Bethesda has emerged victorious from its battle with Sony over allowing user-submitted game mods on the company's PlayStation 4 platform, confirming that support will be heading to Skyrim and Fallout 4 on the platform.
Mods, which change or expand the base experience and are usually written by fans simply for the love of the game, have long been a PC gaming exclusive. When Bethesda announced it would be bringing support for user-contributed mods to Skyrim and Fallout 4 on consoles, it was met with cheers; these, however, turned to boos when the Xbox One received mod support but the PlayStation 4 was left out in the cold. The issue, the company claimed, was with Sony, which was unwilling to let user-written code run on its console platform.
Now, it appears that Sony has relented. 'We’re excited to announce that mod support is coming to PlayStation 4 for both Skyrim Special Edition and Fallout 4,' said Bethesda in a recent blog post. 'Additionally, we’ll also be supporting the new PlayStation 4 Pro with both titles. Skyrim [Special Edition] will have these features when it launches on October 28. The new power of the PlayStation 4 Pro has allowed us to make Skyrim render in native 4k, and it looks better than ever.'
The Skyrim Special Edition re-release will be the first to get mod support, with Fallout 4 to follow. The support does, however, come with limitations: unlike mods running on the PC version of the games, which are free to build and bundle custom assets, PS4-based mods will be limited to reusing base assets already included with the game.
Mods, which change or expand the base experience and are usually written by fans simply for the love of the game, have long been a PC gaming exclusive. When Bethesda announced it would be bringing support for user-contributed mods to Skyrim and Fallout 4 on consoles, it was met with cheers; these, however, turned to boos when the Xbox One received mod support but the PlayStation 4 was left out in the cold. The issue, the company claimed, was with Sony, which was unwilling to let user-written code run on its console platform.
Now, it appears that Sony has relented. 'We’re excited to announce that mod support is coming to PlayStation 4 for both Skyrim Special Edition and Fallout 4,' said Bethesda in a recent blog post. 'Additionally, we’ll also be supporting the new PlayStation 4 Pro with both titles. Skyrim [Special Edition] will have these features when it launches on October 28. The new power of the PlayStation 4 Pro has allowed us to make Skyrim render in native 4k, and it looks better than ever.'
The Skyrim Special Edition re-release will be the first to get mod support, with Fallout 4 to follow. The support does, however, come with limitations: unlike mods running on the PC version of the games, which are free to build and bundle custom assets, PS4-based mods will be limited to reusing base assets already included with the game.
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