It's been more than three years since the developers of The Frontier started showing off their massive, ambitious New Vegas mod, and the mod is finally out. So anticipated that it briefly crashed its Nexusmods download page on release, the mod takes the people of the Fallout: New Vegas wasteland to the unexplored wastes around Portland, Oregon. It's a disappointing launch for some, as developer Scribe Hakoda resigned shortly after the process was completed. These are Red Dead Redemption, so I can't fault him too much.

More than 30 hours of content are included in the Fallout New Vegas Adventurer mod alongside 15 towns and a fully-voiced questline. The Execution FoF New Vegas 2010 will launch for free tonight via the game's Steam Workshop page. There are a team of 15 active users working on updating the project regularly, but if you're interested in helping Scaleable Location Studio, the developers behind the release, work out any bugs associated with the mod, there's a handy skyhook recipe drop in the description.

After teasing imminent news on the new Nick Cave album earlier this week, on Thursday, Dinosaur Jr. frontman Josh Homme announced that his next album will arrive on April 19. A live album from the band is also planned for release, as are debuts for recent compilation The Day the Earth Stood Still, the album of live footage from Cave's gigs in Australia last year, and Cave's first television interview since 2011. Adams recently lent her vocal talents to a Cave cover of On Bikes.

Read Pitchfork's feature "10 Essential Nick Cave Songs," and read Pitchfork's In Utero cover story.

Washington State RCMP are investigating a suspicious death after a man was found dead shot to death at his home outside Seattle.

The victim is believed to be 28-year-old Matthias Hophorn, who was shot to death Monday has been identified as a victim of "homicide and suspicious circumstances," according to Lynnwood police, who are investigating the deadly shooting being called "suspicious".

WSP Edmonton is leading the investigation and interviewing possible witnesses Tuesday morning according to a news release. There is no word yet on a suspect or motives in the case.

The man was found by FBI agents and Seattle police officers Sunday, and had an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to Seattle police information. He was pronounced dead at the scene. However, police said at least one weapon in the home was untouched by this time. The lead investigator in the case said Hophorn's life appeared to be threatened.

Police transported neighbours and family to the home for safety Sunday night, according to our news partners at KING5. Once there they found him locked inside his bedroom manhole. Police said they attempted to hear him through the pipe, but according to eyewitnesses no one inside the
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