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IGF Mod Finalists Announced
GameSetWatch has details on the finalists in the first Independent Games Festival Modder category. Mods for Doom 3, Half-Life 2, Neverwinter Nights, and UT2004 were considered. From the article: "Regarding the highly competitive IGF Best Mod - Unreal Tournament 2004 category, finalists comprise LudoCraft's 'surreal insect-laden action game' Dragonfly Variations, Eigensoft's adorable hamster-ball action mod HamsterBash, Lotus.Arts' Jade Empire-esque third-person Asian action mod Path Of Vengeance, The Art Institute of Vancouver's multiplayer survival horror mod The Awakening, and HELM Systems' epic fantasy action multiplayer mod The Soulkeeper." Some amazing stuff here. If you've been looking for something new to do with old games, these should keep you busy this coming weekend.
Damn straight. Best mod I've used in a very, very long time. Better than some of Valve's own stuff.
In Soviet Russia, backwards is everything.
The Jack Thompson Mod Challenge!
Gary's mod for Half-Life 2.
It was probably released too late to make the cut (Xmas 2005), but my vote would go to Lazarus, the complete remake of Ultima 5 using the Dungeon Siege engine.
5 years in the making, all of the original plot, quests, cities, dungeons, NPCs etc, plus some new NPCs and quests. Amazing portrait artwork and breathtaking score including a mix original music and remakes of Ultima soundtrack classics. Plus the mod will be released as open source.