Patch coming Monday for PC, balance changes revealed

Jason Bergman (Bethesda Senior Producer for F:NV) has again revealed more information about the next Fallout: New Vegas patch. In addition to announcing that the patch will be coming for the PC version on Monday (consoles later), Bergman posted a list of the balance changes which will be included. Edit: To clarify, these balance changes are one part of the patch which will also include stability and optimization improvements, bug fixes, etc. Guns: Automatic Guns - SMGs, the Assault ...

Bethesda would like to see mods happen for consoles

A news article started at Edge that has now made the rounds across the internet has brought to light Bethesda's wish to see mods for Skyrim made available for the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the game. Naturally, Todd Howard's words have been taken out of context and stretched beyond recognition on many forums, but here's the jist of it: It works on all the consoles. As far as the 360 and PS3, right now there’s not an avenue for us to make that available, but we’d very much like to fi...

Skyrim gameplay preview at G4TV

G4TV has rewritten the rules of what constitutes a gameplay preview. Traditionally gameplay previews contained video footage the game illustrating how features would actually work in game. G4TV has altered this to mean an interview with Todd Howard where he discusses some details of Skyrim spliced with footage from the official trailer. Todd Howard and Adam Sessler discuss the background and storyline of skyrim, changes to the statistics and attributes system, and dragons. Please note that...

Tag filters in categories

I have modified the individual category pages to add a search bar and an optional tag filtering system for the specific category you're browsing. Many people often ask us why we don't add more refined categories to the site as they are struggling to find specifics (like armour for males in the armour category, or building mods with quests, etc.) and the answer is generally that we don't want hundreds of categories and sub-categories cluttering the site. Using the tagging system you can really...

DDoS attack on sites [Updated]

Around about 10am today a petulant child who got banned from the site came back with a warning, demanding they be unbanned or they would DDoS the sites until they got their way. Naturally this warning was ignored, as would anyone who made such threats. A little while later the DDoS attacks started and the sites have been up and down a bit. We're no strangers to DDoS attacks, we've had plenty in this site's history so please bare with us while we rectify the actions of a brat. I will say th...

Dragon Age modding competition update

200,000 new members have registered since my initial modding competition announcement and there's a further 300,000 to go until the competition deadline ends. In my announcement I mentioned that the Dragon Age competition might be moved over to Dragon Age 2 depending on the availability of a toolset. As no toolset has been released for Dragon Age 2 and no toolset fix has been made available so that the original toolset can work with Dragon Age 2 I can officially confirm that the Dragon Age mo...

OBSE V20 is the stable version now.

If you haven't checked the OBSE page yet, then here's an update. The current stable version of OBSE is now v20. So if you're still using v19 because you didn't want to use the beta versions of v20, then go on over to the page and grab it! ...

Interview with Toasty Fresh

Since Quazzy (Winner of March's FOTM vote) hasn't been active for a while, we have decided to go on to second place; OMFG - Ongoing Modification of Firearms and Guns, by Toasty Fresh. We'd like to thank Toasty Fresh for accepting our request of an interview. You may read the interview below, and I hope you enjoy the read! Q. What was your inspiration for creating this mod? A. OMFG was just a place that I could offload some of my practice work in the forms of mods the community could enjoy....

New patch and DLC announcement on the way

Bethesda's Jason Bergman (Senior Producer for Fallout: New Vegas) has posted an update on what is coming for Fallout: New Vegas. The patch, which focuses on "optimizations and stability improvements" will be released "in the next couple of weeks," with the PC likely getting it before the consoles. The patch also includes bug fixes, weapon balance tweaks, and "other requested fixes." Bergman claims that the next DLC (Honest Hearts) has been complete for some time but was held up so the patch c...

Interview with trufflesduval, author of March's FOTM

TrufflesDuval Texture Mod by trufflesduval was the winner of March’s File of the Month competition for Dragon Age Nexus. Trufflesduval was kind enough to do an interview with us, which you can read below. Q: Tell us a little about yourself, what are some of your hobbies outside of games? A: Besides hanging out with my good friends, I also love to cook. It's a fun challenge always making something new and that feeling when you get to taste your delicious results is bliss Q: What was your...

File endorsements in their own discussion topic

Some of you might have noticed that all of the endorsement posts have been moved out of the "Comments" tab on file pages. These posts have not been lost, or deleted, but have instead been moved to a new pinned topic in the "Discussions" tab under the topic listed as the "Official endorsement topic". The aim of this change is to reduce the amount of clutter in the Comments tab and separate normal comments and questions from the standard endorsement messages. To help mod authors manage the c...

Unique Landscapes: Interview with Arthmoor

I recently had the pleasure of asking Arthmoor, one of the heads of the Unique Landscapes project, some questions about his work on these influential mods. I have been using UL since it was first released, and it has grown into a comprehensive re-imagining of Oblivion's greatest asset; its natural environment. See the interview below to learn a bit more about it. Q: Firstly can you introduce yourself, and tell us your role in the Unique Landscape series? A: I'm Roger, aka Arthmoor, and...

Interview with Gopher, author of March\'s FOTM

Immersive HUD, or iHUD for short, by Gopher won March’s File of the Month Competition for New Vegas Nexus. Gopher kindly agreed to do an interview with us. We hope you enjoy! Q: Tell us a little about yourself, what are some of your hobbies outside of games? A: The short version: Englishman who used to be a school teacher that now lives in Norway and works as a software developer, father of three kids, loves formula 1 motor racing and all things sci-fi. Hobbies include skydiving and salsa...

Skyrim Game Informer signed magazine up for auction

Are you the sort of person that displays subscriber magazine covers above his fireplace like treasured family heirlooms? Do you have a legitimate (and legal) way to acquire at least $260 in the next two days? Well, it's your lucky day! In support of the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund, Bethesda are auctioning a special edition of the Skyrim Game Informer Issue, the first magazine exclusive of the new Elder Scrolls title, signed by the development team. One hundred percent of the proc...

Buy Dragon Age II and get Mass Effect 2 for free

BioWare announced today that Dragon Age II has sold one million copies in less than two weeks. To celebrate this achievement, BioWare is offering Mass Effect 2 for PC free if one purchases Dragon Age II before April 30. To take advantage of this offer, the “Online Pass” that comes with new copies of Dragon Age II must be activated at the BioWare Social Site. Once activated, Mass Effect 2 will be available for download. So if you are one of the people who has yet to play Mass Effect 2 and Dra...

Nexus Hiring: PHP web developer and news writer positions

I have just put up a new job opening over in our Jobs section for an experienced PHP web developer. This will be a full-time paid position which is a major step for me, and the Nexus, and will form a part of the on-going improvements being made to the network over the coming months and years. As I've hinted at in recent blog posts I'm coming to the limits of my knowledge, and time, and this year will be a transitional and reformative year for the Nexus as various changes are made to accommoda...

The Elder Scrolls VS Starcraft

Over at G4TV.com, there is currently a contest between Starcraft and the Elder Scrolls franchise to see which is better. You do have to sign up (or sign in, if you already have an account) to vote, however....

Interview with TheNiceOne, March FotM winner

TheNiceOne's Map Marker Overhaul won March's File of the Month with 61 votes. Continuing with the monthly feature, TheNiceOne has responded to our interview questions. You can read his responses below. Q: What was your inspiration for creating Map Marker Overhaul? A: When I first played Oblivion, I printed out several paper maps with locations of caves/ruins, etc. and marked the location with a red pencil when I had explored one. That was cumbersome, so when I discovered Map Markers Be Do...

Oblivion's 5th anniversary and a Bethesda podcast

Last Saturday marked the 5th year anniversary of Oblivion. Who knew? (I was travelling back from New Zealand at the time). Since that time The Elder Scrolls Nexus has amassed 22690 files for Morrowind and Oblivion. Have a favourite Oblivion memory? Whether it's from before you knew about mods, the first mod you loaded, or the countless hours spent trying to set the mods up so that your game didn't crash every ten minutes, share them with us in the comments section. Bethesda has also rel...

Levitation in Skyrim available for three hundred dollars

IGN has interviewed Todd Howard about Skyrim. While there is not a lot of new information Todd confirms that levitation will be available as a download for three hundred dollars, that unicorns will be available for one hundred dollars and that we can ride dragons - but not in the ahem traditional way. It has some new screenshots. He also explains how Bethesda has created a 'new engine'. We've always used a lot of our own stuff, mixed with other middleware that we liked. Coming off of...