Into battle with LadyAlekto

This week we're catching up with LadyAlekto, the brains behind the #1 Battletech mod, RogueTech. Currently sitting at over 100,000+ downloads and 1,000+ endorsements. 

To begin, could you first tell us a bit about yourself?

I'm a 33-year-old obsessive nerd that loved Battletech since she found the books as a kid. I pretty much always tinkered with my games and tech. Also certifiable bullhead with a temper, but more than willing to help and assist if respect is there ;) <...

Nexus Mods/GOG Giveaway - Winner's Choice!

Good news, everyone! As we mentioned the other day, GOG's Winter Sale is here with some amazing discounts and if you like the idea of games for cheap, you will love the idea of games for free!

That's right. Thanks to our friends at GOG.com we are giving away 5 GOG keys for a game of your choice valid for any game that is available on GOG (regardless of whether it is on sale or not).

Please note that a GOG.com user account is required both for participation, as well as fo...

A whole new Monster Hunter World - MHVuze

Ever since Monster Hunter World released on PC in August of this year, we have been very proud to host the modding community for one of Capcom's most popular games of all time. In the few months that Monster Hunter World has had a home at Nexus Mods, we have seen a massive surge of mods created by our community. We are, therefore, very excited to talk to MHVuze today - one of the modding pioneers for Monster Hunter World who has contributed various tools and quality of life mods for our communit...

Pick up a deal in the GOG Winter Sale!

The GOG.com Winter Sale has begun! With great deals on over 1500 games over the next 3 weeks.

Almost every game on GOG's website will be on offer during the event with special Daily Deals featuring 8 different games per day. If you've been looking to dive into Kingdom Come: Deliverance, The Witcher 3 or Battletech there's no time like the present. 



Check out the Nexus Mods Winter Collection for our favourite moddable games offered in the deals. If you...

What does the DarkFox say?

Today’s guest is DarkFox127, known for his YouTube series on the Creation Kit and as the man behind Caranthir Tower Reborn and Riverside Shack - Buildable Player Home.

Thanks for taking the time to chat with us. For those in the community who don’t know you, could you tell us a little about yourself?

My name’s Richard aka Darkfox127 and I’ve been creating mods for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim since its release back in 2011. Shortly after spending some time in the ...

Project Spotlight: Fallout - The Frontier

In the last few months, we have spoken to several teams working on huge Fallout mod projects such as Fallout New California or Fallout Miami and it is truly amazing to see the love our modding community continues to pour into the Fallout games. Today, we are having a chat with Tgspy, Odinsword, Nazothedark, and Macintroll from the team from Fallout: The Frontier - a massive, super-sized mod project for Fallout New Vegas that will take you on a new adventure, take you out of the warm and sunny ...

Nexus Mods Giveaway #18

It's time for another giveaway!

We are giving out one Steam Gift Card worth £35 (~$46, depending on daily exchange rates) again.

To participate and to not screw up your chances of winning, pay attention to the entry rules below:

In order to make sure that the winner comes from the Nexus Mods community, there are some mandatory steps for ensuring your eligibility.

1. Leave a comment on this article. You can say anything you want. (The site...

Terrific Trees, Great Grass, Fabulous Flora - Vurt

Today we are talking to vurt, a long-time member of our community and renown mod author most famous for various flora overhauls for different games, ranging from Skyrim and Fallout New Vegas to S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and Dark Souls.

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Thank you, vurt, for agreeing to have a chat with us. To start this off, why don’t you tell us a bit about yourself?
 
Well, I live in a small city in Sweden, not too much to do around here, one of those places where it's prefer...

CROSS-talk with Niero

This week we've caught up with a veteran modder, modeller, and texture artist who has created a dazzling array of high quality and highly customisable content for Fallout 4. Niero has recently also tried his hand at Skyrim mods, creating one of the top weapon mods this year CROSS_Crucible.

Thank you for taking the time out to chat with us. Before we talk modding, can you tell us a little about yourself?

Hey there, thanks for the interview, I'm a west coast American who ...

Enderal: Two years later, new DLC, and more

Roughly two years ago SureAI - an indie studio from Munich, Germany - released their massive project called Enderal - The Shards of Order - a total conversion mod for Skyrim. Since then, hundreds of thousands of players have been able to explore the completely new story and world of Enderal, embarking on entirely new adventures, separate and distinct from the lore of the Elder Scrolls series. Today we are talking to Nicolas, project lead on Enderal, about re-releasing on Steam, the new Forgotte...

Creature Feature - MihailMods

This week we’re chatting with Mihail (MihailMods). Best known for his massive collection of creature mods for Skyrim and Skyrim Special Edition. Mihail is preparing to release a mega pack, containing over 100 of his creations in a single pack. 

Thank you for taking the time to speak with us Mihail. Before we get into your mods could you tell us a little about yourself?
 
Hello, my friends from Nexus staff, and hello to all my friends from the Nexus community. I'm very...

A frank Interview - FrankFamily

FrankFamily is the creator of many artifact and HD overhaul mods for the Elder Scrolls: Skyrim. If you are looking for some amazing paladin armour, or want to get your hands on some special artifacts of Boethia, make sure to check out his mods. Today we are happy to talk to FrankFamily about his work, modding in general, and more.


You are mostly known for your mods that add brand new models of swords, armours, and artifacts to the world of Skyrim. Before we get to your moddi...

Project Spotlight: Beyond Skyrim - Cyrodiil

If you have played and modded Skyrim for any amount of time, you might have heard of the massive modding project that is Beyond Skyrim. This is a multi-team mod project with the goal of expanding the borders of the game world - you guessed it - beyond Skyrim, adding entirely new provinces from Tamriel to Skyrim's game world for you to explore. Today we are talking to Bellatrix, MrJGT, 1shoedpunk, 1ndajone5, Lasur, and Daniel Ran from the team from Beyond Skyrim: Cyrodiil - creators of Beyond...

We're Hiring: Front End Designer/Developer Position

As part of our ongoing efforts to expand our development team we’re looking for a front end developer/designer to join us. In the long term you'll be a major creative driving force behind Nexus Mods, shaping how our entire brand looks and feels for millions of users. This position is based in our offices in Exeter in the UK, it is not a remote working position and we cannot sponsor VISA applications so you will need a right to work in the UK or EU.

We always post our job openings ...

Nexus Mods Giveaway #17

It's time for another giveaway!

We are giving out one Steam Gift Card worth £35 (~$46, depending on daily exchange rates) again.

To participate and to not screw up your chances of winning, pay attention to the entry rules below:

In order to make sure that the winner comes from the Nexus Mods community, there are some mandatory steps for ensuring your eligibility.

1. Leave a comment on this article. You can say anything you want. (The site...

Excellent Extensions, marvellous Menus - expired6978

Today we are talking to expired6978. He is not only the author of RaceMenu, LooksMenu, Extensible Follower Framework and various other mods, but also a key contributor to the various script extenders for both Skyrim and Fallout 4. If you have modded Skyrim or Fallout 4 for any extent of time, chances are you have run into a mod or two expired6978 had a hand in.


BigBizkit: You are most well known for your modding work such as your character creation overhauls RaceMenu and LooksM...

Official Vortex Beta Release

In early 2017 we set out to develop an entirely new mod manager. It was our intention to create a mod manager that would be a suitable replacement for our ageing Nexus Mod Manager and combine its simplicity with a more powerful set of tools and features designed to make modding as accessible as possible to all types of modders - newcomers and veterans alike.

We gave this project the name Vortex, and our lead developer Tannin has been working on it along with our new Vortex developer...

Attractive Attire - zzjay

Today we are talking to zzjay, who is mostly known for various cosmetic mods for Skyrim and Skyrim Special Edition, such as zzjaj's wardrobe or Witcher 3 Female Armors.


Thanks for joining us today, we really appreciate it. To start this off why don’t you tell us a little bit about yourself?

My Name is Adele. I am from Italy. I started getting into video games, when I was a very little kid. I used to watch my brother play the very first version of Prince Of Persia ...

Download speed cap increase for Supporters and non-Adblockers

Since 2007, Nexus Mods has had a download speed cap of 1MB a second on all downloads unless the user is a Premium Member. Starting this week, this download speed cap has been increased to 2MB a second if certain criteria are met.


Why does Nexus Mods place a speed cap on downloads?
The download speed cap on Nexus Mods ensures we can budget for and keep our substantial bandwidth bills within an acceptable price range and makes sure we aren't shocked (or utterly destroyed!) ...

Immersive Interview - Hothtrooper44

Today we are speaking with hothtrooper44 most well known around Nexus Mods for his Skyrim mods of the extra immersive variety: Immersive Weapons and Immersive Armors.


Thanks for chatting with us. You are well known to most people on Nexus Mods for your Immersive Weapons and Immersive Armors mods, but tell us a little bit about yourself.
 
Well, I work in the gaming industry and love my job. I work as the “Head of Community” for my company, so we likely have a ...