The people behind the mashups

The people behind the 2026 AI game mashup wave: 14 creators of mashups and clips, plus the engine authors, journalists and modders who shaped the story.

Creators

Creator	Mashups and clips	Also in the timeline
chasmlol	2010 Rust Rewrite Mashup (MW2 × Skate 3 × Minecraft) September 27, 2026 SkyCraft (Minecraft in Skyrim) September 30, 2026	chasm: "I rewrote Skate 3 in Rust" "Modding has Changed FOREVER…"
deltarooo	ER Mario (Mario in Elden Ring) September 30, 2026	The Mario in Elden Ring clip is taken down
Cydonyx	Tarkov in Skyrim (viral clip) September 30, 2026
Faiqie	BullySkate (Skate 3 in Bully) October 1, 2026
Funny-Bones	Elden Ring combat in Skyrim (Rust controller rewrite) October 5, 2026
Huberticus	Elden Ring as a shooter (Huberticus) October 5, 2026
irregularnetwork	GTA Skate 3 Trilogy (Skate 3 in Vice City and GTA III) September 30, 2026
luki-1	ArkWeb (Spider-Man web-swinging in Arkham Knight) October 2, 2026
P.E. Cooper	World at War Zombies in the browser (P.E. Cooper) September 29, 2026
Rehan Sheikh	Minecraft in GTA V (universal-modder) September 30, 2026
ryglizzy	GTA San AnSkateas (Skate 3 in San Andreas) October 2, 2026
Tobyn Jacobs	Minecraft in Elden Ring (viral clip) September 29, 2026
Yaekai	OWCraft (Minecraft in Outer Wilds) October 2, 2026
zeyvu	FalloutCraft (Minecraft in Fallout 4) October 1, 2026

Others who shaped the story

Amelia Zollner: Kotaku: "Modders, please stop"
DarioSamo: The "slopcomp" fight
David Miller: Melty, a launcher for mashups
Mitchell Hynes: Halo: Combat Evolved runs in a browser
samwhosung: benilla, a World of Warcraft client rewritten in Rust
SK8-ENGINE: skate-3-rust-engine is published
vladtrc: IW4L, a Modern Warfare 2 runtime in Rust

Names are as each person presents themselves publicly. Back to the history.