Welcome to the CurseForge Newsletter for August 2025!
August is that perfect blend of summer energy and gaming excitement. Significant updates are hitting your favorite titles, back-to-school buzz is starting to stir, and the modding scene is more alive than ever. If you're just wrapping up a project, diving into new tools, or catching up before the busy season starts, a lot is happening on CurseForge this month. Let’s jump in.
Our main topics of the month:
- inZOI Update: Winners, DLC, and What's Next
- Fresh Platform Features
- CurseForge on Reddit
- Blockbench Author Workshop
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Updates from inZOI
Contest Winners Announced
The “Next Top Modder” contest has officially wrapped, and the results are in! With over $11,000 in prizes and hundreds of mod submissions, the community brought their A-game. From stylish fashion pieces to fully interactive furniture sets, we’re proud to celebrate the creativity that brought inZOI modding to life.
Check out the complete list of winners.
Island Getaway DLC Now Live
inZOI also launched its first free DLC, Island Getaway, bringing tropical locations, relaxing interactions, and more flavor to your ZOI worlds. Alongside it, the game received a major update with gameplay improvements and the newest version of the ModKit.
Explore the DLC
Read the patch notes
What’s Coming Next for Modding
The next major modding update will be released in October! It will introduce support for interaction mods, enhanced Build Mode functionality, and new customization tools for faces and hairstyles.
This is part of a broader roadmap of upcoming ModKit improvements - contest milestones, new tools, and content. The inZOI modding journey is just getting started!
Fresh Platform Features
Your CurseForge experience is evolving with new quality-of-life improvements:
- Profiles in the CurseForge App: To create better visibility for authors, clicking an author’s name now brings up their profile directly within the app, showing avatars, download stats, follower count, and a tile-based project view.
- Project Page Redesign: We’re in the process of fully redesigning the CurseForge project page to make it more informative, visual, and user-friendly. Several changes are already live, including the new author tooltip, updated side panel, and the author/team footer. More improvements are rolling out soon to simplify navigation, highlight media, and better showcase authors’ work.
- Project Invites (Beta): Authors will soon be able to invite collaborators using a proper invitation system, complete with notifications to accept or decline requests. This long-requested feature will help reduce spam, prevent unwanted additions, and ensure invites are easier to track.
Want to explore all the recent updates?
Dive into our blog here: Release Notes
CurseForge on Reddit
We’re ramping up our presence on Reddit!
The CurseForge subreddit now features fresh artwork, custom flairs, and frequent updates directly from our team. Our subreddit is a great place to share your mods, see what's trending, and connect with others in the community.
If you haven’t already, come check us out: r/CurseForge
Blockbench Author Workshop
Love 3D modeling? Our recent “Intro to Blockbench” workshop, hosted by the talented modeler MisterGriimm, is now available for viewing. He walked us through essential modeling techniques using Blockbench, making it easy to follow.
Watch the Workshop: Intro to Blockbench
Don’t miss the next one! Join the Authors Discord for more workshops and creative collaboration
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