PC modding repository Nexus Mods has a brand new proprietor

Nexus Mods, an internet site identified for internet hosting mods for hundreds of PC video games, has been handed over to new possession, in line with former proprietor Robin “Dark0ne” Scott.

“After months of conferences, face-to-face talks, and an entire lot of soul looking, I’m thrilled to say that I really consider I’ve discovered the precise proper folks for the duty,” Scott says in a put up revealed on Monday.

Scott, who launched the undertaking in 2001, says that the positioning “has been my whole grownup life” and that “the pressure of being chargeable for the behemoth I created” had taken a toll. He realized he had been burning out and that he wanted to usher in new management.

Scott didn’t specify who the brand new proprietor or homeowners are, and the corporate didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark despatched to its help electronic mail deal with. Nevertheless, customers shall be seeing extra of two folks, who Scott identifies as “Foledinho (Victor)” and “Rapsak (Marinus),” as they’ve “come on board to guide this subsequent chapter,” Scott says. “They’ve acquired deep roots in gaming, tech, and most significantly, they offer a rattling; concerning the website, the neighborhood, and the longer term we’re attempting to construct right here.”

Whereas the positioning has modified palms, Scott says that “this isn’t some company ‘exit’ or a backroom deal.” As an alternative, “that is me doing one thing I in all probability ought to’ve completed years in the past: taking good care of myself. Reclaiming some headspace. And eventually letting go of the concept that I’ve to do every thing and be chargeable for every thing myself.”

Scott may also nonetheless be a presence. “I’ll nonetheless be annoying folks on the Mod Writer Discord, lurking on the boards, and sticking my nostril into neighborhood issues once I can’t assist myself,” he says. And he’ll work with the workforce to “assist information the general course of the positioning.”