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

Posts by John Papadopoulos:

Final specifications and prices leaked for all of Intel’s upcoming Comet Lake-S CPUs

Posted on: 29 Apr 2020

It appears that the final specifications and prices for all of Intel’s upcoming Comet Lake-S CPUs have been leaked online. The specs and prices come from Intel’s own slides, so this is a legit leak. And even though we don’t have any benchmarks yet, we expect to see some in a couple of days.

Here is an 8K AI upscaled version of Cyberpunk 2077’s Deep Dive Gameplay Footage

Posted on: 28 Apr 2020

Back in August 2019, CD Projekt RED released a 15-minute gameplay video for Cyberpunk 2077. And today, Ani HVX has shared a glorious 8K version of it. This 8K video eliminates most of the video artifacts, and will allow you to appreciate the game’s graphics.

Gears of War 3 & Gears of War Judgement are fully playable on PC via the Xbox 360 emulator, Xenia

Posted on: 28 Apr 2020

While the latest Gears of War games are now coming out on the PC, the first parts of the franchise never got released on the PC. Well, apart from the first game. PC gamers never got a chance to play Gears of War 2, Gears of War 3 or Gears of War Judgement. However, that’s … Continue reading Gears of War 3 & Gears of War Judgement are fully playable on PC via the Xbox 360 emulator, Xenia →

Riot Games introduces tray icon and notifications to Valorant’s anti-cheat system, Vanguard

Posted on: 28 Apr 2020

After heavy criticism, Riot Games has updated the anti-cheat system/program for Valorant. As such, the latest version of Vanguard introduces a tray icon and notifications pop-ups. These new additions, according to the team, will make it easier to disable Vanguard when you’re not playing the game.

Square Enix removes Trials of Mana demo due to an exploit that allowed you to play the full game

Posted on: 28 Apr 2020

Trials of Mana is the latest JRPG that Square Enix released. The game uses the Denuvo anti-tamper tech and surprisingly enough, the Japanese company released a demo of it on Steam. However, it appears that pirates could bypass and play the full game via this demo. And, as you may have guessed, this forced Square … Continue reading Square Enix removes Trials of Mana demo due to an exploit that allowed you to play the full game →

New version of the non-VR mod for Half-Life: Alyx adds spectator mode & FOV, removes black corners

Posted on: 28 Apr 2020

Earlier this month, we shared a version of the non-VR mod for Half-Life: Alyx that allowed you to complete the whole game. Since then, the modder has been hard at work fixing and tweaking this mod. Thus, we are happy to present you today a more refined version of it.

2K Games announces WWE 2K Battlegrounds, releases in Fall 2020

Posted on: 28 Apr 2020

2K Games has announced WWE 2K Battlegrounds; a completely new WWE gaming experience that will feature arcade-style action and over-the-top Superstar designs, environments and moves. According to the press release, Saber Interactive is developing this new wrestling game.

Maneater will be powered by Quixel Megascans, gets new beautiful screenshots

Posted on: 28 Apr 2020

Tripwire Interactive announced today its use of Quixel Megascans in the creation of Maneater.  According to the press release, Tripwire artists will now have a strong base of mesh and texture information to build from. Moreover, they will now be able to bring the varied and unique open-world environments to life in Maneater.

Total War: SHOGUN 2 is free to own on Steam until May 1st

Posted on: 28 Apr 2020

SEGA has announced that Total War: SHOGUN 2 is free to own on Steam. From today and until May 1st, PC gamers can visit the game’s Steam store page and acquire their free copy. As said, this is a free to own offer, meaning that you will be able to keep the game yours forever.

MotoGP 20 PC Performance Analysis

Posted on: 27 Apr 2020

Milestone has released the next iteration of its MotoGP series, MotoGP 20. MotoGP 20 uses Unreal Engine 4 so it’s time to benchmark it and see how it performs on the PC platform.