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An Honest Objection

An Honest Objection

Feature 56 comments

Game reviews are the backbone of video game journalism. Previews are nifty, interviews help to build hype, the occasional editorial is good to get the...

Behind the Mod: Michael Henke

Behind the Mod: Michael Henke

Feature 19 comments

At the heart of all modding lies a fundamental question. An enigma wrapped around a conundrum that defies all conventional logic. It is a question that...

Behind the Mod: Alex James Quick

Behind the Mod: Alex James Quick

Feature 16 comments

Fresh off his victory in winning the Editor's Choice Award for Best Multiplayer Mod in 2006, modder Alex James Quick is setting out to bring his...

Deathball
Unreal Tournament 2004

Deathball

Deathball 18 comments

Welcome men and women, boys and girls, to this brutal, high-speed ball game to the grave we call Deathball. That's right, two teams of five, going...

Iron Grip: The Oppression
Half-Life 2

Iron Grip: The Oppression

Iron Grip : The Oppression 24 comments

As an unstoppable army rolls into view, the few brave souls willing to stand up before them watch from their fox holes, ready to begin the greatest conflict...

Nuclear Dawn

Nuclear Dawn

Feature 28 comments

While Half-Life 2 mods are a dime a dozen, it takes a lot of hard work and dedication to separate yourself from the pack. And what better way than to...

Cinema
Max Payne 2

Cinema

Cinema 36 comments

What would happen if you took the emphasis on realistic damage from F.E.A.R., the ludicrous arsenal of the Terminator and a Hollywood-style movie soundtrack...

Defcon Raffle

Defcon Raffle

Feature 62 comments

Global thermonuclear war. The only result is Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD): The idea that everybody dies, nobody wins. Maybe you can lose the least...

MOTM 2.0 Teaser
Max Payne

MOTM 2.0 Teaser

Sample Mod 33 comments

It's coming in October. It may even be good. In fact, it may just be the best thing ever. But you won't know about it, unless you click here...

Sumo Omni Competition

Sumo Omni Competition

Feature 38 comments

Everyone loves their pillow, everyone loves beanbags.. now imagine combining the two, making it the size of a door & strong enough to withstand people...

Killing Floor 2.0
Unreal Tournament 2004

Killing Floor 2.0

Killing Floor 32 comments

The team retreats, laying out a suppressing fire in all directions. The horde is moving closer, swarming in from all sides of the street. You fall back...

Defcon

Defcon

Feature 20 comments

"That sign up there indicates our current defense condition. It should read 'Defcon 5,' which means peace. If we hadn't caught it...

Over-Run
Half-Life 2

Over-Run

Over-Run 42 comments

While dozens of zombie mods are registered every month, very few of them ever see the light of day before fading back into obscurity. The team behind...

Clone Bandits
Unreal Tournament 2004

Clone Bandits

Clone Bandits 12 comments

What happens when you cross post-apocalyptic vehicular combat, dualing armies of biker clones, a surf rock soundtrack that sounds right out of Six String...

Out of Hell
Unreal Tournament 2004

Out of Hell

Out Of Hell 41 comments

With roughly five thousand zombie mods in development today, you might wonder why you should care about this particular one more than others. Created...

March MOTM: Thievery UT
Unreal Tournament

March MOTM: Thievery UT

Thievery UT 21 comments

You move across the rooftops, spying the guards down below. Half of them are drunk, while the rest are too busy to notice you approach. The locks are...

TO: Crossfire
Unreal Tournament 2004

TO: Crossfire

TO: Crossfire 6 comments

Tactical anti-terrorism shooters are about a dime a dozen in the mod community today, but few rise up enough to stand above the crowd. With the endless...

Infinity: Quest for the Earth
Infinity: The Quest for Earth

Infinity: Quest for the Earth

Infinity: The Quest for Earth 21 comments

With the woefully linear presentation of Freelancer and the extreme difficulty of the X series, it seems as though we might never see a spiritual successor...

February MOTM: Classic Doom 3
Doom III

February MOTM: Classic Doom 3

Classic Doom 3 29 comments

It's been a video game. It's been a movie. It's been a series of novels and even a board game. Often emulated and never beaten, Doom is...

A Visible Suspension

A Visible Suspension

Feature 21 comments

The online distribution is getting popular in this era, and Vapour is one of the top leading services for us, the mod community. We take an indepth look...

December MOTM: Hollow Moon
Unreal Tournament 2004

December MOTM: Hollow Moon

Hollow Moon 19 comments

Endless silence in the empty void of space. Lost and desolate, alone in a vast world seen only in stark black and white. Welcome to Hollow Moon, where...

Darwinia Photo Contest
Darwinia

Darwinia Photo Contest

Darwinia 16 comments

Hey boys and girls! Want to win a copy of the excellent game Darwinia and its amazing soundtrack for next to no work at all? Want to become the envy of...

Eternal Damnation Interview
POSTAL 2

Eternal Damnation Interview

Eternal Damnation 2 comments

After wading through pools of blood, gore, and A&W Root Beer (stopping lovingly for a sip now and again), Joe stops by to interview the team behind the...

The Man From U.N.I.T.Y. Interview
No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M's Way

The Man From U.N.I.T.Y. Interview

The Man From UNITY 10 comments

Meet the one lady team at BadgerBones Productions, who has just been grilled at length by Joe to find out about her great looking mod for No One Lives...

October MOTM: Dystopia
Half-Life 2

October MOTM: Dystopia

Dystopia 13 comments

Feel like hacking, using high tech weaponry, and sticking a bunch of mechanical doo-dads in your body to make youself badder than the Six Million Dollar...

September MOTM: The Hidden: Source
Half-Life 2

September MOTM: The Hidden: Source

Hidden Source 25 comments

A dark hallway. A gun, twitching in your nervous hands. Bodies all around you. Something is stalking you. But where? A sound! Or was it? Did that shadow...