Following on from this morning's news that Take-Two had shut down OpenIV, Steam users have taken it upon themselves to voice their concerns directly, tanking Grand Theft Auto V's store rating with a flood of negative reviews. OpenIV was an essential tool that unlocked the files of GTA V, GTA …
Read More »Studio Wildcard to pay modders $4,000 a month to complete their mods
If you've ever wanted to invest more time in a modification but can't afford to because of work commitments, Studio Wildcard wants to help. Moving forward, it will select 15 modders a month to give $4,000 (£3,220) to, to help them complete their mods, with the potential that they become …
Read More »KickassTorrents revived by admins, moderators
Administrators and moderators of the original KickassTorrents file sharing website have helped bring about its resurrection. Without access to the original database and code, they had to start from scratch, but the end result is a site that looks and feels very much like the KAT of old. KickassTorrents was, …
Read More »Sony finally agrees to let Bethesda bring mods to PS4
Last month, Bethesda let PlayStation 4 owners know that Sony wasn't playing ball when it came to bringing mods to the console. Given that Bethesda has had mods running for Fallout 4 on the Xbox One for months now, this news didn't go down well. Fortunately, it didn't take long …
Read More »Rig showcase: PC Specialist and Scan show off pretty systems
If you were hoping that the EGX gaming show was going to give you less rig envy than the average LAN party, think again, as this year's event has a number of very pretty, high-end systems, specifically on the Scan and PC Specialist booths. There's water cooling, fancy lighting and …
Read More »Bethesda no longer bringing mods to Fallout 4 or Skyrim on PS4
Back when Bethesda announced Fallout 4 at E3 2015, the studio promised to bring mod support not just to PC, but to consoles as well. While Fallout 4 modding has been working well on Xbox One for months, Bethesda has apparently been butting heads with Sony on the subject for …
Read More »Bethesda now requires a Steam account to upload Fallout 4 console mods
Bethesda set out to bring mods to consoles with Fallout 4 and earlier this year, the console mod system launched. Unfortunately though, people have been abusing the system and re-uploading other people's creations from Nexus Mods to Bethesda Net without permission and it has caused quite a stir, to the …
Read More »Most existing Skyrim mods should work with new Special Edition
Earlier this week, Bethesda announced that it would be launching Skyrim: Special Edition, a graphically enhanced version of the base game for the PC, Xbox One and PS4. On the PC side, if you own the base game and the DLC, you get the Special Edition upgrade for free, which …
Read More »The new DOOM now has a release date
Bethesda and id Software have announced the release date for the new DOOM game. The rebooted first person shooter has been in the making for years now, with beta access even being offered up to those that pre-ordered the 2014 Wolfenstein: The New Order. The game will now be coming …
Read More »Bethesda should be ready to talk about Fallout 4 mod tools ‘soon’
Back in November, Bethesda launched Fallout 4 and while many people on the PC side have already made decent mods, we are still waiting on Bethesda to release its official tools, which are due out early this year. Fortunately, it sounds like Bethesda might be ready to talk about Fallout …
Read More »Valve introduces Steam Item Store to sell developer, modder content
As beloved as it is, Valve took a big hit to its reputation when it tried to introduce paid-for mods earlier this year, causing it to drop the idea less than a week after it was introduced. Valve always made out like it hadn't given up on the idea though …
Read More »ARK: Survival Evolved modding contest offers $25,000 in prizes
ARK: Survival Evolved released just a couple of months ago and it has already gone on to be one of the biggest games of the year. Last month, the team behind Ark teamed up with Epic Games to launch new modding tools for the Unreal Engine 4 based game and …
Read More »Rockstar speaks out on banning FiveM modders
A few days back, we reported on Rockstar's manual banning of the creators of FiveM, a mod that created a multiplayer mode separate to Rockstar's official one. The mod was sort of like Multi Theft Auto, allowing for custom servers. Since the mod only messed around with the game's single …
Read More »GTA V modders banned after creating new multiplayer add-on
As fun as GTA Online is, it does have a few problems. For starters, friends can't set up their own private servers to play custom-made content together, there are quite a few cheaters floating around and everything runs on a peer-to-peer network, which can result in connection issues for many …
Read More »Reddit’s CEO just resigned following recent moderator protest
It has been quite the week for Reddit and its staff, following this week's massive moderator protest ,the company's interim CEO, Ellen Pao, has resigned, with Reddit co-founder, Steve Huffman ready to step in and take the reins immediately. According to reports, this was a mutual decision between Pao and …
Read More »Mods are locking up subreddits after AMA co-ordinator fired
Reddit, otherwise known as the front page of the internet, has kicked up quite the storm this morning as moderators behind popular subreddits have begun started making their community pages private, locking out the rest of the internet along with new users, all in protest after one of Reddit's key …
Read More »Just Cause 3 dev considering bringing mods to consoles
Just recently, Bethesda announced its plans to bring mods to consoles starting with DOOM and Fallout 4. Now it looks like that has the ball rolling as now the development team behind Just Cause 3, Avalanche Studios, is trying to make its next game in the series as open to …
Read More »Fallout 4 PC mods will also be playable on PS4 eventually
Earlier this week at E3, Bethesda's Todd Howard appeared on Microsoft's stage to announce that PC mods for Fallout 4 would be playable on the Xbox One. At the time it seemed like the PS4 has been completely cut out of the equation but it seems that is not the …
Read More »Fallout 4 PC mods will be playable on the Xbox One
Microsoft's E3 press conference has only been going for about half an hour but they really are killing it. Following the surprise announcement of backwards compatibility for Xbox 360 titles on the Xbox One, Bethesda's Todd Howard took to the stage to talk about Fallout 4. At that moment, many …
Read More »Keylogger discovered in two GTA V mods
It looks like two mods for Grand Theft Auto V have malware rooted in them. If you have been using either the ‘No Clip' or the ‘Angry Planes' modifications, then you may want to remove them and run a virus scan as both were found to have keyloggers within them. The …
Read More »iCEnhancer is returning for GTA V, first images released
Those of you who played around with mods on Grand Theft Auto IV likely came across iCEnhancer at some point. It was by far the most popular and impressive graphical update for the game and it looks like it is set to return as a version is in development for …
Read More »Rockstar clarifies its stance on GTA V modding
It has taken the studio a while but Rockstar has finally clarified its stance on modding with Grand Theft Auto V, confirming that you won't be banned for using single-player mods or moved to the cheater pool . This follows several unconfirmed reports of users getting banned from GTA Online …
Read More »GTA V mod lets you control virtual phone with app
Modders are continuing to experiment with Grand Theft Auto V for the PC. The latest addition to the game comes from DIY Projects Planetleak, who has made a smartphone app to emulate and control the virtual smartphone found in the game. This has nothing to do with the iFruit companion …
Read More »Latest GTA V patch is breaking mods
If you have been playing Grand Theft Auto V with any mods installed on the PC, then you may find that they stop working after the latest patch. New reports are saying that patch 350.1 fixes up some bugs and stability issues but is also breaking a number of mods. …
Read More »You can’t please everyone: some people miss paid mods
Even though Valve appears to have made the correct decision when it comes to pleasing its fan base by removing the paid-for mod feature on Steam – for now at least – it's a classic tale of not being able to please everyone, as there are certainly a number that …
Read More »Gabe Newell defends paid for mods
Poor Valve probably has no idea what's going on at the moment. It's normally the apple of every gamer's eye, unable to do no wrong, but that's not the case right now. Since it was announced late last week that the Half Life developer had made it possible for modders …
Read More »Petition against Valve paid mods gains traction
Valve opened up a can of worms last night when it announced that it would be allowing developers to sell their mods on the Steam Workshop, with no quality control, curation process, or guarantee of future support or compatibility. The main issue people seem to be having though, is just …
Read More »Modders can now sell their work through Steam
Valve has been giving modders the tools to make some money off of their hard work for a while now. Selling mods started with skins in Dota 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive but now it is branching out further, starting off with Skyrim. Now we already know that modding a …
Read More »Microsoft issues DMCA takedown for Halo Online mod
Russia is getting its own free to play version of Halo, titled ‘Halo Online’ based on a modified version of the Halo 3 engine in order to get the game running on lower end hardware. As you can imagine, modders have already got their hands on the files and have …
Read More »GTA V’s Los Santos recreated in Cities: Skylines
Cities: Skylines released earlier this week and the new city builder quickly garnered praise. Now the mods are starting to pop up, one of which completely recreates the city of Los Santos from Grand Theft Auto V. The city was rebuilt thanks to the efforts of Steam user, Grockefeller. The …
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