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{{short description|Video game modding website}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox website
| name = Mod DB
| logo = Mod DB logo.png
| logo_size = 250px
| url = {{URL|http://www.moddb.com/}}
| commercial = Yes
| type = [[Mod (video games)|Game modifications]], [[indie game]]s
| registration = Free
| owner = [
| author = Scott "INtense!" Reismanis
| launch_date = {{start date and age|df=yes|2002|6|8}}
| current_status = Active
| revenue =
| programming_language = [[PHP]]
}}
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Scott Reismanis, a website developer from [[Melbourne]], Australia, first pursued web development as a hobby, creating two websites dedicated to video games. Afterwards, he purchased the ChaosRealm.com ___domain and formed the Realm Network. The network comprised over twenty websites, one of which was Mod DB's predecessor, ModRealm. Launched in 1998, ModRealm was initially dedicated to ''[[Counter-Strike (video game)|Counter-Strike]]'' [[cheat code]]s before becoming a modding website. The website became defunct in December 2001, when its network was shut down after its hosting service, Playnet, filed for bankruptcy.<ref name=History>{{cite web|url=https://www.moddb.com/about|title=About Us|publisher=Mod DB|access-date=4 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004144452/https://www.moddb.com/about|archive-date=4 October 2021|url-status=live}}<br />{{cite web|url=https://www.moddb.com/news/a-10-year-history-of-moddb|title=A 10 year history of ModDB|author=Henley|publisher=Mod DB|date=29 July 2012|access-date=4 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004165204/https://www.moddb.com/news/a-10-year-history-of-moddb|archive-date=4 October 2021|url-status=live}}<br />{{cite news|title=DesuraNET's quest to make a better indie community|last=Moss|first=Richard|work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|date=18 December 2012}}</ref>
Reismanis was motivated to start a new website by the difficulty of searching for mods on the then-dominant search engine, [[AltaVista]], much less mods released to the public. He began Mod DB's development in January 2002, following [[IMDb]]'s structure in the process. The website was launched as Mod Database
Reismanis was an information technology consultant at [[Accenture]] and intended to keep Mod DB his hobby, but he left the firm to found DesuraNET as the website's hosting company, citing the expense of running the website and his recollection of [[IGN]]'s 2006 attempt to acquire it.<ref name=History/> Mod DB was integrated into DesuraNET's [[Desura]], which was a [[digital distribution]] service that focused on [[indie game]]s. The service opened in April 2010 as a competitor to [[Valve Corporation|Valve]]'s [[Steam (service)|Steam]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/desura-moddb-takes-on-steam|title=Desura: ModDB Takes On Steam|last=Denby|first=Leeis|work=[[Rock Paper Shotgun]]|date=8 March 2010|access-date=4 October 2021}}</ref>
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The purpose of Mod DB is to list the mods, files, tutorials and information of any games that are capable of being modded with user-made content. Community involvement is strongly encouraged, and any game mod with a website is allowed to post a screenshot gallery, news, and requests for help. Scott's intentions, from the beginning, were to get the community heavily involved in the creation and development of the website. To this end, the most active members were chosen as [[Forum moderator|moderators]] and [[Forum administrator|administrators]]. The core staff generally remain the same, while lower positions are heavily rotated among trainee moderators, and administrator candidates. The site's staff mostly act as chaperones or librarians, keeping appropriate content available to the public and featuring the more exceptional content.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}
Mod DB has a permissive approach to what content is allowed on the website, but the types of content forbidden by its terms of use include pornographic, defamatory, and obscene content, as well as material that incites crime or hatred, violates intellectual property law under the terms of the copyright law of Australia and the [[Digital Millennium Copyright Act]], or otherwise "brings [the website] into disrepute
==Mod of the Year==
Mod DB's Mod of the Year competition, the ''Golden Spanner'' awards, aim to set the industry standard in awarding inventive and high-quality mods. Mods are chosen via a community vote and are then reviewed by staff to produce the final list of winners. The competition aims to encourage all fields of modding, with different categories such as [[Computer graphics|graphics]] and [[gameplay]], as well as a traditional
===Indie DB===
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