A new wave of video game modifications is combining worlds, characters and mechanics from major franchises in ways that would once have required substantial technical expertise. Players are fighting Elden Ring bosses with Minecraft equipment, skateboarding through Call of Duty maps and driving Mario Kart vehicles through zombie-filled battlefields.
The mashups have spread rapidly on social media, where short clips showcase the unusual combinations. According to Decrypt, gamers are using Claude-based artificial-intelligence agents to create many of these projects through a process commonly called “vibe coding.” The approach involves describing the desired modification to an AI model, testing what it produces and giving feedback while the model handles the underlying coding.
How the game mashups work
A popular GitHub guide describes the technique as a “passthrough mod.” Rather than fully rebuilding one game inside another, the method runs two titles at the same time. One game provides the environment or world, while the other contributes features such as movement and combat.
This makes it possible to place familiar mechanics into settings where they do not normally belong. The result can be rough at first, and the guide warns that early versions often need refinement. However, the same guide says that merging Elden Ring and Spider-Man took between three and four hours, illustrating how AI-assisted coding can shorten the time needed to produce a working experiment.
The trend has prompted enthusiastic reactions from gamers online. Some described it as one of the most impressive developments they had seen in gaming in more than a decade, while others called it the beginning of a gaming renaissance. The projects are generally being shared as demonstrations and clips, rather than as polished commercial releases.
From skateboards to Minecraft weapons
One of the first combinations to attract widespread attention paired the skateboarding game Skate with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. The modification lets players ride across the military shooter’s maps, creating the possibility of mixing skateboarding tricks with the game’s familiar combat scenarios.
The clips prompted excited reactions on X, including speculation about players eventually combining skateboarding with trick shots. Another widely shared project places Minecraft inside Elden Ring. The modification reportedly includes Minecraft weapons, Ender Pearl teleportation and access to 1,600 Minecraft items.
It also allows players to build working redstone contraptions, use Minecraft’s creative mode and spawn mobs with eggs. In one particularly unconventional scenario, creepers can be sent to fight Malenia, one of Elden Ring’s notable bosses. The mod can also add Black Ops guns, allowing players to switch between Minecraft and Call of Duty weaponry.
The Minecraft-Elden Ring project has not yet been released publicly. Its creator, Toby Jacobs, said the work was developed for Mac and would require a Windows port before a wider release could be considered.
Superheroes, villagers and zombies
Another viral clip places Marvel’s Spider-Man in Gotham City, the fictional home of DC’s Batman. The character can be seen swinging through the city, creating a crossover between two major comic-book universes. Social-media users joked that Marvel and DC had become friends, while the mod’s creator responded humorously about the possibility of receiving a copyright-related takedown notice.
A separate modification brings Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 weapons into Minecraft. In the clip, a player uses the Intervention sniper rifle to perform trick shots against villagers, builds a 25-kill streak and calls in a tactical nuke—an action normally associated with Call of Duty, but shown here inside Minecraft.
The mashups also extend to Mario Kart and Call of Duty: World at War’s Zombies mode. Players can drive Mario Kart vehicles through the zombie setting, using bananas to trip up enemies and then running them over. The unexpected combination led one X user to joke that it had arrived before GTA 6.
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The AI modding trend highlights how generative tools are lowering the technical barrier for ambitious game experiments. At the same time, the projects involve characters, settings and mechanics owned by different rights holders, making public distribution and commercial use more complicated than producing a private demonstration. For now, the most visible impact has been the steady stream of unusual clips showing familiar games in unfamiliar combinations.
