All articles tagged with #modding
Over two months after its release, a Reddit user has built a near-1:1 replica of the Kanto region in Pokémon Pokopia, using a blank Palette Town map and adjusting routes and city sizes to fit. Interiors exist for a few locations like Professor Oak’s Lab and Mt. Moon, while others are simplified. The creator plans to expand with Route 29 and New Bark Town using extra space.
Valve has released CAD files (.STP/.STL) and engineering diagrams for the Steam Controller and Puck under a non-commercial Creative Commons license that requires attribution and sharing of designs. The files enable modders to create accessories (skins, stands, grips) while keeping signal-friendly areas unobstructed; commercial use may be negotiated with Valve. This follows Valve’s pattern of releasing hardware blueprints for its devices to the community.
Security engineer Andy Nguyen released PS5-Linux, a project that unlocks PS5 hardware to run a full Linux desktop on 3.x–4.x firmware via a patched hypervisor vulnerability, enabling Steam games and emulators with 4K60 HDMI and audio; installation requires a 64GB USB drive (external SSD recommended), a keyboard/mouse, and a network adapter, and the setup is not a dual-boot—each boot requires running the exploit—while standby, HDMI quirks, and other bugs remain; full installation guide is on GitHub.
A modder uncovers and restores an ambitious, abandoned version of Dark Souls II's Gutter, revealing megastructures, a tavern, boss arenas, and other content that were cut from the final game, illustrating a more expansive underground world that developers originally envisioned.
Indie studio Might & Delight is shutting down Book of Travels' online servers on July 31 and rebranding the game as a $4.99 offline single-player RPG with official mod support. The game will be playable entirely offline, with MMO characters exportable before the deadline, and solo tweaks like expanded inventory and a larger, unlimited Trainmaster's Stash. A new Discord hub will coordinate mods. The price drop and offline pivot aim to salvage the project after layoffs and a difficult early access, breaking from the industry trend of killing off online games.
Streamer Maximilian Dood has posted a $10,000 bounty to implement rollback netcode for Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, aiming to improve online play beyond the game's original delay-based netcode. Rollback netcode predicts inputs and “rolls back” when needed to simulate a smoother offline feel. The Melee community’s use of emulator-based rollback as a precedent is cited, and MVC3’s modding scene has expanded the roster over the years. Whether anyone will take on the challenge remains to be seen, but the bounty signals a potential shift toward modernized online play for MVC3.
During a 2026 showcase, Skyblivion's team revealed late-stage content and new spells, with project lead Rebelzize saying the mod is 'in a great place' and that bugfixing is the current priority to release as soon as possible in the Skyrim engine.
Fallout: Chicago, a DLC-sized mod for Fallout: New Vegas, just released a playable PC demo on Nexus Mods accompanied by a new trailer. The demo covers the opening act, includes three side quests, four new factions, player homes, and a Chicago-based worldspace, giving fans a taste of a mod that aims to broaden New Vegas’s horizons. It arrives about a year and a half after the initial reveal as part of ongoing Fallout modding momentum.
The latest Slay The Spire 2 update in early access caps all HP at 999,999,999 for players, enemies, and pets, adds new card art, and revamps mod support; it also fixes a range of crashes and softlocks (including during combat transitions and multiplayer), improves cloud saves, and introduces a new mod manifest structure with a separate .json file and updated load-order/dependency handling.
Nintendo is blocking YouTube videos that showcase Super Smash Bros. Ultimate mods, sparking speculation about a coming Nintendo Direct and potential new Smash entry or deluxe edition, with the Beefy Smash Doods highlighting the move amid long-running modding videos.
A modder has ported Linux to the PS5 and showcases GTA 5 Enhanced Edition running at about 60 FPS with ray tracing. The setup reportedly delivers 4K HDMI output, working audio, and full USB functionality, with the CPU at 3.2 GHz and GPU at 2.0 GHz (potential boosts discussed). However, it only works on older PS5 firmware via a full-chain exploit, and higher clock speeds risk overheating on a PS5 Slim.
As Stardew Valley marks its 10th anniversary, its anticapitalist ethos and inclusive, queer-friendly design—amplified by a vibrant modding community and fan art—helped redefine the farming sim genre and foster a welcoming, creative community.
A new mod called Nuclear Sunset merges Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas into a single seamless experience by combining the Tale of Two Wastelands with about 1,700 mods, delivering a definitive crossover that includes both campaigns, DLC, all locations, quests, and characters. It adds roughly 7,000 lines of new voiced dialogue, 60+ new mechanics, weapons, and enemies, and revamps maps, textures, lighting, and weather. With rebuilt environments and lore-friendly expansions, it demands a beefier PC (roughly 12–16 GB RAM) and is pitched as the biggest expansion before any potential Fallout 3 remaster.
A community-led project released an extensive HD texture pack for Shin Megami Tensei IV on the Nintendo 3DS, overhauling UI, character portraits, demon menu portraits, and backgrounds with hand-drawn assets and limited AI upscaling; cutscenes are not upscaled. Led by Aspen with a team of contributors, details and installation steps are on the mod’s Game Banana page.
Luke Ross, the creator behind Cyberpunk 2077 VR mods, has taken down his VR mods from Patreon after a new DMCA strike by 505 Games. He says he will disable all versions and related posts, and that new subscriptions will only support him with no access to the mods, citing the DMCA process as powerful for large companies and noting a prior DMCA from CD Projekt Red as well.