Category Archives: Mods

Fiddling around with the console in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, one user found clues suggesting Valve may have built more than a cool unique object with its first mod for the Bethesda RPG.

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One of the first mods to roll off the assembly line enabled by the recently-released Skyrim Creation Kit is a neat little effort by Valve, celebrating the modding community’s intended close relationship with Steam Workshop. The Fall of the Space Core, Vol. 1 adds the Space-loving Portal 2 core as a companion, and apparently also Nolan North.

Thanks, GameInformer.

A proper modding API is high on Mojang’s priority list because modders have way more Minecraft development manpower than the tiny independent team.

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Bethesda has taken to the Bethblog to reassure modders the Creation Kit for Skyrim is still on it’s way, and according to the firm it’s “looking to have it near the end of the month.”

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Rockstar’s Android and iOS release of PS2 era classic Grand Theft Auto III is so faithful to the PC version that a number of existing mods can be used with it. You won’t need to jailbreak your device or anything like that, but head over to The Tech Erra or XDA Developers for iOS and Android users respectively to get a full walkthrough.

Thanks, games.on.net.

GameFront is reporting on a new in-development mod for the PC that would bring cooperative and online play to Skyrim. The mod will reportedly allow players to quest together, trade items, and chat with other players worldwide.

There’s no word yet on exactly how it works since the mod is still in production, however a video was released that you can view after the break. The video is extremely rough, but it does show basic character models playing and moving around together in Whiterun (though without animation.)
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An industrious Skyrim modder has posted a video showing how the PC version of the game works with Kinect. As shown in the video below, using a Blootuth headset the voice control component of Kinect is used for shouts and menu navigation, and of course, the techs prerequisite arm-swinging will implement weapon and magic attacks. Links for how he implemented the tech are through the YouTube link here. Thanks, CVG.

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Bethesda is focussed on ramping up mod support as well as addressing issues with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, including a new patch next week.

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Famously eschewed by arachnaphobes even before release, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim contains too many eight-legged beasties for some tastes. Without the benefit of the full creation kit, one clever clog has cobbled together a crude mod that turns all those nasty spiders into much less disturbing bears.

You can grab the mod here; PC only, of course. Skyrim is available now on all three major platforms.

Thanks, Dan!

Blizzard’s said mods will not be supported in Dibalo III not only because of the persistent internet connection requirement, but also because the firm doesn’t want it to be moddable.

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The re-christened Blizzard Arcade will finally allow creative types turn the hours they pour into mods and custom maps into delicious cashmoney.

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Speaking to Ausgamers, DICE’s Karl Magnus Troedsson has laid out the studio’s opinions on a hattrick of Battlefield 3 design decisions which have proved controverisal with fans.

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EA Europe VP Patrick Söderlund has said DICE doesn’t currently have plans to add modding tools to Battlefield 3, as it thinks the Frostbite 2 engine will make modding “too big a of a challenge” for people.

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Good news for independent and up-and-coming developers, as a pair of software development kits go public.

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I’ve got to clear my inbox, or I’m going to have some kind of Wednesday-afternoon fit. Here are some bits and bobs I can’t stretch into a paragraph.

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It can’t all be doom, gloom, and the PSN being hacked. Sometimes it’s tiny, cheerful (and occasionally stupid) nuggets of news.

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Bethesda’s Todd Howard has said the developer has the latest Elder Scrolls mod tools up and running on both major consoles, but has no channel through which to release them.

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Long-absent modding options may return to the Call of Duty series next month as Treyarch move on a toolkit for Black Ops.

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Total War: Shogun 2′s senior community manager, Craig Laycock, has offered up some nice details on the game, especially pertaining to the game’s multiplayer, map and modding possibilities.

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With all eyes glued on GDC, you’d think the rest of the news would have the decency to keep quiet – but no. Hit the break for loads of tasty snippets.

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