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'''Mod DB''' is a [[website]] that focuses on general [[Mod (video gaming)|video game modding]]. It was founded in 2002 by Scott "INtense!" Reismanis. As of September 2015, the Mod DB site has received over 604 million views, has more than 12,500 modifications registered,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.moddb.com/mods |title= Mods for Games|website=www.moddb.com |access-date=18 January 2014}}{{SemiBareRefNeedsTitle|date=May 2022}}</ref> and has hosted more than 108 million downloads.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.moddb.com/downloads |title= Downloads|website=www.moddb.com |access-date=18 January 2014}}{{SemiBareRefNeedsTitle|date=May 2022}}</ref> A spin-off website, '''Indie DB''', was launched in 2010 and focuses on [[indie game]]s and news.

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===Indie DB===

'''Indie DB''' is an offshoot of Mod DB launched in June 2010. It is dedicated to indie gaming and serves as a repository for those games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.destructoid.com/so-much-indie-moddbs-latest-creation-indiedb/|title=So much indie: ModDB’sModDB's latest creation, IndieDB|last=Devore|first=Jordan|work=[[Destructoid]]|date=21 June 2021|access-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003135011/https://www.destructoid.com/so-much-indie-moddbs-latest-creation-indiedb/|archive-date=3 October 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> Like Mod DB, the website hosts an annual competition for the best indie game of the year, with the games being voted on in categories and overall. Also like Mod DB, the nominees are selected by the site's editors and voted on by its readers. Winners of the Indie of the Year Awards include ''[[Minecraft]]'' by [[Mojang]] in 2010,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.destructoid.com/and-the-best-indie-games-of-2010-are/|title=And the best indie games of 2010 are….|last=Tan|first=Maurice|work=[[Destructoid]]|date=26 December 2010|access-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003141143/https://www.destructoid.com/and-the-best-indie-games-of-2010-are/|archive-date=3 October 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''[[RimWorld]]'' by Ludeon Studios in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/stalker-call-of-chernobyl-wins-moddbs-mod-of-the-year-rimworld-grabs-indiedbs-top-prize-equivalent/|title=STALKER: Call of Chernobyl wins ModDB's Mod of the Year, Rimworld grabs IndieDB's top prize equivalent|last=Donnelly|first=Joe|work=[[PC Gamer]]|date=30 December 2016|access-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003144413/https://www.pcgamer.com/stalker-call-of-chernobyl-wins-moddbs-mod-of-the-year-rimworld-grabs-indiedbs-top-prize-equivalent/|archive-date=3 October 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>

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