NEWS 21 Jul 2017­ by K-putt

The Unofficial JC3 Multiplayer Mode Goes Live!

It's here, it's out, it's finished! Well, alright it's not finished, yet, but we can enjoy it now and it's also available on Steam. Nanos, the guys behind the infamous GTA V alternative online mod that was stopped by Take Two a few years back, got together with Square Enix and Avalanche to implement their…
NEWS 15 Jun 2017­ by K-putt

OpenIV Ultimate Modding Tool Is No More

On June 5th, the creators of OpenIV, the hugely popular tool to mod Grand Theft Auto IV, Grand Theft Auto V and Max Payne 3, received a Cease-and-Desist letter from Take Two Interactive, insisting that the OpenIV Team take down the tool from all websites that they’ve uploaded it to. GooD-NTS, the lead developer of…
ANNOUNCEMENT 23 Nov 2016­ by L Coulsen

Saints Mod the Fourth

Have you ever played a Saints Row game and thought "damn, this shit is just way too mundane for my tastes?" Well, if you have, dafug is wrong with you?! And yeah, me too. But fear not! Now Saints Row IV has mod support via Steam workshop, because...fuck it, why not? This is all Pierce's…
ANNOUNCEMENT 28 Sep 2016­ by Kyle Johnson

Black Ops 3’s Modding Tools Now in Open Beta

Beginning with the Closed Alpha of the Modding Tools back in April, Treyarch has finally delivered on something they promised would come with the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 over a year ago. With several months of development time behind them, all owners of Black Ops 3 can now check out custom…
ANNOUNCEMENT 09 Sep 2016­ by L Coulsen

A Wretched Hive of Obsidian and Unreal 4

Ever wanted to know what Star Wars’ Mos Eisley would look like rendered in Unreal 4? Well don't worry, 'cause Obsidian got your back! Well, some of their off duty dev people have anyway. Working in their spare time, a group of 17 Obsidian employees have been using the experience as a way of better…
ANNOUNCEMENT 31 Aug 2016­ by Simon Sirmenis

Nvidia Brings a Scary Vault to Fallout 4

Nvidia decided that making GPU’s is too difficult and moved onto modding. Being a little bit more serious, Nvidia released a Fallout 4 mod called Vault 1080. If the vanilla game or Nuka-World is too joyful and cheery, at least as much as a post-apocalyptical world can be, then enter the gloomy and eerie Vault…
ANNOUNCEMENT 25 Aug 2016­ by Jordan Fong

The Modder’s Paradise Lies Within the Skyline

Fostering creativity, Paradox Interactive has decided to take mods a step further in the world of Cities: Skyline. Meet Matt Crux, a building modeler among many in the community. Matt and Paradox have come together to bring us the first installment of “Content Creator Packs”, a series of paid asset packs made by modders. This…
ANNOUNCEMENT 08 Aug 2016­ by Lee Braden

XCOM 2 Long War Studios Alien Pack

Right, who wants a new pair of trousers then, as this is quite scary. The next instalment of the LWS mods for XCOM 2 is out, and it's the Alien Pack, and some of these are evil. In keeping with how Long War added new aliens and weapons to XCOM: EW, most of the stuff…
ARTICLES 24 May 2016­ by Stephen Haselden

Paradox Reacts to Racism

I relate gaming to “going round a friend’s house”, I’m there to kick back, have fun, and crush my enemy into dust. Telling people my world view/ideology is just rude under the circumstance. But politics creeps into everything eventually. Paradox have recently been dragged into “making a political statement”. Let's be clear here, they were…
ANNOUNCEMENT 06 May 2016­ by Bis18marck70

Total War: Warhammer Moderate Modding

The Creative Assembly announced that Mod support will be available on launch for their upcoming title Total War: Warhammer. Although previously said not to benefit from mods, this development should help creative spirits to beef up the overall content within the game. The Creative Assembly said that it will assist modders, but overall information on…
ANNOUNCEMENT 04 May 2016­ by Stephen Haselden

Stellaris Set to Be the Most Moddable Game Ever

Paradox Development Studio announced that their new 4X title Stellaris, will be designed with modding in mind from ground up. The studio is even producing mod tools specifically for exporting 3D models for use in the games engine. Many other games have seen the benefits of a happy modding community, and among 4X titles it's…
ANNOUNCEMENT 29 Apr 2016­ by Lee Braden

Long War Studios to Make More XCOM 2 Mods

In an article posted over on the XCOM 2 site today, it has been announced that Long War Studios has released the mod “Toolbox” today and are working on four more mods. The Toolbox mod includes a more configurable camera, editing damage values, tweak the UI and also has two parts that are like XCOM:…
ANNOUNCEMENT 26 Apr 2016­ by Lee Braden

Fallout 4 Creation Kit Info and the First Unofficial Patch

So, in a double post of news for Fallout 4, Bethesda has given us information about the Creation Kit and mods, including a preview of their new Bethesda.net storefront, though it appears to be the One or PS4's interface rather than the PC one. A bit of news that has caused somewhat of a rumbling…
ARTICLES 23 Apr 2016­ by Kyle Johnson

Paid Mods Are Slowly Returning to Steam

Almost a month after I brought the news that paid custom games had made their way into Dota 2, and almost a year since paid mods found their way onto Steam, a few new pieces of information and updates from Steam have hinted at the inglorious return of paid mods. As we all remember, the…