Posts tagged “mod news”

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance was released. 21 years ago, in fact. But to look at the work the people at X-Wing Alliance Upgrade are doing to the classic space dogfighting game you wouldn't think it was from the '90s. They’ve added dynamic cockpits, modern lighting, upgraded all the ship models, and have even ported it…

Tagged with LucasArts, mod news, Star Wars X-Wing Alliance, Star Wars: Squadrons.

The lack of an SDK hasn’t stopped people from working on mods for Half-Life: Alyx. We’ve already had one this week that sort of lets you play the game without VR. Today, I discovered XenThug, a horde mode map that throws an ever-growing number of Half-Life enemies at your face. I’d be playing it right now if I weren’t writing this.

Tagged with mod news, Valve, Half-Life: Alyx.

Some things were never meant to be seen up close and personal. Take the Mona Lisa - Da Vinci's elaborate smiley isn't kept behind bulletproof glass for its own safety, it's locked up to maintain a secure distance from onlookers. Get within a few inches and the familiar smile ceases to draw the eye - instead, you'll be unable to ignore the painter's self-insertion, an…

Tagged with Dark Souls II first-person mod, From Software, mod, mod news, Dark Souls II.

Doom Reborn is a mega-mod, with the sole aim of proving that the shotgun sound effect in Doom is more exciting than the entirety of Doom 3*. To achieve this goal, a team of modders (currently consisting of the contrarily named duo, GameHacKeR and Brent) are reconstructing Doom and Doom 2 in the idTech4 engine. I think they might be on to something. During the…

Tagged with brent, Doom Reborn, gamehacker, id Software, mod, mod news, Doom, Doom 3, Doom II.

Distant Worlds is the best space strategy game ever made, although I'll permit some leeway for the Master of Orion 2 lovers and have a real soft spot for Ascendancy. Hell, if you want to argue a case for Master of Orion 3, I'd love to read it but I'd need a heavy dose of sedatives on hand in case things became a little too…

Tagged with Distand Worlds: Universe, Distant Worlds, mod, mod news, Star Trek, Star Trek Distant Worlds.

Skywind is a mod that brings Morrowind into the Skyrim engine. It's like someone at Bethesda took the Morrowind and Skyrim design documents and riffle shuffled them as a party trick, and then forgot to unshuffle them. Somehow--probably through a montage--those files ended up with modders. A less tired Craig would probably recount that montage, but that show-off wasn't up late playing Starbound and eating…

Tagged with mod news, morrowblivion, Skywind, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

According to international law, I am not allowed to post the video I made playing of myself playing this Skyrim Mod, which changes the fighting music into Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins. Now, I'll admit there hundreds of reasons and at least three court orders that should prevent me from going anywhere near recording equipment, but I am sad that one of them is "A…

Tagged with mod news, Steam Workshop, Danger Zone, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

If someone is keeping a Big List Of Inevitable Things somewhere, they can cross out 'modders remaking Morrowind in the Skyrim engine'. For it is no longer inevitable, but is in fact, er, evitable? No, that's not right. Though I guess you could avoid it, but that would make the modders of Skywind very sad indeed, because all their hard work in rebuilding Morrowind is…

Tagged with mod news, Skywind, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

Hunting through impressive Arma 3 mods is a full-time job. Luckily for me, it's my full-time job, so I get to show everyone what amazing things the community has been making and keep myself in the manner to which I've become accustomed (impoverished, hungry, covered in sores). So in admiring this amazing in development Arma 3 Construction Mod, you're doing me a favour. Go on,…

Tagged with Arma 3 Construction Mod, Bohemia Interactive, mod news, Arma 3.

3761 AD. Seattle. A line of tourists is snaking around a wrecked skyscraper. If we listen closely, we can hear their guide: "... this is the cupboard where they found the 'test heads', and this is where they arrested Robin "Mad Hatter" Walker, who admitted to 243402 counts of decapitation. That's the rebuilt Dota 2 annex. The war where the Dota 2 team attempted to…

Tagged with mod news, Steam, Steam Greenlight, Valve, Alien Swarm.

Living in Skyrim must be like having Charlie Kaufman as your god. You'd be pottering along, chopping wood, checking the sky for falling dragon poop, just doing your best as a person living in interesting times. You're not noticing the changes that are happening right under your nose: the flowers look prettier, you can't speak when you want to, and before you know what's going…

Tagged with Bethesda, Falskaar, mod news, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

The sun is beating the UK into sweaty submission. Flowers are blooming, there is blue where there's usually grey, and lollypops are the staple food source. Summer has finally decided to show up and make the world brighter and sort of happier, so this weekend I closed the curtains and spent my off-time fiddling with Stalker. I decided I wanted to pretty up the original…

Tagged with GSC Game World, Misery 2.0, mod news, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call Of Pripyat.

I once modded Oblivion to stop some text from popping up on screen, which technically makes me a modder. I don't imagine I'll be building the next Skyrim anytime soon, but if you need me Bethesda, I am here. In similar news, one of the main chaps behind DarthMod, probably the Total War series' most famous mods, has decided to make a game. Not content…

Tagged with Darthmod, mod news, Ultimate General: Gettysburg.

If gathering friends to play Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator is a bit cumbersome, and if you find FTL a bit lonely, then I've found the perfect game for you. Final Frontier is the result of a nasty transporter accident between the pair, where the Heisenberg compensators decoupled and they arrived on the SS GMOD screaming and inside out. The sick bay did its best, but…

Tagged with Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator, Final Frontier, mod news, FTL: Faster Than Light, Garry's Mod.