Renowned modder's heaven moddb.com have just kicked off their 7th Mod of the Year Awards. In case you didn't know yet: moddb.com is an archive of thousands of mods and indie games for different platforms. The competition is very popular in the mod and indie scene because of the great prices (DVDs, software, and servers) and the fame you can achieve from winning in one of the most famous modding competitions in the gaming world.

There are different categories in which participants can win:

Players' Choice

1. Top 10 Mods
2. Top 5 Upcoming Mods
3. Top 5 Indie Games

Editors' Choice

1. Ad Hoc Awards
2. Most Under-Played
3. Best Use of a Cut Scene
4. Best Use of Physics
5. and more ...

Until January 16th every registered member and visitor of moddb.com can vote for their most favorite mod and indie game listed at moddb. After that, you can vote for the mods and indie games which are at that time among the top 100. In the third phase, which lasts from February 2nd to 28th, you can vote for your favourite entrant out of a handful of mods and indie games.

The winner of the last yearInsurgency is now available on Steam and the winners before that including Garrys Mod, Red Orchestra, and Natural Selection are now fully commercial games with a big community.

What is your favourite mod of the year 2008? Tell us via the comments, and go over to moddb to vote for it!