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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Frostpunk update 1.1.0 is now available, adds Survivor Mode and support for NVIDIA Ansel

Posted on: 19 Jun 2018

11 bit studios has released a brand new patch for Frostpunk. According to the release notes, this patch adds a Survivor Mode, achievements for the Survivor Mode, quick save/load functionalities, as well as support for NVIDIA’s Ansel.

Need for Speed: Payback June update available for download, full patch release notes revealed

Posted on: 19 Jun 2018

Ghost Games has released a brand new update for Need for Speed Payback. According to the patch notes, the June update adds three new cars, adds AllDrive: Quick Races and Chat Wheel, adds new rims, improves various features and fixes an inconsistent color coding issue that appeared once players reached the maximum number of Wraps.

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries has been delayed to 2019

Posted on: 19 Jun 2018

Piranha Games’ president, Arman Nouri, has announced that MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries has been delayed until 2019. And even though there isn’t any specific date yet, Piranha Games hopes to announce one at MechCon 2018 in December.

quake2xp is a Quake 2 graphics overhaul mod that supports real-time per-pixel lighting & shadowing

Posted on: 19 Jun 2018

Modder ‘KirkBarnes’ has shared some new screenshots for his graphics overhaul mod for id Software’s classic shooter, Quake 2. These screenshots showcase Relief Mapping with self shadowing that will most probably be supported in the next version of quake2xp.

Beyond Good & Evil 2 playable beta is coming at the end of 2019

Posted on: 18 Jun 2018

It appears that gamers won’t be able to get their hands on Beyond Good & Evil 2 anytime soon. According to its creator, Michel Ancel, the development team aims to release a playable beta version at the end of 2019.

Here are 16 minutes of gameplay footage from Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

Posted on: 18 Jun 2018

IGN has shared a new video, showing the opening 16 minutes from the E3 2018 demo build of Koji Igarashi’s spiritual successor to Castlevania, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.

CEMU 1.12.2 is now available for download, optimizes performance, draw calls & code translation

Posted on: 18 Jun 2018

The team behind the best WiiU emulator, CEMU, has released a brand new version that is currently available to all backers. CEMU 1.12.2 adds support for gl_FrontFacing in GPU7 shaders, adds experimental UI localization, optimizes code translation, brings small improvements to generated code, fixes a bug that could cause permanent 100% CPU usage on one … Continue reading CEMU 1.12.2 is now available for download, optimizes performance, draw calls & code translation

Warriors Orochi 4 is coming to the PC on October 19th

Posted on: 18 Jun 2018

KOEI Tecmo has announced that Warriors Orochi 4 will release on October 19th. According to the press release, Warriors Orochi 4 will boast a remarkable 170 playable characters from the Dynasty and Samurai Warriors universes, giving players an astounding number of options to choose from when playing alone, or with a friend.

New pre-alpha Serious Sam 4 screenshots surface

Posted on: 18 Jun 2018

A new set of pre-alpha screenshots for Serious Sam 4 have surfaced online. Unfortunately, these screenshots are of low-quality and are a bit blurry. Still, we are pretty sure that most Serious Sam fans will be interested in them (and especially in the last one that shows lots of enemies on screen).

Alex Kidd in Miracle World fan remake is currently under development

Posted on: 18 Jun 2018

NareHop and Josyanf1 are currently working on a remake of the classic Alex Kidd in Miracle World game. This fan remake will be a free game and the team aims to recreate all the levels, enemies and bosses, and will introduce new sprites and animations.