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." Contact: Email

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Black Death – First Screenshots Revealed

Posted on: 29 Jun 2011

By now, most of you will surely know Darkworks’ latest game, Black Death. So, here are the first screenshots and artworks for this game. Although it is in early development stage, it doesn’t look as good as most modern multiplatform games. As we can see, there are a lot of low-res textures and some really annoying blur effects. Here … Continue reading Black Death – First Screenshots Revealed

Gatling Gears Launches Today

Posted on: 29 Jun 2011

EA announced today that their twin-stick shooter, Gatling Gears, will be launched today in North America on the PlayStation Network and will be priced at $9.99. The game is developed by Amsterdam-based Vanguard Games in partnership with EA Partners and is also available on Xbox LIVE Arcade for 800 Microsoft points.

Gorgeous Unreal Engine 3 Foliage Screenshot

Posted on: 28 Jun 2011

Senior public relations manager for Epic Games, Dana Cowley, shared on her Tweeter a new screenshot that showcases Unreal 3 Engine’s new foliage system. And we have to say that it looks great. The lighting system and TOD also look better from everything we’ve ever seen so far from this engine, although we’d wish that Cowley would … Continue reading Gorgeous Unreal Engine 3 Foliage Screenshot

Ace Combat: Assault Horizon – Tutorial ‘Fly-Through’ Gameplay

Posted on: 28 Jun 2011

Namco BANDAI has just released a new video for their upcoming arcade flight game, Ace Combat: Assault Horizon. This video is basically a Fly-Through that showcases the first mission of the game’s Tutorial. The game is slated for an October 11th release on X360 and PS3. Enjoy this new video after the jump.

Crysis 2 Map Editor Coming Tomorrow

Posted on: 28 Jun 2011

Alongside the release of the much-anticipated DX11 Patch, EA and Crytek revealed yesterday that a Map Editor Pack for Crysis 2 will be released on June 29th. This Map Editor will give players the ability to design their own maps and create their own epic battleground.

Call Of Duty: Black Ops Annihilation Now Available On XBOX LIVE

Posted on: 28 Jun 2011

Activision released today the third downloadable content pack for the X360 version of Call Of Duty: Black Ops. The Annihilation Pack delivers four new multiplayer maps and a mind-blowing Zombies experience for the ultimate online showdown. Those maps are: Hangar 18, Drive-In, Silo, Hazard and Shangri-La.

Tribes: Ascend – Four New Screenshots

Posted on: 28 Jun 2011

Along with its gameplay footage, Hi-Rez Studios released four new screenshots for the latest part of the Tribes series. Tribes: Ascend will be free-to-play and is slated for release this year on PC and X360. Enjoy these new screenshots after the jump.

Bastion to lead Microsoft’s Summer of Arcade on Xbox Live

Posted on: 28 Jun 2011

Warner Bros announced that their the award-winning Action-RPG, Bastion, will lead Microsoft’s Summer of Arcade on Xbox Live. The game will be released on July 20th, is priced at 1200 Microsoft Points and will be the first title to be released for the Microsoft Summer of Arcade lineup. PC fans will also have the chance to … Continue reading Bastion to lead Microsoft’s Summer of Arcade on Xbox Live

Portal 2 – Summer Mapping Initiative Maps Available Now

Posted on: 28 Jun 2011

Valve has picked up and released the winning maps of their Summer Mapping Initiative contest. According to the company, more than 280 maps were submitted. 13 judges played and voted them. And in order to celebrate it, Valve released the winners which are now available for download from here.

Civilization V – New PC Update Released

Posted on: 28 Jun 2011

Firaxis Games released today a new PC update for their latest turn-based strategy game, Civilization V. This update improves the enemy AI and rebalances the game to make higher difficulty levels more challenging. Furthermore, this update included improvements to the game’s multiplayer mode, as well as to the game’s UI and Diplomacy. We should note that … Continue reading Civilization V – New PC Update Released