In Nexus Mods’ phrases: “A beast of monstrous proportions is approaching.” Right now, the mod distribution website – dwelling to a number of the greatest group made online game additions (taking a look at you Shrek and Thomas) – will hit 10bn downloads.
To place that milestone into some perspective, “if each obtain have been a footstep, you may stroll to the moon 11 occasions, or stroll The Seven Thousand Steps to Excessive Hrothgar 4,161,464 occasions,” Nexus Mods mentioned.
In the meantime, if you’re extra like me and discover it simpler to ascertain issues with pizza slices, if Nexus Mods celebrated every obtain with a slice of thick crust Margherita with further cheese, “this pizza would cowl 15 occasions the scale of Manhattan Island”. These are details you merely knead to know to understand how monumental this milestone actually is.
Celebrating in the present day, the positioning mentioned these 10bn downloads are “unfold throughout 539,682 mod information, created by a vibrant group of 128,361 mod authors”. All of those mods are “serving over 47 million complete members”, with 2683 completely different video games being modded. In the meantime, the positioning sees roughly 10m downloads per day. Phew!
“We wish to say an enormous thanks for persevering with to assist the positioning. By this, we may give again to the creators, the curious-minded, whacky and ingenious modders who proceed to find new territory in recreation improvement and hold pushing the boundaries of creativity,” Nexus Mods mentioned.
In addition to sharing this spectacular obtain determine, the Nexus Mods group additionally laid out some plans for the long run. This contains its Nexus Mods App and ongoing website improvement. It additionally hopes to someday present free premium membership to any mod writer who hits a sure variety of distinctive downloads as properly. The group has mentioned we are able to count on to listen to extra on this specific level within the coming days, so if you’re a mod-enthusiast, keep tuned!
As for these mods, we right here at Eurogamer are quite a fan of an amusing in-game addition or two, and sometimes spherical up a number of the greatest ones so that you can take pleasure in as properly. So, listed here are a set of our favorite mods from final yr’s Resident Evil 4 Remake and Starfield to take a look at as we head on into the night.