Modding site Nexus Mods is sold

The modding website Nexus Mods is being sold. This was announced by the previous owner, Robin “Dark0ne” Scott in a news entry. Scott is keeping quiet about the details of the deal. Currently, it is not even known to whom the contact point and download center for modders is being sold.

“After almost 24 years of running Nexus Mods, it's time for me to retire from the day-to-day management of the site,” writes “Dark0ne” in the news entry. “This is not a decision I've made lightly, but I think it's in both my and the community's best interest.”

Founded for “Morrowind”

By his account, “Dark0ne” founded Nexus Mods alone in his room in 2001 anticipating “Morrowind”. Since then, the modding website has increasingly dominated his life. “The stress was a regular source of anxiety and stress-related health problems. I realized I was burning out, and it was affecting my Nexus Mods staff overall.”

Nexus Mods has evolved over the years into a meeting place for active modders and mod users. A big part of Nexus Mods is the download library, where you can find PC modifications for thousands of PC games – from texture improvements and new items to completely new quests and community expansions. Across all games, there are hundreds of thousands of larger and smaller mods on the Nexus Mods servers.

However, Nexus Mods not only hosts this content, but also provides its users with infrastructure for distributing updates. Nexus Mods also has a social media component: users can exchange information in forums and help each other with issues that inevitably arise sooner or later when modding. With Vortex, Nexus Mods even offers its own mod manager that supports numerous games.

Concerned community detectives

It's no wonder that the community's reaction to the news has been one of concern: Many are worried that Nexus Mods could now be undermined. Many modding fans find it particularly worrying that the identity of the new owners is unknown. In his news entry, “Dark0ne” only mentions the names of individuals who are now supposed to be driving Nexus Mods forward. Based on LinkedIn entries, users in the ResetEra forum have been able to assign these people to a company called Chosen – but this has not been confirmed.

The new management team has his full confidence, writes “Dark0ne”. He himself does not want to withdraw completely. “I will still lurk in the forum and poke my nose into community matters if I can't help it.”

(dahe)