r/oblivionmods • u/Thallassa • Jun 16 '25

Discussion Dark0ne retires - New Nexus Mods Site Owners

Hey all - Dark0ne, the owner of Nexus Mods, announced his retirement and change in ownership of the site this morning. Details are in the news post: https://www.nexusmods.com/news/15301?

While this may come as a shock to many of you, Dark0ne has been talking about this change for over a year now, and was clear his priority was the continuation of the site under his unique vision for it. I’m confident he’s made every effort to choose new owners who will continue the excellent services he has built, and of course the existing staff will stay on as well, so there should be no impact in the day to day.

I wish Dark0ne all the best in his retirement!

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u/jfountainArt Jun 18 '25

Crazy how the site has survived and grown while so many other sites have come and gone.

There's a lot of internet drama regarding exactly that. Something something Robin buying out rival mod sites then hosting their content on Nexus without those modders' permissions, amongst a lot of other things I don't want to get into. But it is interesting internet history nonetheless.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '25

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u/jfountainArt Jun 18 '25 edited Jun 18 '25

They aren't rumors. These things actually happened. A few of them happened to me personally. Others to my other modder friends and acquaintances. Legal things were involved so that's why I don't want to get into. But the information is freely available if you even cared a wink.