So it’s been a while since I highlighted a mod, but I feel this one deserves a mention purely because I really want to try it out myself.

YellowAfterlife, the creator of the unofficial mod for Vlambeer’s Nuclear Throne, has spent a lot of time and effort reverse engineering the inner workings to create a mod that allows for online multiplayer between yourself and an online buddy over Steam. And that’s pretty exciting. It also includes some bug fixes and a replay mode to record runs which works outside of the co-op parts as well.

For those unaware, Nuclear Throne is a very fast-paced rogue-like shoot em up set in a nuclear apocalypse landscape. You choose ‘mutation’ upgrades after accumulating enough pickups and you use whatever weapons spawn for you as well as whatever ammo does. It’s addicting as hell, and the idea of playing with a friend as well is a very appealing one.

Although the mod is not developed by Vlambeer themselves, the creator has been in contact with Rami Ismail who has been on a legal quest to see if releasing the mod would even be allowed. And it seems that the answer was yes, fortunately.

If you’re as interested as me, go check out the blog entry for Nuclear Throne Together here. I meanwhile am going to see if anyone on my Steam List is interested in two-teaming the wastelands with me.

Last year, Bethesda unveiled Fallout 4 at it’s E3 conference. So many were asking, what could they bring to 2016? The answer: A lot.

Since so much was revealed, I’ll just run down the major bullet points now with more detailed articles to come:

• Dishonored 2 gameplay was shown, with some awesome footage of Emily in action.
• Dishonored 2 will have a sweet collector’s edition featuring Corvo’s mask and Emily’s ring. But supplies will be limited.
• Prey isn’t dead! Its getting a reboot headed by Arkane studios and it looks great.
• Fallout Shelter is getting a huge update and a PC version.
• Fallout 4 is getting about 90 DLC packs. Experiment on people! Build Rube Goldberg machines. It looks nuts!
• Quake is back! Quake Champions was revealed, although we have to wait for Quakecon in August to get more info.
• Skyrim is getting a remaster for PC, PS4 and Xbox One.
• The Elder Scrolls Legends is coming, and its now going to be on Mac, Android and iPad as well. Plus, it has a campaign mode!
• The Elder Scrolls Online is getting an update called One Tamriel, which will let players explore the world freely after the tutorial. No level restrictions.
• Doom is getting a DLC called Unto Evil.
• id promises more play modes, playlists, SnapMap updates and more coming to Doom in the next few months.
• Fallout 4 and Doom are getting VR versions for HTC Vive in 2017.

A brief clip during the Quake trailer seemed to tease a new Wolfenstein.

It looks like a pretty epic year for Bethesda, with a little something for everyone.

The game P.T. was a playable teaser for an upcoming Silent Hills game that became very popular very quickly. When the Silent Hills game was cancelled the demo went with it, much to the horror of fans. So when a developer decided to develop a ‘spiritual successor’ to the undeveloped game there was certainly interest.

Developer Lilith was originally running a Kickstarter to fund the game, but later cancelled it in favour of a publishing deal with Team17. However, seems that now the game has gone the way of the game that inspired it – it’s dead.

Hi all. Sadly Allison Road had to be cancelled. Statement to come in the next few days. Thx for all your support and very sad it came 2 this

— Allison Road (@AllisonRoad_HQ) June 5, 2016

The game was announced just over a year ago in May 2015 and was immediately billed as a successful successor to the playable demo P.T. Originally the Kickstarter would have funded the game, but when UK publisher Team17 came in to pick up publishing rights for the game, Lilith claimed that it would offer the developer creative freedom and security.

“Working with Team17 will give us the chance to make our game unhindered creatively, but at the same time will give us the resources, support and experience that only a 25 year old studio can give,” the studio said at the time. “For us it’s an incredible opportunity to be part of a label that looks after not only such a massive gaming franchise, but also supports developers like Playtonic, Mouldy Toof and many others.”

A statement is to follow soon, but right now speculation about the game’s end is being assumed to be down to a lack of funds to finish the game; something that kills off many indie games. If Team17 pulled out it could have spelt the end of Allison Road.

Until the statement is released though, all we can do is guess.

Before the EA Star Wars Battlefront that released recently was a project, there were rumours that a sequel to the last two Battlefront games made by Free Radical was in the works. LucasArts denied that it existed when the DICE version was given the go ahead, but some fans decided that if the supposed game would never see light of day through EA’s hands, they’d do it themselves.

The fan-project tilted “Galaxy in Turmoil” has been in development at Russian outfit Frontwire Studios, and has been freely billed as the remake of the Battlefront III that never was. They plan to offer the game for free, but there’s still some tricky hot water the studio could get themselves into with Disney over the fan-game. However, in an odd turn of events Valve have already agreed to distribute the game on their digital Steam store.

“It is with great pleasure that as of today I am able to officially announce that Frontwire Studios has officially signed a distribution deal with Steam/Valve for the game Galaxy in Turmoil,” revealed Frontwire president Tony Romanelli. “By Steam agreeing to ship Galaxy in Turmoil we are not only adding more validation and awareness to the project by opening up the game to a whole new audience, we’re also cementing Frontwire Studios’ reputation as an up and coming developer with the opportunity to now publish our games on Steam in the future. This will help us ultimately achieve our goal of making the games that you, the community want.”

While admitting he had “mild concerns” over Disney moving to halt the project, he seems pleased that Valve has decided as they have saying that it means that Valve “clearly lacks the same concern.” He has encouraged others to take a chance on the project by taking a leaf from Valve’s book.

“Take a deep breath and just take a chance on our project. In the end, it’ll pay off for everyone involved. Especially the community.”

It remains to be seen of course if Galaxy in Turmoil will make it to the Steam Store, as the threat of Disney forcing the project’s halt is still a very real possibility at this stage.