Triumph of the mod

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Salon has a lengthy interesting piece called "Triump of the mod" talking with folks from Valve Software and developers of Day of Defeat among others. It tracks the beginnings of mods for FPS games and works up to the future and things like Steam (article). There are also a few sales figures in there such at Unreal Tournament breaking 2million in sales, and Counter-Strike on retail shelves breaking a million in sales.

"It feels to me like we're moving toward a point where game development is becoming a very collaborative process between the game developers and the players," Maxis' Will Wright says. "I can imagine a future where the mods created by the players are automatically sent between players by a central server that is ongoingly measuring what you enjoy in the game and what's available."

Steve Gibson is the cofounder of Shacknews.com. Originally known as sCary's Quakeholio back in 1996, Steve is now President of Gearbox Publishing after selling Shacknews to GameFly in 2009.

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