The article highlights the top 20 game mods of 2025, showcasing community-driven enhancements like integrated randomizers for classic games, visual overhauls, new gameplay features, and cross-game interconnected mods, demonstrating the passion and creativity of gaming communities.
Battlefield 6's update 1.1.1.0 launches tomorrow, bringing improvements to movement, weapon accuracy, visibility, and more, ahead of Season 1's debut, with rumors of a Battle Royale mode also circulating.
Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles is a highly anticipated remake launching on September 30, 2025, for Xbox Series X|S, featuring updated visuals, full voice acting, a new UI, and additional gameplay options, appealing to both new and returning fans of this classic tactical RPG.
Square Enix is releasing a revamped version of Final Fantasy Tactics called The Ivalice Chronicles, featuring modernized controls, improved UI, new difficulty levels, and quality-of-life enhancements to make the classic game more accessible and enjoyable for both new and returning players.
Shenmue 3 Enhanced, an upgraded version of the adventure game with modern improvements, is announced for Nintendo platforms, featuring enhanced graphics, performance, and gameplay options, with a release window yet to be announced.
Digital Foundry praises the Nintendo Switch 2 for its impressive free software updates, which significantly improve performance, resolution, and frame rates across several popular games like Zelda, Super Mario Odyssey, and Splatoon 3, effectively providing a near-remaster experience.
Two impressive mods for the Mass Effect Legendary Edition add new missions, cutscenes, character updates, and gameplay enhancements, revitalizing the classic trilogy for PC players and offering a rich new experience, though the lead modder is currently on hiatus.
The Switch 2 version of Breath of the Wild offers smoother gameplay with a steady 60fps, higher resolution, and faster load times, making exploration and combat more enjoyable, while also introducing optional tools like a navigation app that can enhance or streamline the experience.
Sony expects PS5 Pro compatible games to achieve 4K and 60 FPS, but is open to flexibility in awarding the "PS5 Pro Enhanced" label, allowing developers to choose which aspects of their games to improve. The label will be displayed on discs and PS Store pages, and developers will need to use Sony's new SDK to take advantage of PS5 Pro exclusive features. Games with fixed resolutions or graphical settings may not see improvements, but developers can still utilize PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution to upscale resolution to 4K and utilize additional memory.
According to technical analysis by Digital Foundry, the PS4 and PS5 versions of Red Dead Redemption offer only a small list of enhancements compared to the Xbox backward-compatible versions. While the PS4 Pro version has better shadows and a slightly different gamma presentation, the overall game looks very similar on both PlayStation consoles. The user interface hasn't been updated for modern displays, resulting in 720p elements that don't scale well to 4K TVs. Digital Foundry concludes that the PS4 and PS5 versions of Red Dead Redemption are a "bare-bones" effort, lacking significant improvements for the 13-year-old game.