modding Archives - Shadow Gaming

The Empire’s Finest: TIE Fighter Total Conversion is a Must-Play Masterpiece

For many of us, Star Wars: TIE Fighter, the 1994 masterpiece from Totally Games, remains the gold standard of space combat simulators, offering a rare and thrilling perspective from the…

Chris May 7, 2026

Modding

Mutants, Mayhem, and Tiberium: Why You Need to Reinstall C&C3 for The Forgotten

If you grew up during the golden age of real-time strategy games, you probably have a core memory of the first time you saw a Tiberium field glow on your…

Chris May 3, 2026

Modding

Baldur’s Gate 3 to receive massive new Act 2 mod, very soon.

Modder SquallyDaBeanz recently released a new trailer for the ambitions, in-development mod for Act 2 of Baldur's Gate 3. Baldur's Gate 3: Act Two Expansion adds a good chunk of…

Chris April 15, 2026

Modding

War Never Changes, but the Engine Does: Fallout: Bakersfield is a Retro Masterpiece

If you’ve ever looked at the isometric, gritty world of the original Fallout and thought, "I really wish I could punch a Glowing One in the face from a first-person…

Chris March 3, 2026

Retro-Games

Facing Worlds and Flak Cannons: The Bloody Reign of Unreal Tournament

Release Dates: Unreal Tournament (1999), Unreal Tournament 2003 (2002), Unreal Tournament 2004 (2004), Unreal Tournament 3 (2007) Developer: Epic Games and Digital Extremes In the late nineties, as a first…

Chris February 9, 2026

Modding

Set Phasers to Fun: Why New Horizons is the Ultimate Trek Sim

If you have ever spent a late night staring at the glowing map of Stellaris, wondering why you are fighting generic space mollusks instead of the Romulan Star Empire, then…

Chris February 1, 2026

Retro-Games

The Legend of the Sword Coast: A Retrospective on Baldur’s Gate

Release Date: December 21, 1998 Developer: BioWare Get It On: GOG In the late 1990s, the western role-playing game was widely considered a dying breed. The market was saturated with…

Chris January 18, 2026

Modding

Digging Up the Past: How the Fallout: New Vegas Beta Leak is Fueling a Modding Renaissance

A decade and a half after its launch, Fallout: New Vegas has received a staggering new lease on life thanks to the unexpected discovery and leak of a beta build.…

Chris December 15, 2025