Welcome to the 9th annual Mod of the Year awards where once a year developers, fans and now for the first time press rub virtual shoulders to help celebrate our community and culture surrounding modifications. 2010 has had some monster releases like the ground breaking Eastern Front adding a whole new faction to Company of Heroes or Nehrim: At Fates Edge releasing a massive singleplayer experience for Oblivion in four different languages. What is Mod of the Year? Mod of the Year is ModDB's award show that rewards excellence in modding and all related fields. The MOTY's have been around since 2002 where Natural Selection took away the first Mod of the Year award. The way the big title gets handed out has changed over the years however one thing remains constant and that is the winners truly deserve the title, continuing on to do great.

Tell me about the Players Choice? How can I get involved?

The Players Choice is exactly what it sounds like, you the players vote on what mods should win the coveted Players Choice award. The voting process is in two parts. Phase One will have players navigating to mod profiles to cast your vote, you can vote as many times as you want and any mod can be voted on Released or Unreleased. Votes are then calculated and tallied by our lovely staff here on ModDB and a list of the top 100 mods of the year is generated. At this point Phase Two begins and players can then cast another vote on the mods from the top 100 list they think deserves top be in the years top 10 mods.

Remember if you want your favorite mod to get into the top mods of the year make sure you tell everyone (including grandma) about how to vote! The more votes your favorite mod gets the better chance they have to win! Make sure you sign into your ModDB profile before casting your vote, member votes are worth a whole lot more!

The Hall of Fame, mods going down in history!

The Hall of Fame is a brand new addition to the end of year celebrations on ModDB. Its a way to cement the great mods of the Past and Present in a way thats easy to find, view and access! Bound by no date or order of appearance the HOF allows the ModDB Staff to award the excellent mods that have created something amazing, using the powerful ModDB database as a back-end you will always have access to the content featured here! Each year we will be adding new mods to this very prestigious listing, maybe it will be your favorite? Find out the what is in the initial list!

What have I missed in 2010? A Year in Review!

Been away for a whole year? Or maybe just lazy? Not to worry ModDB has you covered check out our Year in Review articles that will come in four parts each covering three months at a time! Click the images below to head to the months you want to know more about!

The Panel's Choice Award, the who's who of the press elites

For the first time in well forever ModDB will have a star studded cast of Indie and Mod press members in for a brand new award presentation called the Panel's Choice. The Panel's Choice gives a voice to a select few who help the Indie and Modding community with their gifts of the written word, personalities and presence. It gives us a chance to work with the sites and people who help all of you mod and indie developers get noticed, and that is something we are always looking to do. The Staff of ModDB and the guest Judges will be voting on the following categories:

Best Original Art for a Mod

Best Upcoming Mod

Best Multiplayer Mod

Best Singleplayer Mod

To find out more about the people who will be passing judgment on your favorite projects be sure to check out the judges page.

The Rules

The following are basic rules which apply to all participating teams. Read on for the full legal terms.

"start voting and may the best mod win!"