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Nexus Mods says folks "should be pressuring" paid mod platforms to "do better" if they're frustrated by its new policy on the ever-controversial topic

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Popular modding site Nexus Mods recently announced an update to its policies on paid mods, and, as ever with the topic that seems very much to be a never ending source of controversy, the response from players and modders was a bit complicated. Read more

Nexus Mods updates its stance on paid mods for the first time since Bethesda's latest attempt at them, says it believes "modding should be a pursuit of passion first and foremost"

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Paid mods are always controversial. Just look at Bethesda’s latest attempt at creating a system designed to facilitate such a thing having proven pretty much as polarising as its predecessors, even if things have died down a bit since that bit of Starfield Trackers Alliance mission controversy back in June. Read more

Beyond Skyrim: Cyrodiil is gearing up to let you decide who rules the Imperial City long after Oblivion, and it’ll feature something any world definitely needs: unhinged tabloid journalism

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There always are a lot of cool-looking modding projects in the works for any Bethesda game at any point in time, so there's a chance that if you don't eat, sleep and breathe mods for work like I do, there's a chance Beyond Skyrim: Cyrodiil is one that's flown under your radar. Read more

Skyrim mod lets you shank NPCs as Agent 47 in a Hitman Contracts-style assassination mode

by Rich Stanton

The great thing about Skyrim is that, if you don't like Skyrim, by this point you can make it into pretty much anything else. The game now has a decent claim to be the most-modded of all time, with over 170,000 mods listed across the basic and Special Edition on Nexus Mods. Whether you fancy recreating World War 2 in Tamriel , guilt-tripping yourself over NPC deaths , or just chilling while the game plays itself , there's a good chance someone's way ahead of you... Read more.

I played the banned Skyrim mod that turns it into World War 2 and, no kidding, it's honestly kind of incredible

by Joshua Wolens

I never quite got Skyrim. I'm a Morrowind nerd, yeah, sure, we're all very certain of that, but it's not my pining for the old days that meant the game never sat right with me. What was it? The slightly floaty combat? The streamlined skill system?.. Read more.

Incredible new Skyrim mod is like an RPG version of World of Tanks

by editor@pcgamesn.com

Using the Dovahkiin shouts to yank dragons out of the sky and then decapitating them with your axe is pretty cool - but it's not the same as blowing them up with a tank. 13 years since The Elder Scrolls Skyrim first arrived, and we've explored every inch of the Bethesda RPG - from Whiterun to Solitude, Riften to Windhelm - time and time again. But we've never used the plains of Tamriel for a full-scale, all-out tank and artillery battle. The Elder Scrolls 6 might be a while away. Fallout 5, equally so. But a groundbreaking new Skyrim mod makes the entire game feel like a fantasy remake of fellow PC classic World of Tanks. Imagine Skyrim during the height of World War II, and instead of the Dragonborn, you're a tank commander. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: All Skyrim console commands and cheats The best dragon games on PC 2024 Best Skyrim mods 2024

After a minor calendar mix-up, Helldivers 2's next big patch drops soon and it's already inspired jokes about Skyrim being ported to some bullets

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Helldivers 2's next big patch is now set to drop tomorrow, October 15, because Arrowhead forgot to factor weekends into its plans when it announced that 60 day plan during the summer. The good news is that the studio's made up for this minor oversight via a cheeky video teasing what's coming in the patch, including one inclusion that's seen Johan Pilestedt get in on the jokes. Read more

New Skyrim mod empowers the weak and spongy NPCs to fight back

by editor@pcgamesn.com

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Skyrim's combat is by far its weakest element. Over a decade later, fights are more like hitting a giant sponge with a hammer than actual bandits. I don't think what Bethesda made in 2011 was bad - Skyrim's a huge game that works in so many ways it's a miracle - but fighting hasn't aged well. With so many Skyrim mods aiming to fix that, I've got a new creation that completely changes how NPCs act around you. It's a real treat. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The biggest Skyrim mod just got the modern overhaul it deserves Huge new Skyrim mod plunges you into the middle of a vampire war All Skyrim console commands and cheats

New Skyrim mod overhauls the aging combat with realistic dismemberment

by editor@pcgamesn.com

Skyrim's combat has not aged well. Weapons and magic are the weakest part of Bethesda's crowning RPG, and after a decade each is more akin to hacking at a tree stump or clapping your hands together. Bethesda did a great job modernizing its shooting mechanics in Fallout 4 and Starfield, but we're still waiting on the team to do the same with Elder Scrolls 6's combat. Until then, this new Skyrim mod does something truly astounding and adds a dense dismemberment system to the game, making fights feel new again. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: New Skyrim mod empowers the weak and spongy NPCs to fight back The biggest Skyrim mod just got the modern overhaul it deserves Huge new Skyrim mod plunges you into the middle of a vampire war

Lead Skyrim designer argues that Bethesda's primeval Creation Engine is 'perfectly tuned' to the studio's needs, so an Unreal switcheroo probably isn't in the cards

by Ted Litchfield

In an interview with VideoGamer, ex-Bethesda developer Bruce Nesmith defended the studio's continued use of its proprietary Creation Engine and predicted that the RPG giant would likely stick with the tech in the future, even as more big name devs like BioWare, CD Projekt, and Halo Studios (formerly 343 Industries) trade in their bespoke engines for Epic Games' ubiquitous Unreal... Read more.

The biggest Skyrim mod just got the modern overhaul it deserves

by editor@pcgamesn.com

It's hard to overstate just how vital great UI is to a game. Every single setting, mechanic, and feature is unified under one style and presented to the player in a way that should, hopefully, enhance the overall experience. Sometimes UI becomes the soul of the presentation, with Persona 5's bold red, white, and black combinations defining so much of your time in-game. Elsewhere UI is diegetic, with Dead Space's holograms existing within the game itself, pulling you right into the worst day of Isaac Clarke's life. The importance of the Skyrim UI is no different, but that's why this brand-new mod is worth checking out. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Huge new Skyrim mod plunges you into the middle of a vampire war All Skyrim console commands and cheats Beloved Skyrim Grandma retiring from gaming videos after nine years

Huge new Skyrim mod plunges you into the middle of a vampire war

by editor@pcgamesn.com

If you ever needed an example of why modding is so important for the longevity of a game, look no further than Skyrim. It's been out 13 years and is still going strong, in part due to the base game and the sheer joy of spending time in it, but partially due to how well supported it is from a modding standpoint. A massive, vampiric new mod has just arrived and it's a big one with tons of content to explore, and what's more it has Bethesda's official blessing. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The biggest Skyrim mod just got the modern overhaul it deserves All Skyrim console commands and cheats Beloved Skyrim Grandma retiring from gaming videos after nine years

This cursed Skyrim mod flips the entire game horizontally like Mario Kart's mirror mode and it's weirdly very upsetting

by Mollie Taylor

Mirroring an image is one of life's secret horrors. Ever flipped a photo of yourself to see how you look to everyone else, had an existential crisis, then done everything in your power to scrub the image from your brain bank? No, just me? Okay, what about flipping the entire world of Skyrim like it's Mario Kart's mirror mode? If that doesn't give you the heebie-jeebies, I don't know what will... Read more.

Activision said 'no' to Skyrim modders 3 years into remaking a semi-obscure vampire RPG it published a lifetime ago, so now those modders are reworking it into a new story

by Ted Litchfield

The modding team behind Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption Reawakened was in a weird spot. Hoping to avoid the DMCA/C&D death punch so many fan projects receive, they took their in-progress Skyrim remake of the 2000 RPG to Activision and Paradox, each of which owns the rights to part of the game. With a "yes" from Paradox and a "no" from Activision, the crew is now revising the mod into a "reinterpretation" of the original VtM: Redemption, cutting out everything Activision could sue them for and making it into more of a new story... Read more.

'I'm just doing it for fun, and it isn't fun anymore': Skyrim Grandma Shirley Curry is hanging up her gauntlets and retiring from making gaming videos

by Mollie Taylor

fter nine years of traversing northern Tamriel and amassing over one million subscribers on YouTube, Skyrim Grandma Shirley Curry is done with making gaming videos... Read more.