Added: 25.04.2015 23:11 | 2 views | 0 comments

Valve CEO Gabe Newell said that if the new Steam program that allows users to sell mods instead of just giving them away for free turns out to be bad for gamers, the company will ditch the idea.

"Our goal is to make modding better for the authors and gamers," Newell said in a after claims that it contained the work of another modder.

Newell didn't seem concerned about cases like that becoming too common. "This is a straight-forward problem," he said. "Between ours and the community's policing, I'm confident that the authors will have control over their creations, not someone trying to rip them off."

As for the current revenue split on paid Skyrim mods, which gives the creator of the mod only a 25 percent share of sales, Newell said: "The pay-outs are set by the owner of the game that is being modded. As I said elsewhere, if we are censoring, it's dumb, ineffective, and will stop."

Added: 25.04.2015 22:17 | 1 views | 0 comments


ASidCast: "When I first heard about Steam supporting paid mods, I was kind of optimistic, however its becoming more and more obvious as each minute passes on how this can be a terrible trend developing in the industry that is just not required. Like quite a few ideas, paid mods seem really great on paper and everyone wants to support their favourite Modders and mods, I know I do, but in application this entire theory falls flat on its face because of various reasons. In this article for the most part Ill be writing down the several cons of paid mods and why we are generally better off without them and why Valve should seriously rethink its policies on regards to paid mods."

Added: 25.04.2015 14:17 | 4 views | 0 comments


Valve isn't the only game in town for Skyrim mods.

Added: 25.04.2015 9:27 | 16 views | 0 comments



Yesterday, Valve unveiled a plan that immediately stirred up controversy within the PC gaming community; Mod developers now have the ability to sell their creations on Steam.