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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This mod adds permadeath mechanics to Fallout 4
Posted on: 10 Jan 2018
Modder ‘JJ2197’ has released a new version of his permadeath mod for Fallout 4. The “You Only Live Once” mod is inspired by the YOLO run-throughs of Many a True Nerd, this mod brings to Bethesda’s RPG permadeath mechanics, meaning that the modder has removed healing, curing addictions, rad removal and limb healing from all items.
Closed beta phase for Sea of Thieves begins on January 29th
Posted on: 10 Jan 2018
Microsoft and Rare have announced that the open beta phase for Sea of Thieves will begin on January 29th. The Closed Beta will be accessible to eligible players who joined the Sea of Thieves Insider Programme before December 1st 2017 or who have pre-ordered the game and will last until January 29th.
Microsoft halts distribution of Spectre & Meltdown fixes on AMD systems after reports of unbootable PCs
Posted on: 09 Jan 2018
It appears that Microsoft and AMD have messed things up. According to reports, a number PC systems with AMD’s processors were boot failing after installing the Spectre and Meltdown fixes. Microsoft investigated those reports and discovered that some AMD chipsets are getting into an unbootable state after applying those fixes. As a result of that, … Continue reading Microsoft halts distribution of Spectre & Meltdown fixes on AMD systems after reports of unbootable PCs
Electronic Arts is using dynamic difficulty adjustments in multiple games, wants to get rid of fair matchmaking
Posted on: 09 Jan 2018
Back in October 2017, it was revealed that Activision is working on a new matchmaking system that would pair players together in order to encourage microtransactions. And while this system has not been implemented in any game as of yet, another publisher is searching into getting rid of fair matchmaking in multiplayer games. That publisher … Continue reading Electronic Arts is using dynamic difficulty adjustments in multiple games, wants to get rid of fair matchmaking
New version of Skyrim 3D Trees mod adds 35 new high quality replacer models for plants and trees
Posted on: 09 Jan 2018
Last month, we informed you about the Skyrim 3D Trees mod for Bethesda’s RPG. Created by modder ‘mathy79’, Skyrim 3D Trees mod aims to feature the most realistic forests simulation in gaming. Since that December release, mathy79 has been working hard on it and has just released a new version of the mod, increasing the … Continue reading New version of Skyrim 3D Trees mod adds 35 new high quality replacer models for plants and trees
Green Man Gaming announces new partnership deal with Ubisoft, introduces automatic game activation
Posted on: 09 Jan 2018
Green Man Gaming has announced a new partnership deal with Ubisoft and introduced a new feature that allows customers to automatically redeem and add games to their Uplay library with one click. The new automatic game activation feature will give gamers a faster and more secure way to add Ubisoft games including upcoming titles Far … Continue reading Green Man Gaming announces new partnership deal with Ubisoft, introduces automatic game activation
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds – Latest beta patch reduces view distance while parachuting down, improves report tool
Posted on: 09 Jan 2018
Bluehole has released a brand new beta patch for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. According to the release notes, this patch reduces the visible distance when parachuting down in order to test the optimization of server and client performance. Furthermore, it adds more objects around La Bendita on Miramar to increase the amount of cover.
Shadowrun: Dragonfall – Original SNES version is being recreated as mod, beta version 4.0 available
Posted on: 09 Jan 2018
Back in 1993, Data East released a version of Shadowrun on Nintendo’s consoles, the Super Nintendo. As such, modder ‘Geeked’ decided to recreate this version in Shadowrun: Dragonfall in the form of a mod.
AO Tennis is officially coming to the PC in the first half of 2018
Posted on: 09 Jan 2018
Big Ant Studios has announced that AO Tennis will be coming to the PC in 2018. Although there isn’t any specific date for the PC version, the team claimed that the game will release on our platform in the first half of the year.
Housemarque is the second developer experiencing major performance server issues due to Meltdown
Posted on: 09 Jan 2018
A few days ago, Epic Games’ servers took a big hit after patching them to prevent the Meltdown security issue that affected all Intel’s CPUs. And from the looks of it, Housemarque Games, the studio behind Resogun, Alienation, Matterfall and Nex Machina, is the second developer that has experienced major server issues after patching the Meltdown … Continue reading Housemarque is the second developer experiencing major performance server issues due to Meltdown