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Radioactivity | As Stalker 2's devs set about fixing its "rough edges", modders are on the case: less than 24 hours after release there are already four separate mods designed to stop stuttering

There are also the usual reshades and minor tweaks you'd expect right after a game goes live.

Nov. 21, 2024 Mark Warren

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Kiss From A Rook-se | Yep, Dragon Age: The Veilguard modders are definitely cooking now: they've covered Solas' bald bonce in big wet sloppy kisses and clown makeup

They've also slapped his face on The Inquisitor's pyjamas, because why not?

Nov. 19, 2024 Mark Warren

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Modding On | Dragon Age: The Veilguard modding finally looks to be moving beyond purple deletion and ridiculously attractive Rooks, thanks to some experimental new tools

It's still early days though, so you might want to make sure you know hat you're doing if you're after more than just a facelift.

Nov. 18, 2024 Mark Warren

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Horsin' Around | There's now a Witcher 3 mod that turns Geralt into a centaur, and having reinstalled the entire game just to try it, I can confirm it's the stuff of weird horse man dreams

Where we're going, we don't need Roach.

Nov. 14, 2024 Mark Warren

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Two For One | New Baldur's Gate 3 class mod gives you an apprentice, lackey, or squire sidekick that shares your turn, because why not have a mini-me to make Shart jealous

Everyone needs an adventuring partner, and it's not like you've got enough already.

Nov. 4, 2024 Mark Warren

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Bearly Hidden | "I made it in 2014, took you a while", Witcher 3 dev reveals he was behind hilarious bit of cut Geralt dialogue you only get if you grab a mod, then suffer an embarrassing death

To be fair, those fierce bits of taxidermy have gotten the best of me more times than I'd care to admit.

Oct. 31, 2024 Mark Warren

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Modking A Difference | Nexus Mods says folks "should be pressuring" paid mod platforms to "do better" if they're frustrated by its new policy on the ever-controversial topic

Modding site puts some "ire" at its change down to people seeing its features as "far more powerful and convenient than those offered by the paid modding platforms".

Oct. 31, 2024 Mark Warren

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Father Figure | Baldur's Gate 3 players have now downloaded "more than 50 million" mods since patch 7, and you've gotta thank the weirdos who call undead camp bloke daddy

Seriously, come with me, we're doing it now, so we can swiftly take a cold shower and forget we did.

Oct. 30, 2024 Mark Warren

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Free vs Fee | Nexus Mods updates its stance on paid mods for the first time since Bethesda's latest attempt at them, says it believes "modding should be a pursuit of passion first and foremost"

This policy update's proved a bit polarising - as stuff around this subject always does - and Nexus' team says it has "another update" coming soon.

Oct. 30, 2024 Mark Warren

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Azura's Daily Star | Beyond Skyrim: Cyrodiil is gearing up to let you decide who rules the Imperial City long after Oblivion, and it’ll feature something any world definitely needs: unhinged tabloid journalism

Yep, you can't escape dickheads like us writing about things you do in sometimes tonally interesting ways, even in Tamriel.

Oct. 28, 2024 Mark Warren

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A Flesh Look | UPDATE: Good news, the Silent Hill 2 Remake bug that'd been trapping folks in the Labyrinth has now gotten a proper fix

Being a weird thing with big nostrils on the side of your eyeless visage is still where it's at, even in a blocker-free world.

Oct. 25, 2024 Mark Warren

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Bombs And Bunting | Fallout: London modders reveal it's officially surpassed that big one million redeems milestone on Fallout Day, because sometimes life does a thing

Team FOLON teased it was coming, and - whether on purpose or not - the announcement's come at a pretty fitting time.

Oct. 23, 2024 Mark Warren

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By Azura | Starfield modders are attempting to re-create Oblivion in space, with hopes for an eventual "Elder star system" that'll be "finishing the job" the Adoring Fan started

The starting point for "Starblivion" is an alternate start mod that kicks off your interstellar adventure in a familiar dungeon.

Oct. 22, 2024 Mark Warren

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Into The Vault | Despite releasing a popular demo this summer, Fallout 1 remake mod Fallout: Vault 13 has now had its development "suspended"

"This was not an easy decision, but we believe it is the right step at this stage of our journey."

Oct. 21, 2024 Mark Warren

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Millennium Bridge | Wahey, Fallout: London's huge update that brings "over a thousand fixes" drops today, and the mod's "VERY close" to having been redeemed one million times

"You’ll notice a massive difference right away."

Oct. 18, 2024 Mark Warren

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Mod To Last | Baldur's Gate 3 hotfix 28 is good news for idiots like me who've already installed more mods than they can count, and also for Wyll stans

Here's hoping your Wyll to live is restored when he actually greets you nicely.

Oct. 16, 2024 Mark Warren

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The Hexover | The Witcher 3 just got a bunch of new quest mods, and this one where Geralt runs into a light, chats to a shadow as a child, and fights himself might be my favorite

Look, sometimes you just end up in the fever dream dimension and then wake up in a field, it happens to the best of us.

Oct. 16, 2024 Mark Warren

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Silent Hills | Forget Thomas the Tank Engine, here's a Silent Hill 2 Remake mod that'll have you running from stupid sexy Pyramid Head's surprisingly well-sculpted bum

Definitely don't let him catch you on purpose in the hopes he'll share tips on the ideal squatting regimen.

Oct. 15, 2024 Mark Warren

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Calanthe Chaplin | Here's an ambitious new Witcher 3 mod that takes Geralt back to Cintra, and I'm literally begging its creator not to swap its silent movie vibes for dodgy AI slop

This looks like a pretty promising unofficial expansion, so here's hoping it does just stick to proper VA or remixed base game lines.

Oct. 14, 2024 Mark Warren

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School of Helium | This new Witcher 3 mod sends Geralt on a hot air balloon adventure to a mysterious "Whispering Island", and here's hoping we'll get to see it reach its full potential

It's only a couple of quests for now, but if you're in the mood to help Geralt earn his pilot's licence, it definitely seems worth a checking out.

Oct. 4, 2024 Mark Warren

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RIP, Modding Wizard | Baldur's Gate 3 mods have arrived on console, with Larian celebrating by telling us it loves magic underpants and having Lae'zel chainsaw a flying beard to death

Patch 7 has come to PlayStation and Xbox, having already spurred 15 million mod downloads via the official toolkit on PC.

Oct. 2, 2024 Mark Warren

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Hot Damn | Cyberpunk 2077's devs "briefly workshopped" a quest that saw you "essentially able to do millions of things at once" as a construct

Via some Superhot-style mechanics similar to those a new mod's actually managed to bring to the game.

Sept. 27, 2024 Mark Warren

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Lae'zel, Help! | Baldur's Gate 3's real-time combat mod now allows you to get your party involved in battles, but you might not want to rely on them to save your bottom

Modder tinybike has also implemented a rudimentary pause function, so the mod lives up to its real-time with pause billing.

Sept. 27, 2024 Mark Warren

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London Calling Soon | Fallout: London's next patch is bringing some "huge improvements", with Team FOLON having drafted in extra help to revamp the mod's performance

"Yes, it's taken a little longer than expected, but it's for a good reason."

Sept. 26, 2024 Mark Warren

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Bet He Tastes Funny | One of Baldur's Gate 3's earliest fully custom quest mods has you search for the nose of a clown living in a weird circus dimension, because of course it does

With help from a freshly modified version of Larian's toolkit, you can head through a portal and have chat with a strange man in a tent.

Sept. 24, 2024 Mark Warren

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DLC Kickoff Duds | With Starfield Shattered Space nearly here, a new mod will help you fit in by looking like a weird snake DJ when you rock up on Va'ruun'kai

Look, maybe someone blasting a bit of Scooter is what House Va'ruun needs to help it recover from that space-time calamity.

Sept. 23, 2024 Mark Warren

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Wylling Him On | Baldur's Gate 3 modders are delivering a "Wyll Cinematic Universe" to remedy "Larian's mistreatment" of the Blade of Frontiers

The first 'movie' in this CU is a new custom Act 3 romance cutscene you can download right now.

Sept. 18, 2024 Mark Warren

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Mod God Is Dead | GTA Online's new anti-cheat has ridded LS of invincible, teleporting deities, but Steam Deck players aren't happy about being caught in the crossfire

"The calm before the storm" is almost everything the business-minded crims who can still play had hoped for.

Sept. 18, 2024 Mark Warren

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Karlback Home | After Baldur's Gate 3 modders made custom maps possible, someone's already working on their own version of Avernus

I hope they've opened a window, toiling away near this much lava has to be sweaty work.

Sept. 16, 2024 Mark Warren

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Season Of Storms | New Witcher 3 mod brings full-blown seasons to The Continent, with hopes of making them switch dynamically in the future

Wintery Witcher retextures have been a thing for a bit, but this looks like it's the first crack at doing dynamic seasons, with help from REDkit.

Sept. 16, 2024 Mark Warren

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Last Wish | New Witcher 3 mod restores some cut content to the game's best ending, revealing where Geralt was slated to head just after the credits rolled

It seems having a get together somewhere nice was always the ideal plan for Gerry and the gang.

Sept. 12, 2024 Mark Warren

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RIP | The actor behind Fallout YouTube's power-armoured loremaster The Storyteller appears to have died, leading to tributes from the Bethesda community

According to a tweet from his account, voice actor Jason Damron passed away from cancer on September 7.

Sept. 11, 2024 Mark Warren

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Next Level Stuff | Baldur's Gate 3 modders have already cheekily unlocked a developer mode in Larian's toolkit, potentially paving the way for full custom adventures

Because mods, and it could well just be the start of people doing cool in-depth stuff with the game.

Sept. 9, 2024 Mark Warren

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Time To Durge In | Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 7 has just dropped on PC, bringing with it those evil endings, mod support and more

It's here, finally, with a whole bunch of STUFF.

Sept. 5, 2024 Mark Warren

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Castle Vlogihar | Thanks to mods, a Skyrim streamer is now basically vlogging their playthrough live from Tamriel as a Dragonborn influencer

Yes, it's the same dude that previously turned the game's NPCs into one big Twitch chat.

Aug. 28, 2024 Mark Warren

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Loco-motor | Good news, Starfield's moon buggy has just received its true rite of modding passage - transformation into Thomas the Tank Engine

Forget it being made into a Warthog, this was the true moon buggy mod we should all have known was unavoidable.

Aug. 27, 2024 Mark Warren

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Switchbuckling | A new Witcher 3 mod lets Geralt get his Assassin's Creed Black Flag on and pilot a full-size ship that I'm dubbing 'The Jankdaw'

Look, it's natural to sit weirdly floating in the air in front of your frigate's wheel as you steer, Edward Kenway did it all the time.

Aug. 23, 2024 Mark Warren

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Spacerunner | Starfield's moon buggy can do sick jumps, but it can't outrun the inevitable - modders swapping it for Halo's Warthog, a Star Wars speeder, and, er, a van

See, I told you it wasn't a totally pointless thing.

Aug. 22, 2024 Mark Warren

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And For Deserts... | Fallout: Nuevo Mexico devs confirm the big New Vegas mod is "no longer on hold" and "in a good state", but there's still no word about a release date

"We only get one chance to show something off, and we want it to be what we all have in mind."

Aug. 16, 2024 Mark Warren

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Cyrodiil On Track | Skyblivion, the massive mod remaking Oblivion in Skyrim's engine, looks pretty great as devs show off some fresh quest gameplay ahead of 2025 release

Mages bickering over books and goblin killing sprees. Aye, that's Oblivion alright.

Aug. 15, 2024 Mark Warren

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DungeonsNDeathclaws | Fancy spicing up Fallout: London with some Baldur's Gate 3-style randomness? Team FOLON's now put out a dice roll add-on that'll help you unleash chaos

"Do not expect a serious playthrough whilst using this mod."

Aug. 15, 2024 Mark Warren

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Horsing Around | "We had ridiculous scenes happening" Fallout: London's devs had to ditch rideable horses and bikes because they wouldn't stop flying up buildings

Look, Skyrim's horse physics were trying their best, ok?

Aug. 12, 2024 Mark Warren

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Not So Lonesome Road | "You can be inspired, but understand the sacrifice" Fallout: London project lead on Team FOLON's future and making massive mods

"I don't want us to move into this corporate sphere and then become anything less than we are."

Aug. 12, 2024 Mark Warren

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Ber-have Yourself | Fallout: London's first big patch stops you from cheekily hacking the John Bercow bot, and makes trying to pet the mangy foxes a bit less lethal

Also, it's fair to say a few people have given the mod a go since its release.

Aug. 12, 2024 Mark Warren

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Nudge in the Ribbed | How Fallout: London’s creators delivered a truly British Fallout experience - by looking at Snatch, parodying privilege, and making rad-resistant condoms

“I don't think anything should be off the table for that, because we are a parody as a country.”

Aug. 9, 2024 Mark Warren

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Help, My Backlog | Full Fallout 1 remake mod for Fallout 4 has a demo out now, because there simply aren't enough cool Fallout things to play at the moment

Look, I know I'm spoilt, but can I get a few more days to collect all of Fallout: London's beer mats?

Aug. 9, 2024 Mark Warren

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Mod-ssive Dilemma | "Who lets you into the cool kids club?" Fallout: London's project lead on Bethesda's Creations and the ever-controversial issue of paying for mods

"I think we’re on the cusp of pure monetisation. I don't see that as good or bad, I think it depends on the content."

Aug. 9, 2024 Mark Warren

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Idolized | Fallout: London modders are adding full New Vegas-style faction rep and disguise systems to Team FOLON's work, because us Mojave lovers are never satisfied

Look, if we can't play dress up and use it to waltz into enemy outposts, we just feel a bit naked, ok?

Aug. 8, 2024 Mark Warren

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Order Among Vampires | "This is a very curious case" Fallout: London’s project lead on explaining Fallout and what mods are to John Bercow, plus making a quest for Neil Newbon

Sometimes unavoidable delays can have positive consequences, especially if you have a stupid conversation or two.

Aug. 8, 2024 Mark Warren

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Ace In The Hole | Attention New Vegas heads, Fallout: London cut a whole Yes Man-style Wild Card main quest arc before release, but it’ll be arriving in a future update

"You'll be probably walking around like, ‘Ah, that's why that door was locked and there's a whole building behind it'."

Aug. 7, 2024 Mark Warren