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Despite not being a recent release, Cyberpunk 2077 remains among the best-looking open-world released to date, thanks not only to the amazing post-launch support provided by CD Projekt Red but also thanks to the hard work of modders who continue improving the game's already excellent visuals.

Are you a newer Fallout 4 player who thinks that Charisma is totally bogus and a lame term for old people? Then this mod that swaps out all mentions of it for Rizz might be up your alley.

The director of upcoming Sims competitor Life By You has said that players are free to create and monetize their future mods. 

Fallout 4's developer is working to minimize the impact of its big new-gen update on existing mods.

Almost 200 new gigs have been added to , with the intent of helping players find some of the game's biggest secrets. While playing CD Projekt Red's sci-fi RPG, there are several easy-to-find side activities, such as gigs, which are marked on the map or activated via calls on the Holocom for players to get involved in. Despite this, the world of Night City is so rich and layered that there are bound to be elements that players don't discover upon their initial playthrough, regardless of how many hundreds of hours players may find themselves sinking into the game.

It’s never been easier to play Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas, especially for those with an Xbox and Game Pass. Benefits like FPS Boost – which makes games that traditionally run at 30 frames-per-second run at a smoother 60fps – and native 4K are possible on Xbox Series X and S thanks to backwards compatibility enhancements, but it’s not quite so straightforward if you’re playing on PC.

Modders have gotten Grand Theft Auto 5 to finally (sort of) run on the Nintendo Switch. 

Bethesda has today revealed the long-awaited PS5 version of Fallout 4 will launch on 25th April 2024, with current PS4 owners getting a free upgrade to the native edition. The update adds new Performance and Quality Modes, which introduce the options for 60fps and an improved resolution. There'll also be «stability improvements and fixes».

Baldur's Gate 3 team Larian Studios has confirmed it has two new games in the works as it looks to moves on from the Baldur's Gate IP. Having put together one of the greatest RPGs in a generation last year, the Belgian developer won't be making any new narrative content for the third iteration or creating a Baldur's Gate 4. Instead, it's two brand new games, which CEO Swen Vincke is calling the studio's «best work ever».

What's the best Fallout game to start with if you're looking to explore the post-apocalyptic franchise for the first time? If you're new to the series — perhaps you've just watched the Fallout Amazon live action adaptation — then you have a number of options available to you. In this Fallout beginner's guide, we're going to break these options down and help you decide on the Fallout game that's best for you.

Recently Larian Studios made the surprise announcement that Baldur’s Gate 3 would not be getting any major story-driven DLC, as they’re moving on to a pair of original projects, but that doesn’t necessarily mean updates are ending. In fact, in a new blog post Larian has provided some fresh details about what players can expect from Baldur’s Gate 3 Update 7, which is currently in the works.

Rare is bringing back a Sea of Thieves fan-favorite feature because the game's leads came across an online petition with just 70 signatures at the time of writing.

One former GTA 5 developer says they "barely recognize the game I worked so hard on" after seeing it in VR combined with an ultra-realistic graphics mod, and has revealed that Rockstar's lack of interest in making anything similar is part of why they stopped working there in the first place. 

It’s fair to say that Fallout 76wasn’t exactly what fans were hoping for when it launched. Instead of being a single-player RPG like Fallout 4, 3, and New Vegas, 76 was a pseudo MMO where you joined multiplayer servers to play in a persistent world. A multiplayer Falloutsounds great on paper, but the execution wasn’t what people were looking for. Many years and updates later, the game is in a far better state, but not quite up to the standard of some hardcore fans. However, Bethesda games are among the most famous for the quality of mods made for them, and at this point, there are thousands of mods available forFallout 76. We’ve scoured every inch of Appalachia to collect only the best Fallout 76 mods.

Baldur's Gate 3's next patch is underway and it looks to be one of the biggest yet. Larian Studios is bringing us new evil endings with brand-new cutscenes and music, as well as official mod support and a whole boatload of bug fixes.

CD Projekt Red has released a playtest version of The Witcher3: Wild Hunt's official mod editor on Steam.

Everyone is flocking back to the Wasteland thanks to the new Fallout TV series, but Bethesda's focus is still squarely on Starfield right now.

A brand-new mod for Stardew Valley has been released which makes the fishing minigame much less challenging. By using the mod, Stardew Valley players will be able to skip the hardest part of the minigame, as fish will automatically be caught once they bite the rod.

In the galaxy of Warhammer 40,000, the Imperium of Man is built off the backs of transhuman soldiers. There are the iconic Space Marines, who are gene-crafted and mass produced by the Emperor of Mankind, but when you need something a little more specialized, you might turn to the Adeptus Custodes. This group stands 10,000 strong, and each is a work of art. These philosopher warriors serve as the personal guards and agents of the Emperor, even in his currently skeletal state.

The solo developer of the retro-style FPS Hedon Bloodrite has been left confused after their game was deemed ineligible to participate in Steam's FPS Fest sale – an event focused on, you guessed it, FPS games. 

A highly ambitious Dragon's Dogma 2 mod is attempting to make the RPG far more challenging on New Game Plus mode.

New screenshots of Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero, the next game in the beloved Budokai Tenkaichi series, confirms more characters coming to the hotly-anticipated 3D fighting game. Among its ranks of super-powered heroes is Dragon Ball Z’s oft-forgotten Saiyan warrior, Future Gohan.

If stomping around the wasteland feeling like a god is your thing, then obtaining a power armour suit is a surefire way to achieve that sensation.

A ton of love is being shown right now for the Fallout franchise. The video game IP was already cherished by so many players worldwide. But now that the franchise has had a successful live-action adaptation, you will find a bigger fan base than ever before. More people are returning to play the games as they await the following season. 

The Fallout games, at least since Fallout 3, have been absolutely massive games in both scale and popularity. The post-nuclear-war setting is rife with interesting stories to experience and monsters to kill. Fallout 4 was the last single-player entry in the series before Fallout 76 took the game into a persistent multiplayer experience. A large appeal of these games is how you are able to actually role-play and immerse yourself in the game world, which isn’t so easy with other players jumping around in their underwear. Thanks to mods, it has never been a better time to revisit the last “pure” Fallout game.

Millions of Fallout 4 mods were installed this weekend, as fans flock back to the games. In fact, more Fallout 4 mods have been installed this month than ever before, with data from Nexus Mods showing that this is the busiest modding community has ever been.

An official modding tool for The Witcher 3 has started rolling out to select players on Steam, with anyone free to sign up for the playtest now. 

There’s a Fallout fever going around lately thanks to the hit Amazon Prime Video live-action adaptation. Fans have sat in on each episode of the series, diving into this new thrilling take on the harsh wasteland environment. So, while we’re still on the high of this Fallout fandom, a geographer recently took on the challenge of pinpointing where every Fallout vault is located. 

The Witcher 3 REDkit beta sign-ups have been opened today, allowing users interested in testing the game's official modding tools before release to request early access.

If you are a PC gamer, then you will know all about the power of mods. They allow dedicated fans to alter how a game looks or plays, which sometimes results in an upgrade to the base experience.

A new Fallout 4 NVIDIA DLSS 3.7 mod comparison shared online this week highlights how the new Preset E introduced in the upscaler's latest version can lead to better quality than the often superior DLAA in certain scenarios.

A mod lets players fully immerse themselves in the streets of Night City. CD Project Red's sci-fi RPG already had a first-person narrative for its majority, with players only able to swap to third person for driving, to make players feel like they were exploring its rich world, but a Virtual Reality mod has taken advantage of this to take things a step further.

Much hubbub surrounds the Fallout TV show and its handling of the Fallout lore, but a New Vegas tease has fans curious and concerned to see what fate ultimately awaited New Vegas.

Fallout London isn't coming to the console, despite mods being fully supported on Xbox platforms. This is due to the file size being far too large, with the game currently sitting at around "30 to 40" gigabytes.

VR fans galore as two modders have created a WoW VR mod that adds support for VR to the final patch of World of Warcraft Wrath of the Lich King.

Baldur’s Gate 3's Astarion actor, Neil Newbon, cut a very cool figure on the BAFTA Games Awards red carpet, with his shirt-free suit being translated into online fan art almost instantaneously.

The creators of the long-awaited Fallout London mod have delayed it indefinitely out of fear that the Fallout 4 next-gen update will break it.

Controversially, Fallout 4 makes it a little harder to build your own character. If you play as a woman, you were a lawyer before the bombs dropped. If you're a guy, you were part of the US military, fighting in the war against China. Either way, your character got married and had a son before the events of the game, and there's nothing you can do to change that.

Fallout 4's impending next-gen update will almost certainly "break" many mods, according to a Fallout London modder, causing the "game-sized" project to be delayed indefinitely.

The sudden reveal of the release date of Fallout 4's current-gen update has caused Team FOLON to indefinitely delay the Fallout London mod from April 23.

The Fallout London total conversion mod for Fallout 4 has been delayed once more, though again, it's not really the modding team's fault.

Hold on to your parsnips, because an apocalypse has struck the pastoral lands of Stardew Valley.

Fallout 3 is as beloved now as it was upon its release more than 15 years ago. That's why fans everywhere are clamouring for a remaster.

A new Red Dead Redemption 2 HD texture pack is now available for download, overhauling a huge number of textures.

The Nintendo Switch console could never keep up with the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles, but a recent overclocking test conducted with a modded console highlights exactly what has held back the system the most.

Getting around in Dragon’s Dogma 2 is perilous at the best of times. Hordes of goblins and lizard-like saurians dog the player’s steps at every turn, and then there’s the deadly cast of enormous mythological creatures that want nothing more than to grab the player character — known as the Arisen — and bring their noble quest to an unceremonious end.

It's been nearly eight years since I wrote about Fallout Cascadia, a total conversion mod for Bethesda's Fallout 4 game. I nearly forgot about it, which is understandable since the last showcase video the modding team pushed on YouTube was dated July 2021.

Despite having been released almost ten years ago, Bloodborne still hides some interesting secrets that highlight how the PlayStation 4 hardware impacted several aspects of the game.

Ed Boon and John Tobias created the iconic and infamously brutal fighter Mortal Kombat way back in 1992. While they've never stepped their virtual feet into the game as guest fighters, the modding community has been working hard to change that.

Adding to the new content in Update 1.6, a dedicated Stardew Valley fan has created a mod that adds an extra 116 lines of dialogue for gift giving sequences. Stardew Valley Update 1.6 has already provided massive dialogue, cutscene, and gameplay additions, and players have been hard at work providing feedback for bug fixes while also updating and improving mods for the indie title.

A modder is working on a RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 RTX Remix mod that adds full ray tracing to this classic game.

Getting tired of your Pawns stating the obvious, pointing out the same ladder repeatedly, and commenting on how you spend your gold? There's a handy Dragon's Dogma 2 mod that makes them shut up.

Bandai Namco has come under fire for reportedly sending a notice of infringement to a fan site that hosts mods for Tekken 8. If the notice is legitimate, it's the latest example of Bandai Namco going after mods in its games, having previously copyright-claimed videos that show modified Tekken gameplay.

A modded Nintendo Switch OLED can run some games at higher resolution, even 4K resolution, and better performance, as showcased by a video shared online a few days ago.

It's rough out there right now if you're a Starfield fan. We know that more content is on the way in the Shattered Space DLC coming at some point this year, but with a third of 2024 already gone, we're still yet to hear any news about it. It's left some fans in a state of limbo, with a handful of small updates to get them by until Starfield's next big content drop.

When it comes to iconic locations in the Kingdom Hearts series, you don't get much better than Traverse Town, other than perhaps Destiny Islands, Twilight Town, and maybe Hollow Bastion, if you're really pushing it. It marked the start of Sora's bafflingly complex journey all those years ago, and its exclusion from Kingdom Hearts 3 didn't sit right with a lot of fans.

If you're looking for ways to expand Starfield's replayability, a new "DLC-sized" mod is now available, allowing players to build their own colony, create mechs, and more.

Dragons Dogma 2 players rejoice, for a new PC mod has arisen that will allow you to temper the incessant chattering of your pawn companions and prevent them from constantly pointing out the presence of treasure chests, ladders, and so on.

Friday the 13th: The Game continues to be a legal nightmare for anyone involved. The team behind the Resurrected mod announced that the project's future is up in the air after receiving a copyright infringement claim.

A brand-new Starfield DLC mod has been released, allowing players to build entire colonies on planets, complete with a farming system, new buildings, mechs, and more.

Dragon's Dogma 2 has plenty of obstacles to overcome, but one major nuisance causing players a lot of headaches is Dragonsplague, a disease that can cause a Pawn to turn into a massive dragon and kill everything in a 10-mile radius if not treated properly. Players have come up with various methods of keeping Dragonsplague at bay, including throwing their Pawns in the nearest body of water, but now the modders have got involved.

Despite having been released on PC almost nine years ago, Grand Theft Auto V continues to be a great-looking open-world game, thanks to the tireless work of modders. Thanks to some of them, the game could easily pass for GTA 6.

Tekken 8's latest update has been met with a wave of negative user reviews, bringing its overall Steam rating down to "mixed". Most of these negative reviews criticise the battle pass, which was added to the game in the latest patch.

The modders behind the GTA San Andreas prequel mod are back in action after a long break. This mod, titled GTA 1991, takes players back to the time before CJ's adventures in Los Santos. Instead, you'll play a new character in the midst of the city's gang culture.

A team of modders is giving Star Wars Battlefront 2 an unofficial "new home" on PC, creating a custom server platform with 24/7 servers, mod support, and more.

A new mod has included a popular mechanic from one of Bethesda's most beloved RPGs: ​​​​​​. In both games, players can loot various slain enemies, acquiring new weapons or items as they traversed their open world — or in 's case, open galaxy — map. Unfortunately, when was released over a decade after, players felt its looting system lacked in comparison.

We have a fun new story today, about a particularly special mod for Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered.

Dragon's Dogma 2 modders are taking one of the best parts of the game out of the RPG, with a mod that directly displays what stage of Dragonsplague any Pawns are infected with.

That was fast! The Invincible Season 2 finale aired just this week, and already a modder has put its standout cameo character into a video game.

Smiling Friends fans have already turned Gwimbly, a parody of mistreated platforming mascots like Crash Bandicoot and Banjo-Kazooie, into a real-life icon.

Dragon's Dogma 2's pesky Dragonsplague illness turns pawns murderous but only exhibits a few subtle symptoms up to that point, so one modder has made things really obvious for PC players by sticking a big number on the follower's forehead.

Palworld's new 0.2.0.6 patch is out right now, introducing the game's first Raid boss, and other features that are drawing huge praise from players.

The ultimate cure for the annoying Dragonsplague affliction featured in Dragon's Dogma 2 is now available, but only for PC players.

With the new Patch 1.15.2 finally hitting servers today, we were able to datamine all class changes arriving with Phase 3. This is a compilation of all the class updates from the last week relevant to Phase 3. While Blizzard published the major class changes in the official patch notes, they did not document minor adjustments so we are highlighting everything below. Phase 3 Overview

The Grand Theft Auto franchise has been indulging in all sorts of madcap nonsense over almost three decades, from sophisticated criminal operations and heists at one end to sandbox shenanigans on the other, with the player running around, blowing stuff up, and attracting increasing amounts of police attention. However, Talita, a nonprofit agency based in Sweden, decided to use Grand Theft Auto 5 to tell a more important story, focused on saving women from the hands of traffickers rather than pursuing personal wealth and indulgence.

A new mod allows up to six players to play and battle side by side in Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon. Co-op is now available in Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon thanks to a dedicated modder, who has also worked on other FromSoftware titles like Elden Ring. The new mod focuses on teamwork and co-op gameplay, but also introduces some seriously troubling challenges evocative of past FromSoftware games.

Despite its delisting and the impending shuttering of its servers, fans of Friday the 13th: The Game have reason to rejoice, thanks to a fan project.

A lot was going on in the Stardew Valley community over April Fool's Day, and it all comes back to drinking mayonnaise... again. 

I seriously wanted the headline to be, "Own every Fallout game for less than $23" -- but that's technically a lie and we don't do clickbait here at IGN, right? In reality, you're missing out on some obscure titles (sorry) like Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel on the PS2, but this is the best we've got and it's still pretty damn good for what you're getting.

A stunning Deus Ex RTX Remix mod is now available for download, introducing path tracing in the classic first-person game.