Category Archives: Mods

Volition are set to release “what is essentially a full sdk” for Saints Row: The Third over the coming months, one of the chief Saints Row modders has revealed.

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DICE has confirmed what many of you no doubt predicted; the PC version of Battlefield 4 will not offer mod support.

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Here’s a fairly incredible bit of modding work for you; BioWare’s classic RPG Baldur’s Gate completely remade in the Neverwinter Nights 2 engines, bringing it firmly into the third dimension. Called Baldur’s Gate Reloaded, it’s available via Nexusmods and requires you to have expansions as well as the core Neverwinter Nights 2 game. The mod was developed by a team of five as well as numerous contributors. Check out a trailer through the break.

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After quietly and temporarily escaping custody last week, CD Projekt’s REDkit, a modding suite for The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, has finally made its official debut.

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CD Projekt had a bit of an accident this week and briefly released REDkit, its modding suite for The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. The friendly developer has advised that any of those lucky enough to snaffle the early release are welcome to go ahead and use them; the official release is almost upon us, thankfully. “Please give us just a little bit more time (it’s almost here!)” community manager Marcin Momot said.

Thanks, Edge.

Olympus Games CEO Skylar Kreisher has issued a statement addressing Garry’s Mod creator Garry Newman’s willingness to go to court over the question of who can use the term “GMOD”. The developer expressed regret that it has come to daggers drawn, swearing it had no intention to “attack” another developer and vowing only friendly intentions.

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Much-praised Half-Life 2 mod Minerva, which earned its creator a job at Valve, is now available directly through Steam.

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Now you can recreate the experience of using the world’s worst commercial gaming VR headset with the best one.

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If there is any combination more likely to result in lost lunches than first-person parkour and virtual reality, I really don’t want to try it.

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Good news for creative types today as Runic Games has released a new update for Torchlight 2 including the much-anticipated modding suite. GUTS boasts full Steam Workshop integration and even works in multiplayer. The latest version of the indie dungeon crawler is actually full of goodies, including new weapons, armour and pets; see the full patch notes on the Runic forums.

The team behind TimeSplitters Rewind, a non-commercial HD blend of all three TimeSplitters games, works closely with license holder Crytek.

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The DayZ ArmA 2 mod has been updated with the usual pile of new content and fixes. Interesting highlights include resuable arrows; breakable arrows; and quivers. Alarmingly, zombies will now be slowly drawn towards players even when they’re not altered. Full patch notes are available on the mod’s forum. The mod version of DayZ was recently added to Steam; it’s frequently updated with new content, something Bohemia Interactive hopes to continue with the standalone release.

The notorious StarCraft Universe, an amazing StarCraft 2 mod, has finally been published through Battle.net.

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Modders and power users have begun finding way to improve the Aliens: Colonial Marines experience on PC. Check out this Steam community post for an example of how far hobbyists have already gone in tweaking the game’s aesthetics; it’s expected that more weighty mods will follow shortly. Aliens: Colonial Marines released to a very poor critical reception and questions have been asked about its drawn-out development cycle.

Thanks, CVG.

Bethesda has announced that the RAGE tool kit will be released through Steam today. We looked on the site, and it doesn’t seem to be there just yet, so check back later on. The tool kit contains the “same tools used to create RAGE and it’s DLC, The Scorchers and provides everything you need to get started with modding the first-ever idTech 5 title.” The download is over 35GB, and before you download it, you may wish to read the id documents posted on the Bethesda Blog which in part discuss what “technically sophisticated and adventurous” modders will need to know beforehand. The kit will be available through the Tools section of Steam.

ArmA 2 mod DayZ has been patched, adding a ton of new features. There’s a collection of weapons and food, two new vehicles and the ability to catch viruses and flip ATVs (good luck with that, Dan), for example. Zombies can now damage your vehicle, pull you from it, or even spawn inside unoccupied vehicles, and will be attracted by the sound of trees being felled. Plus a huge pile of fixes; full patch notes are available on the DayZ forums, where incidentally you’ll also find plenty of people chatting about the first DayZ standalone release footage.

Thanks, PCGamer.

DayZ developer Dean “Rocket” Hall has no issues with ArmA 2 mod DayZ: Origins, despite his dislike of certain other competitors.

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Managing your mods for Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad just got a lot easier, thanks to the addition of Steam Workshop support.

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Croteam’s Serious Editor has joined the ranks of the Steam Workshop-compatible. The tools were in beta for a short time, so the suite has gone live with more than 60 mods already available, including multiplayer and survival mode maps, character skins, and weapon and enemy modifications. The Editor should be available to all Serious Sam 3 owners via the Tools section of their Steam library.

After three years in development, the fan-made Back to School campaign for Left 4 Dead 2 is finally available for download. You can head on over to the dev team’s ModDB page to pick it up for yourself now, but you should probably watch the kinda completely awesome trailer they’ve released for their work first. Check it below.

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