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Seven years after it was thought lost, a Fallout New Vegas mod that adds Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst as a companion has resurfaced — and received a nod of approval from the man himself.

Whether you've fully completed or simply stepped away from Skyrim, it'll hardly surprise you to learn that there are still Skyrim mods out there being developed. One such mod, which is still yet to be released some ten or so years after its conception, is Lordbound.

Palworld is full of modding possibilities, from replacing assets with funnier options to tweaking game settings in order to make it more enjoyable, there have been a lot of mods.

Skyrim has received two updates in the past few months, and players hate it. Whenever Bethesda releases makes changes to the game like this, mods have to be updated. And when many players have a ridiculously long list of mods installed, waiting for all of them to be made compatible can take a while - if they're updated at all.

When it comes to the roster of Tekken 8, you'll struggle to find a character that stands out as much as Yoshimitsu does, and that's taking into account the bear and the panda. It probably has something to do with him being a space ninja, equipped with a distinctive set of armor that makes him look like he's been plucked straight out of a game like Elden Ring.

Persona 3 Reload is the fanciest and flashiest version of the few iterations of the game already out there, but depending on who you ask, it may not be the definitive way to experience the game. That's because Kotone - the female main character from Persona 3 Portable also lovingly referred to by fans as FeMC - isn't included in Reload, and probably won't be added as DLC in the future.

Already coming to the table with a BAFTA-nominated game behind him, solo dev Tomas Sala has a lot to live up to with his upcoming city builder Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles. In the latest Edge magazine issue, Sala explained how he started down his development path. Turns out it was his attempts to decompress by modding one of the best RPGs out there, Skyrim, after a stressful day of being a game studio boss, that lead him to where he is today.

Before the long and arduous road to GTA 6 continues, moderators on the game's subreddit have attempted to crack down on the swamp of shitposts that have become more and more common in recent months. But the attempt doesn't seem to be massively successful. 

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As influential as the original Doom games are, it’d be interesting to know how much they’d stand the ravages of time were it not for modding and unusual ports. It set the building blocks for the FPS genre back in the day, but the fact that people continue to tweak the original formula shows just how much of an impact the series has had these past 30 years.

A new Cyberpunk 2077 mod released this week addresses some of the ghosting issues seen in the currently available AMD FSR 3 Frame Generation mods.

Today, on the fifth anniversary of the launch of Metro Exodus, 4A Games announced that the latest mainline installment in their franchise has sold 10 million units, thus averaging two million per year. Previous sales milestones include six million units two years ago and 8.5 million units as of last March.

Last year's Dead Space remake looks great, but it's visuals can reach some impressive heights with the right mods, as showcased in a new video shared online this week.

One of the biggest Stardew Valley mods out there has hit two million downloads, and I'm not surprised considering all of the exciting things it offers.

The official Helldivers 2 Discord was locked down last night after members repeatedly spammed "F" in every channel to pay respects.

Individuals, particularly modders, have found a "workaround" to the ongoing AI GPU shortages, which involves tuning consumers' GPUs into a "beefy" accelerator and it looks like the old NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti GPUs have been given a second life thanks to this new modding solution.

Presumably not ready to leave Attack on Titan behind after its anime finale, one Palworld player has recreated the series' iconic central city on a massive scale, purportedly without the use of any mods to make things easier. 

A new Tomb Raider Remastered comparison video was shared online today, highlighting how the official remaster is inferior to the game's RTX Remix mod in one specific regard.

Fancy ordering a fake pizza in Oblivion (or even a real one)? Modding allows you to do that. But it’s not all about hot slices of ‘za delivered by a skeleton. After almost 20 years, people are still looking to tinker with the visuals of the fourth Elder Scrolls game. Just not always in the way you might expect.

A new build of the Yuzu Nintendo Switch emulator released today promises to bring significant improvement in several titles, including those that received higher resolution mods like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

A dedicated Nintendo Wii fan recently modded their many consoles in a visually impressive display. Nintendo launched the Wii as a competitor to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2006, and it stood out from its contemporaries thanks to its inventive motion-based controls. Using the system’s WiiMote controller, players could see their movements recreated in-game, and this novel approach helped bring in a wider audience of families and non-traditional gamers. As a result, the Nintendo Wii quickly became one of the highest-selling video game consoles of all time.

Teardown launched last year on PS5, arriving as part of PS Plus Extra's catalogue from day one. The fully destructible sandbox has plenty of explosive potential as standard, but the console version also comes pre-packed with a selection of mods, adding yet more opportunities for glorious chaos. Today — that's 12th February 2024 for you people in the future — Saber Interactive and Tuxedo Labs have introduced another batch of extras to Mod Pack 1, which is free to download.

Sony has single-handedly managed to p*ss off the entire anime community, as it’s announced plans to erase purchased digital content as part of Funimation’s merger with Crunchyroll. The Japanese giant effectively has a stranglehold on the popular form of media, as it owns all of the major streaming services and a chunk of content – although it would argue the existence of Netflix and Disney+ means it doesn’t have a monopoly on the market.

One Palworld player has fully cranked up their ingenuity by creating a massive city, and they didn't even need to use a single mod to make a virtual urban base.

The RTX Remix mods currently available online are still in their infancy, but one of them is clearly above most others, featuring an amazing implementation of path tracing that breathes new life into dated visuals.

After more than 1,000 attempts, an Elden Ring streamer has beaten the game without taking a single hit and using a randomizer mod to change every enemy.

The wait for Shadow of the Erdtree is getting intense. Over the past month, we've seen players beat Elden Ring bosses with bubbles, storm castles with nothing but one button and morse code, roll in real life every time they roll in-game, use a violin to string together attacks, and power through against invisible enemies. But it doesn't stop there.

A talented modder has added Sonic and Shadow (based on their Sonic Adventure 2 appearances) to Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3, complete with voice clips and custom moves like Chaos Spear and, of course, Homing Attack.

A talented Elden Ring modder has added Kingdom Hearts' Sora into the game, complete with equippable Keyblades and voice clips from Kingdom Hearts 3.

Studio Wildcard has released a major update to the ARK Development Kit, introducing more options for modders to shape their experiences. Additions include a custom cosmetics system, the ability to transfer items, and a Simple Game Framework.

Nexus Mods, arguably the biggest repository for game mods on the Web, has crossed the impressive milestone of 10 billion downloads.

In Nexus Mods' words: «A beast of monstrous proportions is approaching.» Today, the mod distribution site — home to some of the best community made video game additions (looking at you Shrek and Thomas) — will hit 10bn downloads.

NVIDIA RTX GPU users unite - a modder has released a free new Elden Ring DLSS 3.5 mod which improves performance.

Nexus Mods is something of an institution in the modding circles on PC. Standing shoulder-to-shoulder with ModDB, Nexus is one of the most prolific and popular modding websites, bar none, and this fact is driven home as it reaches a new milestone — 10 billion file downloads in total.

Phase 2 is now live globally on Season of Discovery and here is a collection of all class changes that were implemented for Phase 2 launch. While there hasn't been any official Patch Notes published, this can shed some light on class changes for those interested. Good luck in Phase 2! Phase 2 Overview Wowhead Talent Calculator

If you’ve played Daggerfall Unity, you’ll know it’s the best way to experience The Elder Scrolls 2 in the modern gaming climate. Now, with the full thing having recently launched, the creator of the project is looking to make their own game.

Today, ATLUS announced that Persona 3 Reload is the fastest-selling game in the franchise, having surpassed one million units sold within the first week of the launch date.

An interesting new Tekken 8 PC mod has been released, boosting the game's graphical fidelity beyond the game's ultra graphic settings.

Whether you’re looking to make things easier for yourself or alter the game visually, there’s already a Palworld mod out there for you.

Studio Wildcard has released more details about Ark: Survival Ascended’s upcoming ‘Custom Cosmetic’ modding system, and it’s been confirmed that it’ll start rolling it out this week.

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Cities: Skylines II developer Colossal Order has a uniquely close relationship with its community. The original Cities: Skylines came out in 2015 and gobbled up the audience that was left behind by EA’s SimCity, which came out in 2013 and was a busted mess. Cities: Skylines scratched that urban-planning itch, plus it cost just $30. The game came first to PC, Mac and Linux with modest hardware requirements, and it hit consoles within two years. Critically, Cities: Skylines also supported mods through the Steam Workshop, allowing players to add their own tools to the game and share those features with others.

Starfield is on track to crack Nexus's top 10 most-modded games ever, and it doesn't even have official mod support yet.

The success of Palworld has naturally led to comparisons between the game and Pokémon, with the internet now debating whether any legal ramifications could happen due to their similarities.

Disturbed by the noises produced by your graphics card? Fear not, since a Redditor has found an "interesting" cooling solution, and it would only require slapping ten different radiators on a single GPU.

Baldur's Gate 3 clearly prides itself on its realistic anatomy, as is any game that sneakily patches in willy physics months after release. It's not exactly shy when it comes to naughty bits, and neither is its fanbase, who have been up to all sorts of sordid activities on the game's subreddit, going so far as to figure out how big Halsin's member is when he's in bear form.

While the game may not look too different from past entries in the series, Tekken 8 comes with a lot of new features that can help you get better at the game. Alongside the enhanced Replay features, which provide players some tips on how to improve their gameplay, the latest entry in the series features Ghosts, fighters who recreate the fighting style of real players with the power of AI.

After The Pokemon Company revealed it would "investigate" games like Palworld for copyright infringement, the survival game's fans are confident it won't amount to much. 

Rewards from new boss encounters, hero skins, and game-changing mods are all available in when you complete different challenges in the roguelike No Return mode. The survival missions your chosen character can attempt in a run could unlock additional features. It may take time to meet every goal, but each challenge offers an exciting opportunity.

Pocketpair has just released a new Palworld Patch for PC, packing countermeasures against cheating and bug fixes.

A new Palworld mod that was released online today enables some ray tracing features, improves ambient occlusion and shadow quality and more.

French game developer DON'T NOD has uploaded the official PC system requirements for the upcoming action RPG Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden. You can find them on the game's Steam page, and they're not high at all, especially the minimum requirements.

The Pokemon Company seems to plan to "investigate" Palworld over the possibility of copyright infringement.

Here's your daily Palworld sales update: the open world survival crafting game with monster collection mechanics has now surpassed eight million units sold on Steam alone in less than a week from the early access launch. It also broke the two million concurrent players milestone on Valve's platform, a feat that was only ever managed by PUBG: Battlegrounds back when the Battle Royale game was at its height. There's still over a million difference between the two, but it would not be wise to discount Palworld at this point.

A modder has released several Palworld PC mods that improve the game's visuals and add FSR2/XeSS upscaling support.

After plenty of online speculation around whether it would actually happen, The Pokémon Company has released a statement about “another company’s game” released in January 2024. And we can say what we’re all thinking: Palworld.

Say what you will about the likes of Resident Evil 4, its iconic B-movie cheese means it’s a game that doesn’t take itself too seriously. However, there’s being flippant about certain aspects of your IP and…whatever’s going on with this mod.

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Nexus Mods will not host Pokemon mods for Palworld out of a fear of legal action from Nintendo.

New Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Nextgen Edition gameplay footage was shared online this week, providing a new look at the unofficial remaster's new mechanics and visuals.

Palworld has gained quite a massive amount of attention worldwide. Players are quickly pointing out that the game is very similar to the Pokemon franchise. However, it’s clear that players are interested in the game and are currently going through the gameplay experience for the supported platforms. But not every platform is available for the game. For instance, those on PlayStation 5 are left without access to Palworld. Well, it looks like the developers are not writing off the PlayStation 5 platform quite yet, and there’s a strong possibility that we’ll see the title launch eventually for the Sony console. 

Popular modding siteNexus Mods, which allows users to share and download mods for thousands of games, has confirmed that it’s “not comfortable” with hosting Pokémon-themed mods for Palworld, Pocketpair’s early-access survival and crafting game.

A new Tomb Raider RTX Remix comparison video was shared online a few hours ago, highlighting the massive visual differences brought to the first entry in the series by path tracing.

A new Tekken 8 mod for the game's demo version, allows users to enable Unreal Engine 5's Lumen tech, and more.

The dream continues for independent Japanese developer Pocketpair as Palworld has now sold over seven million units in just five days since its early access launch. The open world survival crafting game with monster collection mechanics had sold one million in eight hours, two in twenty-four, three in forty, five million in three days, and six in four days. What's even more impressive is that, according to Geoff Keighley, these sales are for the Steam version alone. They do not account for sales on the Microsoft Store via PC/Xbox, nor do they account for Game Pass player numbers.

The Tekken 8 countdown is on as the release time is now just one day away. 

As soon as the Internet first got its first look at juggernaut-to-be Palworld, many began accusing it of looking a lot like, well, let’s not play that game — you know what I’m talking about.

If you’ve been on the Internet the last few days, you know that Palworld, the “Pokémon with guns” style open-world survival game, has been a smashing success selling over 6 million copies and knocking down record after record on Steam, but it’s also been controversial. Some would say the game isn’t just inspired by Pokémon, it ventures into rip-off territory, something only exacerbated by things like the recently-teased Pokémon mod, leading some to wonder how much Nintendo and The Pokémon Company are willing to put up with.

Pocketpair has recently disclosed its Early Access roadmap for Palworld and announced a bunch of upcoming features.

One Terraria player is attempting the ultimate challenge: a hardcore, master mode run with a mod that makes 30 times more enemies spawn. If that sounds ridiculous and impossible, well… that's because it is.

If you’ve been itching to see retro games be given a bit of a pep in this modern gaming world, Nvidia’s RTX modding toolkit is already realizing that dream. With the open beta now out, prepare yourselves for an upscaled return of some classics.

Palworld’s astonishing launch success has grown further: it’s now the second most-popular game ever on Steam.

Only three days after Palworld launched, which fans have been calling 'Pokemon with guns' since it was announced anyway, someone made a mod that turned the player into Ash Ketchum and Pals into 'mons. But less than a day later, it has already been taken down by Nintendo.

It’s looking like Pikachu is going to hit the mines and earn its place in society.

A stunning Tomb Raider RTX Remix mod is now in the works, and from today, players can see how NVIDIA's tech improves the very first entry in the series with a free playable demo.

Palworld just keeps going on an absolutely incredible ride toward the top. The 'Pokémon with guns' survival crafting game released last Friday by Japanese developer Pocketpair has now sold six million units in just four days. It has also surpassed 1.5 million concurrent Steam players, inching ever closer to the second spot on the all-time chart. Counter-Strike 2 managed 1.8 million nine months ago, around the time of its launch, but it's a free-to-play game. Moreover, at this rate, Palworld could very well blaze past it during the next weekend.

A new The Witcher 3 mod that was released online this week further improves ray-traced global illumination in some clever ways.

The modder who put Pokémon into Palword has claimed “Nintendo has come for me” after a takedown of a tweet.

Nintendo is seemingly filing takedown requests against Pokemon mods for Palworld.