NexusMods
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Gaming fan site |
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| Owner | Black Tree Gaming Ltd. |
| Created by | Robin Scott |
| Website | nexusmods.com |
| Alexa rank |
 1.747 (Global, June 2015) |
| Users | 10 million registered (Nov 2015) |
| Launched | September 2007 |
| Current status | Active |
Nexus Mods was initially founded by Robin Scott and a friend in August 2001 as a fan site for the Bethesda Softworks game The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind under the name of Morrowind Chronicles. After the success of Morrowind Chronicles, Scott and the friend he was working alongside founded a company by the name of GamingSource and created the website TESSource, which allowed users to upload their modifications and content for games in The Elder Scrolls video game series. Scott soon became tired with the revenue of the websites being split when he was operating the websites by himself, and made the decision to break away from TESSource in 2007 and founded his own website under the name of TESNexus. Scott made use of the TESSource website with his new venture. This resulted in more than 200 additional games being supported by early 2013.
Nexus Mods as of January 2013 reportedly had 5 million users. Scott indicated in 2013 that the Nexus sites would remain free of corporate investment in the foreseeable future, also avoiding direct ads. Revenue instead came from premium memberships, with the site otherwise free. As of 2014, it was one of the largest gaming modification websites on the web, with over 971 million downloads since its initial launch, and a member count of more than 8 million registered users.
In November 2015, Nexus Mods announced that due to the release of Fallout 4, the website had over 10 million registered members. The following month, the website reported a possible security breach of account names, and recommended its members change their passwords. Financial information was not breached, as the website uses Paypal for all transactions.
Mods hosted on the site can change games in a number of ways, from adding a first-person perspective to adding fully developed worldspaces with voice-acted quests. Mods for The Witcher have been built for improving immersion, and NexusMods is highly noted for its support of the game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and is often regarded as the largest website supporting modifications for games in The Elder Scrolls series of games, with sites like PC Gamer and Kotaku referencing Nexus in multiple articles regarding modifications for The Elder Scrolls series.
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