GameFlood, premier online destination for playing and creating add-on video game content, has recently announced the winners for their $25,000 Mod and Map Making Contest. As the official report informs, the top 10 finalists in each of five major and two minor categories were initially nominated by the GameFlood community of members, with the winners in each category selected by a panel of industry expert judges. Winners will receive cash and other prizes as a result of making the finest mods and maps for their respective categories.

More than that, all original content creations are said to be published and available for download at this website. So, without further ado, here are the winners with the corresponding prize for each contest category listed as follows:

1. Best FPS Mod: First Prize - Project Reality by requiem; Second Prize - Follow Freeman HL2 Co-op Beta 2 by Merciless Development; Third Prize - Frag.Ops by Frag Ops

2. Best FPS Map: First Prize - dod_dijon by Furyo; Second Prize - de_stratocorp2 by heyo7; Third Prize - cs_xmas by stormseeker

3. Best RTS Mod: Fall from Heaven II 0.23c by Kael; Second Prize- Cold War Crisis v0.6 by InvaderZim; Third Prize - The Ancient Mediterranean by Laurino

4. Best RTS Map: First Prize - Earth 18 civs by Rhye; Second Prize - D-Day Coop (3 Players) by Mannerheim Henry666; Third Prize - Thanksgiving III by RF_Gandalf

5. Best RPG Mod: First Prize - Tamriel Rebuilt by TR_Team; Second Prize - Natural Environments by Max_Tael; Third Prize - Wayfarer's Rest by baratheon79

6. Best RTS Mini-Mod: ActualQuotes for Warlords by Willowmound

7. Best RPG Mini-Mod: Capes and Cloaks by Someone1074

"There were an amazing number of mod and map submissions and our judges have been impressed with the overall quality and sophistication of the pieces," stated Matt Wisdom, CEO of GameFlood's parent company, Turbo Squid. "The winners of this contest are deserving artists who stood out as some of the best talent that the mod and map making industry has to offer. Congratulations go out to all of the winners, and everyone else who participated in this truly one of a kind event."

Winners for the major categories, will get cash and a Logitech keyboard valued at a total of $3,000, with second and third place receiving similar packages valued at $1,000 and $500, respectively. As for the mini-mod winners, they will each receive a cash and keyboard prize equaling $500 in value.

"I really enjoyed reviewing the many mods and maps that have been crafted and posted to GameFlood. In particular, I was stunned to see how many people were clearly devoting huge amounts of time to turning games into entirely new experiences," said Graeme Bayless, President of Kush Games. "Clearly, the mod community is as alive and thriving as ever. I know that for myself, some of these mods will be simply the way I play that game from now on. If I wore a hat, it would be off to the winners".

See GameFlood's official website for more info on the $25,000 Mod and Map Making Contest and if you want to sign up for future contests as well.