backer Option Returns

Now that a playable beta of Rat Tower Software’s dungeon-crawling RPG Monomyth is available to a number of the game’s Kickstarter backers, you might be interested in supporting this project, or perhaps upgrading your existing pledge. If that’s the case,…

Stoneshard Update – Fatigue and Magic System

The upcoming Forgotten Lore early access update for Ink Stains Games’ turn-based RPG Stoneshard is expected to go live on August 5, 2022. When that happens, it’s going to introduce a new boss, a story quest, a bunch of new…

Fable – New Narrative Lead Revealed

For the last couple of years, Playground Games has been working on a new entry in the Fable series. And thanks to some digging by PC Gamer, we now know that Anna Megill will be serving as the project’s narrative…