Mod DB
Mod Database or Mod DB is a website that is focused on modding video games. It was founded in 2002 by Scott Reismanis. As of September 2015, the Mod DB site has received over 604 million views, registered more than 12,500 changes, and hosted more than 108 million downloads. A spin-off website, Indie DB, launched in 2010 and focuses on indie games and news. ModDB currently has an Alexa rank of approx. 2200.
Mod of the Year
Mod DB's competition, the “Golden Spanner” award, aims to set the industry standard for innovative, high quality mods. Mods are selected through a community vote and then reviewed by staff to create the final list of winners. The competition targets all areas of modding, with different categories such as computer graphics and gameplay.
2017
- Editors' choice
- Best single player: SWAT: Elite Force (mod for SWAT 4: The Stetchkov Syndicate )
- Best Multiplayer: Just Cause 3 Multiplayer Mod (mod for Just Cause 3 )
- Best Graphical Overhaul: Resident Evil 4 HD Project (mod for Resident Evil 4 )
- Best Classic Revival: Aliens: The Ultimate Doom (mod for Doom )
- Best Crossover: Half-Payne (mod for Half-Life )
- Totality Award: Castlevania: Simon's Destiny (mod for Doom )
- Expansion-Worthy Award: Half Life: Caged (mod for Half-Life )
- Best Adaptation Award: A Clash of Kings (mod for Mount & Blade: Warband )
- Historical Accuracy Award: Age of Bronze (mod for Total War: Rome II )
- Continuing Legacy Award: Tiberium Secrets (mod for Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars )
- Most Anticipated: Fallout: New Califürnia (mod for Fallout: New Vegas )
- mod.io Mod Monster Award (game that has "embraced modding more than any other"): Hello Neighbor
- Players' choice - Mod of the Year
- Brutal Doom (mod for Doom )
- Star Wars: Thrawn's Revenge II: Ascendancy (mod for Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption )
- Twisted Insurrection (standalone mod for Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun )
- Third Age: Refürged (mod for Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms )
- The Empire At War Remake (mod for Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption )
- Age of the Ring (mod for The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king )
- Morrowind Rebirth (mod for The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind )
- Dawn of the Tiberium Age (standalone mod for Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun )
- Age of Empires III: Wars of Liberty (mod for Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties )
- SWAT: Elite Force (mod for SWAT 4: The Stetchkov Syndicate )
- Players' choice - Best Upcoming Mod
- Skyblivion (mod for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim )
- Fallout 4: New Vegas (mod for Fallout 4 )
- Fall of the Republic: Thrawn's Revenge III (mod for Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption )
- Awakening of the Rebellion (mod for Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption )
- Tiberian Sun Rising (mod for Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars )
- Star Wars Frontlines: The Galactic Civil War (mod for Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts )
2016
- Editors' choice
- Creativity Award: Call of Warhammer: Beginning of The End Times (mod for Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms )
- Community Award: Sven Co-Op (mod for Half-Life )
- Worldly Award: Nuclear Cataclysm (mod for Crysis )
- Visuality Award: GoldenEye: Source (mod for Half-Life 2 )
- Best Upcoming: Star Trek Infinities (mod for Stellaris )
- Best Overhaul: Medieval Kingdoms Total War (Attila Version) (mod for Total War: Attila )
- Best Multiplayer: Crysis Co-Op (mod for Crysis )
- Best Singleplayer: Old Good STALKER Evolution (mod for STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl )
- Best Overall (3rd): TemplarGFX's ACM Overhaul (mod for Aliens: Colonial Marines )
- Best Overall (2nd): Far East War (mod for Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts )
- Best Overall (1st): Star Wars: Thrawn's Revenge II: Ascendancy (mod for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion )
- Players' choice - Mod of the Year
- STALKER: Call of Chernobyl (mod for STALKER: Call of Pripyat )
- Enderal (mod for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim )
- Hearts of Iron IV: The Great War (mod for Hearts of Iron IV )
- Thrawn's Revenge: Imperial Civil War (mod for Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption )
- Brutal Doom 64 (mod for Doom II )
- Medieval Kingdoms Total War (Attila Version) (mod for Total War: Attila )
- Divide and Conquer (mod for Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms )
- Call of Warhammer: Beginning of The End Times (mod for Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms )
- RHS: Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (A3) (mod for ARMA 3 )
- Expanding Fronts (mod for Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds )
- Players' choice - Best Upcoming Mod
- Yuuzhan Vong at War (mod for Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption )
- Star Trek Infinities (mod for Stellaris )
- Galaxy at War: The Clone Wars (mod for Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption )
- Evolutions: Real Time Strategy Evolved (mod for Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars )
- Counter-Strike: Classic Offensive (mod for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive )
2015
- Editors' choice
- Interaction Award: Tuning Mod v1.1 by Junior_Djjr (mod for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas )
- Creativity Award: Fallout: Project Brazil (mod for Fallout: New Vegas )
- Community Award: Sins of a Galactic Empire (mod for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion )
- Worldly Award: STALKER: Call of Chernobyl (mod for STALKER: Call of Pripyat )
- Visuality Award: Brutal Half-Life (mod for Half-Life )
- Best Upcoming: Warcraft: Armies of Azeroth (mod for StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm )
- Best Overhaul: Star Trek: Continuum Remastered (mod for Homeworld Remastered Collection )
- Best Multiplayer: Mars City Security (mod for Doom 3 )
- Best Singleplayer: Portal Stories: Mel (mod for Portal 2 )
- Best Overall (3rd): Mental Omega APYR (mod for Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge )
- Best Overall (2nd): Silent Hill: Alchemilla (mod for Half-Life 2 )
- Best Overall (1st): Star Wars - Bear Force II (mod for Mount & Blade: Warband )
- Players' choice - Mod of the Year
- Edain (mod for The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth 2 - The Rise of the Witch King )
- Rise of the Reds (mod for Command & Conquer: Generals )
- Mental Omega APYR (mod for Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge )
- Ultimate Apocalypse (mod for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Soulstorm )
- A Clash of Kings (Game of Thrones) (mod for Mount & Blade: Warband )
- Warsword Conquest (mod for Mount & Blade: Warband )
- Thrawn's Revenge: Imperial Civil War (mod for Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption )
- Fallout: Project Brazil (mod for Fallout: New Vegas )
- STALKER: Call of Chernobyl (mod for STALKER: Call of Pripyat )
- Portal Stories: Mel (mod for Portal 2 )
- Players' choice - Best Upcoming Mod
- Total War: Rise of Mordor (mod for Total War: Attila )
- Star Wars: Interregnum (mod for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion )
- Ray of Hope [Co-op & Online] (mod for STALKER: Call of Pripyat )
- Gunslinger (mod for STALKER: Call of Pripyat )
- Dawn of the Reapers (mod for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion )
2014
- Editors' choice
- Interaction Award: Anarchy Arcade
- Creativity Award: Warsword Conquest
- Community Award: Twisted Insurrection
- Worldly Award: GMDX
- Visuality Award: Stargate Space Conflict
- The Ressie Award: Double Action: Boogaloo
- Best Upcoming: Deus Ex: Revision
- Best Overhaul: Lambda Wars
- Best multiplayer: Breaking Point
- Best single player: Penumbra: Necrologue
- Best Overall (3rd): The Great War 1918
- Best Overall (2nd): PLAYERUNKNOWN's Battle Royale
- Best Overall (1st): Double Action: Boogaloo
- Player's choice
- Best Overall (10th): The Sith Lords Restored Content Mod
- Best Overall (9th): Tiberium Essence
- Best Overall (8th): Republic At War
- Best Overall (7th): Ultimate Apocalypse
- Best Overall (6th): Sins of a Galactic Empire
- Best Overall (5th): Edain Mod
- Best Overall (4th): Breaking Point
- Best Overall (3rd): STALKER - Lost Alpha
- Best Overall (2nd): Star Trek: Armada 3
- Best Overall (1st): Euro Truck Simulator 2 Multiplayer
2010
- Editors' choice
- Best Original Art: Call of the Fireflies
- Best Multiplayer Mod: Eastern Front
- Best singleplayer mod: Nehrim: At Fate's Edge
- Best Upcoming Mod: Dear Esther
- Player's choice
- Best Upcoming Mod: Project Reality: ArmA 2
- Mod of the Year: for Gods Hope 2
- Honorable Mention: MechWarrior: Living Legends
2009
- Editors' choice
- Best Indie Game: AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA !!! - A Reckless Disregard for Gravity
- Best Multiplayer Mod: MechWarrior: Living Legends
- Best Original Art Direction: Out of Hell
- Best Singleplayer Mod: The Nameless Mod
- Best Upcoming Indie Game: Overgrowth
- Best Upcoming Mod: Naruto: Naiteki Kensei
- Player's choice
- Best Upcoming Mod: The Mortewood Plaza
- Indie Game of the Year: Natural Selection 2
- Mod of the Year: MechWarrior: Living Legends
2008
- Editors' choice
- Best Indie Game: Mount & Blade
- Best Multiplayer Mod: Project Reality
- Best Original Art Direction in a Total Conversion: The Delta Sector
- Best Single Player Mod: The Ball
- Best Upcoming Mod: Curse
- Best Upcoming Indie: Zeno Clash
- Most Innovative Multiplayer: Celestial Impact
- Players' choice
- Best Upcoming Mod: Dead Befüre Dawn
- Indie Game of the Year: Mount & Blade
- Mod of the Year: Project Reality
2007
- Editors' choice
- Age of Chivalry
- Eternal Silence
- EYE
- Europe in ruins
- Flipside
- The Hunted Chronicles
- Infinity: The Quest for Earth
- Min
- paranoia
- Shockwave
- Player's choice
- Best Indie Game: BSG: Beyond the Red Line
- Best Released Mod: Insurgency: Modern Infantry Combat
- Best Unreleased Mod: Zombie Panic! Source
2006
- Editors' choice
- Ambience: The Hidden
- Innovation: Iron Grip: The Oppression
- Multiplayer Mod of the Year: Killing Floor
- Old Skool Classic: Ragnarok Arena
- Reinvention: GoldenEye: Source
- Singleplayer Mod of the Year: Afraid of Monsters
- Standalone Game of the Year: DDarsana
- Upcoming Mod: Drawn to be Alive
- Upcoming Standalone: Infinity: The Quest for Earth
- Visuals: The SoulKeeper
- Player's Choice
- Best Indie Game: Tremulous
- Best Released Mod: Point of Existence 2
- Best Unreleased Mod: Black Mesa
- By genre
- Action: Sourcefürts
- Adventure: Afraid of Monsters
- Driving: UnWheel
- Multi-genre: Empires
- Puzzle: BlockStorm
- Role Playing: Battle for Elements
- Simulation: Discovery Freelancer
- Sports: International Online Soccer , Half-Life
- Strategy: Red Alert 3: The Third War
Award: Indie Game of the Year
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- 2013
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010
- 2009
- 2008
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ moddb.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa
- ↑ Editors Choice - Mod of the Year 2017
- ↑ Players Choice - Mod of the Year 2017
- ↑ Players Choice - Best Upcoming Mod 2017
- ↑ Editors Choice - Mod of the Year 2016
- ↑ Players Choice - Mod of the Year 2016
- ↑ Players Choice - Best Upcoming Mod 2016
- ↑ Editors Choice - Mod of the Year 2015
- ↑ - Mod of the Year 2015
- ↑ Players Choice - Best Upcoming Mod 2015
- ↑ Editors' Choice 2014 Awards
- ↑ Player's Choice 2014 Awards
- ↑ 2010 Mod of the Year Awards - Winners . In: Mod DB . DBolical Pty Ltd .. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
- ↑ ModDb Player's Choice Mod of The Year Announced . GameFront . December 27, 2010.
- ↑ 2009 Mod of the Year Awards - Winners . In: Mod DB . DBolical Pty Ltd .. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
- ↑ BF2-Based Project Reality Wins Mod DB's Mod Of The Year . Gamasutra . March 2, 2009.
- ↑ Vote for Mod DB's Mod Of The Year Awards . Kotaku . March 3, 2009. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ 2009 Mod Of The Year Award Winners Announced . G4 . February 8, 2010.
- ↑ 2008 Mod of the Year Winners . In: Mod DB . DBolical Pty Ltd .. March 2, 2009. Retrieved on May 23, 2010. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ And The Mod Of The Year Award Winners Are ... . Kotaku . March 2, 2009.
- ↑ 2007 Mod of the Year Winners . In: Mod DB . DBolical Pty Ltd .. March 2, 2009. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
- ↑ Vote for Mods of the Year 2007 . GameFront . January 8, 2008.
- ↑ PR: AMD and NVous PC ™ join the growing sponsor list for the 6th Annual MOTY. In: armchairgeneral.com. January 8, 2008 (English).
- ^ Mods of 2006 - Editors' Choice. In: Mod DB. March 2, 2009, archived from the original on January 21, 2012 .
- ↑ Players Choice Indie of the Year 2017 feature (en) . In: Indie DB .
- ↑ Players Choice Indie of the Year 2016 feature (en) . In: Indie DB .
- ↑ Indie of The Year 2015 feature - Indie DB .
- ↑ Indie of The Year 2014 feature - Indie DB .
- ↑ Indie of The Year 2013 feature - Indie DB .
- ↑ 2012-indie-of-the-year-awards .
- ↑ 2011-indie-of-the-year-awards .
- ↑ Indie of the Year 2010 Players Choice - Indie of the Year .
- ↑ View 2009's best indie games, as picked by you the players. .
- ↑ 2008 Indie Game of the Year Winners .