Neowin News Feed for: Mods

GOG store introduces One-Click Mods feature with support for Fallout: London and others

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sun, 08 Jun 2025 22:22:02 +0000

The GOG store is introducing a new way to install mods on its DRM-free platform, letting PC gamers seamlessly browse and jump into mods easily. Read more...

Hogwarts Legacy is getting official modding support this week on PC

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 15:42:02 +0000

In a surprise announcement, Warner Bros. Games and Avalanche Software have revealed official modding tools for the hit Harry Potter-universe set fantasy title Hogwarts Legacy. Read more...

Paradox warns a popular Cities: Skylines II mod may have spread malware

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 15:32:01 +0000

Cities: Skylines II players who play with mods may want to scan their system for potential malware, as the popular Traffic mod had been breached to spread a suspicious .dll file. Read more...

Frostpunk 2 will ship with modding tools for adding custom maps, scenarios, and more

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 20:16:02 +0000

Frostpunk 2 will launch with the Frostkit modding toolset on PC this September, letting players make custom maps, populate them with custom models, scenarios, and more. Read more...

Denuvo unveils new Unreal Engine (UE) game protection tech that may also block modders

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 14:00:01 +0000

Denuvo has announced new pieces of anti-tamper technologies for UE that can halt users from accessing debug consoles, decrypted files, and stop any game modifications from being performed. Read more...

Minecraft's upcoming world editor gets shown off in a newly leaked video

John Callaham — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 14:36:02 +0000

The leaked footage of the world editor shows that Minecraft players on PCs and consoles will hopefully soon be able to create huge block structures in the sandbox game in very little time. Read more...

Microsoft Weekly: A rogue Bing, Windows issues, and upcoming features

Usama Jawad — Sat, 18 Feb 2023 19:48:01 +0000

This week's edition of Microsoft Weekly is chock-full of news about the new Bing's weirdness, a bunch of Windows bugs and patches, and some new features coming to Microsoft software. Read more...

Scroll through browser tabs using mouse wheel with this Windhawk mod

Harryson Sotomayor — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 21:32:01 +0000

The power user free and open-source Windows mod for using the mouse wheel while hovering over the address bar to switch between tabs on supported browsers like Chrome, Brave, Opera and Edge. Read more...

Cyberpunk 2077 gets official modding tools from CD Projekt RED

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 16:40:01 +0000

CD Projekt RED announced REDmod for Cyberpunk 2077 today, official modding tools for its latest RPG. It is working on a major overhaul of police and vehicular combat for its RPG too. Read more...

CDPR advises caution in using Cyberpunk 2077 PC mods after discovery of security exploit

Usama Jawad — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 05:42:01 +0000

CDPR has advised caution for users who utilize custom mods and saves to enhance their gaming experience in Cyberpunk 2077 on PC after the discovery of a security exploit in external DLL files. Read more...

Microsoft confirms mod support for Microsoft Store games on PC

João Carrasqueira — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 14:44:01 +0000

Microsoft has officially announced that PC games on the Microsoft Store can now include mod support on a bring-your-own-mod basis. A few Xbox Game Pass titles already support it, with more on the way. Read more...

Paradox launches an open modding platform for both PC and Xbox One

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 20 Feb 2019 16:24:01 +0000

Paradox has introduced a new open modding platform for Xbox One and PC. Mod-makers can now publish their work directly on both platforms. Keyboard and mouse support for the Xbox One has also arrived. Read more...

Motorola adds new Stereo Speaker to its Moto Mods line

Timi Cantisano — Wed, 11 Apr 2018 23:44:01 +0000

Motorola released a new addition to its Moto Mods line. The stereo speaker is priced at $59.99, comes in three different colors, and apparently "adds depth and texture to audio-visual experiences." Read more...

Motorola reportedly cancels Moto X5; its Chicago engineering team faces layoffs

Gurkaran Singh — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 10:34:01 +0000

The Chicago-based company has reportedly laid off half of its engineering workforce and canceled the upcoming Moto X5. The company is also be scaling back on Moto mods focusing on the profitable ones. Read more...

Seems like paid mods are back: Bethesda announces 'Creation Club' at E3

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 05:30:01 +0000

A new method to add custom content for Fallout 4 and Skyrim Special Edition is arriving in the form of Creation Club. Players will be able to purchase a selection of curated mods by using the service. Read more...

Sony decision turns Skyrim and Fallout 4 mods into Xbox exclusives

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 15:44:01 +0000

Bethesda just announced that it would not be bringing Fallout 4 or Skyrim mods to the PlayStation 4 because Sony won't allow it. This makes the Xbox the only console to support mods for these titles. Read more...

Cyanogen OS 13.1 now available for the OnePlus One - introduces MODs for Cortana and more

Rich Woods — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 16:38:01 +0000

Cyanogen has released its latest update for the OnePlus One, introducing support for MODs. These include MODs for Cortana, Skype, OneNote, Hyperlapse, and more. The update is rolling out now. Read more...

Cyanogen launches the MOD platform, bringing Microsoft apps even closer to Android users

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 10:10:01 +0000

Cyanogen is launching the MOD platform, that allows OEMs, carriers, devs and users to embed functionality deeper into Android. And the first to take advantage is Microsoft with Cortana and Skype. Read more...

Teen makes $130,000 selling ''white'' iPhone 4

Matthew Jones — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 13:08:05 +0000

A 17-year-old from Queens claims to have done what Apple can't - and made $130,000 along the way. While the black iPhone 4 was released to US customers in June and the rest of the world... Read more...

Facebook mods controversial 'Stalker-friendly' feature

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 09:38:27 +0000

User protests have forced social network site Facebook to radically re-design its controversial News Feed feature, which critics argue is a Godsend for stalkers. As originally launched earlier this week, News Feed appears automatically on... Read more...

ModDB.com's Top 15 mods of 2005

Todd Tanner — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 00:54:09 +0000

ModDB.com has just released their list of the Top 15 mods of 2005, along with the Top 5 Upcoming mods for 2006, and Top mods by Genre along with Editor's Choice Awards. ... Read more...

Patch and First mods for Doom 3!

Fri, 06 Aug 2004 13:40:07 +0000

Attention to all Windows 98/ME users, your solution is here! A patch has been released which will allow 98/ME users to now be able to play Doom 3! Click here to download the patch and... Read more...

UT2004 MODs

Tue, 08 Jun 2004 14:23:16 +0000

We have a cubic assload of UT2k4 MODs hosted, here they are:Update: Due to the cubic assload of UT2004 MODs you should visit this link for all the latest MODs. ... Read more...

Memorex nods to the mods

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 17:08:39 +0000

The company, known for its CD and DVD drives, on Tuesday launched its Modz line of accessories, which are designed to make PCs more colorful from the inside out. The Modz line of 24 products... Read more...

HP puts mods in your stocking this Xmas

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 22 Sep 2003 11:09:52 +0000

OUR INQWELL MOLES moles inside HP have come up trumps again, with a sensational revelation this morning. HP are planning to shunt case modding mainstream when they launch their new range of systems this Christmas... Read more...

AMD Athlon™ XP processor Mods for Fsb of 166Mhz and 220mhz

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 31 Dec 2002 10:06:28 +0000

Modifying A 133 Fsb T-bred B Into 166 Fsb We mentioned earlier that there differences between Barton and TBred-B in terms of their L12 bridges. The difference can also be seen with the... Read more...