About: John Papadopoulos
Website: DSOGaming : https://www.dsogaming.com
Bio: John is the founder and Editor in Chief at DSOGaming. He is a PC gaming fan and highly supports the modding and indie communities. Before creating DSOGaming, John worked on numerous gaming websites. While he is a die-hard PC gamer, his gaming roots can be found on consoles. John loved - and still does - the 16-bit consoles, and considers SNES to be one of the best consoles. Still, the PC platform won him over consoles. That was mainly due to 3DFX and its iconic dedicated 3D accelerator graphics card, Voodoo 2. John has also written a higher degree thesis on the "The Evolution of PC graphics cards."
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Risen 2: Dark Waters Collector’s Edition Revealed
Posted on: 06 Feb 2012
Deep Silver today announced the limited Collector’s Edition of Risen 2: Dark Waters for consoles that will be released in the UK on April 27th 2012 alongside the standard edition. Risen 2 is being developed by Piranha Bytes and features new gameplay elements that add to the diversity of Risen 2; for example, players can … Continue reading Risen 2: Dark Waters Collector’s Edition Revealed
New Carrier Command: Gaea Mission footage shows off day-night cycles
Posted on: 06 Feb 2012
Bohemia Interactive has released a new video for Carrier Command: Gaea Mission, in which the team demonstrates the in-game lighting and the day-night cycle that will be featured. It seems that 2012 will be a busy and exhausting year for Bohemia Interactive, as the team is preparing both ArmA 3 and Carrier Command: Gaea Mission, while at the … Continue reading New Carrier Command: Gaea Mission footage shows off day-night cycles
Weekly Top 10 PC Charts; UK PC Retail and Steam Digital Charts [January 29th – February 4th]
Posted on: 06 Feb 2012
This week’s UK PC Charts have just been released and as we can see, nothing can top SEGA’s soccer manager, Football Manager 2012. It’s really amazing that this soccer game is still at the top of the charts. Star Wars: The Old Republic is at the second place, followed by Battlefield 3. And it’s shocking that … Continue reading Weekly Top 10 PC Charts; UK PC Retail and Steam Digital Charts [January 29th – February 4th]
Critical Mass is added to Indie Gala 2
Posted on: 06 Feb 2012
Critical Mass, the 3D action puzzle game from Manic Game Studios, is now included as part of the pay-what-you-want charity bundle, Indie Gala 2, which kicked off this weekend. The Indie Gala bundle supports the charities Child’s Play and Save The Children, allowing users to set a percentage of the sale to be donated to … Continue reading Critical Mass is added to Indie Gala 2
Overgrowth Alpha 168 Changes
Posted on: 06 Feb 2012
Wolfire Games has released a new video, in which the company’s main programmer showcases the changes that have been made to the latest alpha version of Overgrowth. This week, David Rosen created several new knives and updated the weapon collision system. Moreover, detail objects have min/max embed and scale values in the latest version of … Continue reading Overgrowth Alpha 168 Changes
‘Separable Subsurface Scattering’ shows off jaw-dropping character detail in real-time
Posted on: 06 Feb 2012
Jorge Jimenez, a realtime graphics R&D programmer, has released a mind-blowing video that showcases the latest and final advances on real-time skin rendering (Separable Subsurface Scattering), which enable to quickly render skin in just two post-processing passes. What’s really important here is that everything you are about to see is written from scratch using DirectX 10 and rendered … Continue reading ‘Separable Subsurface Scattering’ shows off jaw-dropping character detail in real-time
Diablo III will be ‘color-blind’ friendly; game is built with that in mind
Posted on: 05 Feb 2012
You know what? Color-blind gamers have the right to enjoy each and every game. Most of them can’t distinguish the difference between green and red hues but that doesn’t mean that they are bad players or that they are not as hardcore as most of you. And thankfully, Blizzard’s upcoming action RPG game will be … Continue reading Diablo III will be ‘color-blind’ friendly; game is built with that in mind
Capcom is ashamed and wants to forget that awful PC port of Resident Evil 4
Posted on: 05 Feb 2012
Wow, now this is something interesting. We’ve known for a fact that the PC port of Resident Evil 4 was awful, since its development was outsourced to Sourcenext, but it’s shocking to hear that Capcom is so ashamed of it, that they’d prefer to simply forget about it and not make it available to any digital stores. Yes, … Continue reading Capcom is ashamed and wants to forget that awful PC port of Resident Evil 4
Brand new Mari0 Beta footage shows off ‘bullet-time’ effect
Posted on: 05 Feb 2012
It’s been a while since the last video of Mari0, the amazing mashup between Portal and Super Mario Bros. Luckily for you, YouTube’s member ‘Raicuparta’ captured some new footage, showing off the ‘bullet time’ effect that is available in the latest beta build of the game. Mari0 is a complete from scratch recreation of Super Mario … Continue reading Brand new Mari0 Beta footage shows off ‘bullet-time’ effect
GTA IV iCEnhancer 2.0 Final is coming this week and will be compatible with versions 1070/EFLC
Posted on: 05 Feb 2012
A lot of you have been waiting patiently for GTA IV’s iCEnhancer 2.0 Final release and some of you were disappointed when you found out that this highly anticipated mod got slightly delayed. Well, here is some good news for you as Hayssam Keilany, creator of iCEnhancer, revealed that he’s currently planning to release his … Continue reading GTA IV iCEnhancer 2.0 Final is coming this week and will be compatible with versions 1070/EFLC