This includes things like the ability to upload master files, the removal of filesize limit restrictions, and more. In conjunction with this news, Bethesda has announced that it's updated the Skyrim Creation Kit-the game's free mod tools-with new features aimed at supporting the new paid mods. More information about the new Steam Workshop paid mod functionality, including a comprehensive FAQ, is available on Steam's website. You can see all the available paid (and free) Skyim mods here. We hope steps like this breathe new life into Skyrim for everyone." Thanks again for all your incredible support over the years. "We try to create worlds that come alive and you can make your own, but it's in modding where it truly does. "Modding has been important to all our games for such a long time," Bethesda wrote on its website. It will be up to the creators of these mods to determine if they want to keep them available for free or set a price for them.
There are currently more than 24,000 free Skyrim mods available in the game's Steam Workshop page, and these have seen more than 170 million downloads to date, Valve said. In its own statement, Valve's Tom Bui said: "User-generated content is an increasingly significant component of many games, and opening new avenues to help financially support those contributors via Steam Workshop will help drive the level of UGC to new heights."Īs for why Valve is launching the new program with Skyrim, it might have something to do with the enduring popularity of the game and its devoted ( and creative) players. The difference here that Skyrim is the first game with an open market-neither Bethesda nor Valve will have a hand in determining pricing or curation.
Only in January this year did Valve announce plans to open this up to third-party games.
Steam users have had the ability to sell their items through the Steam Workshop for years now-creators have even earned $57 million since 2011 doing so-but this was limited to Valve games like Team Fortress 2 and DOTA 2, among others. By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's
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