Posts by John Papadopoulos:

Steam Machines – Prototype Model Detailed – High-End Hardware Coming To Your Living Room

Posted on: 07 Oct 2013

Valve has revealed the specs for the prototype model of its Steam Machines. According to the company, 300 units will be made based on these mixed specs, and this prototype model will be sent to beta testers. Some of those prototypes will be equipped with Nvidia’s Titan cards, while others will be packed with GTX780s, GTX760s, … Continue reading Steam Machines – Prototype Model Detailed – High-End Hardware Coming To Your Living Room →

First Screenshots For New FPRPG From Planescape: Torment & Fallout II Designer/Producer

Posted on: 07 Oct 2013

G3 Studios shared with us the first screenshots of Deathfire: Ruins of Nethermore; a first-person, party-based role-playing game that features turn-based combat, with a focus on the story and character development. Developed by fully independent developer and publisher G3 Studios in Southern California, and spearheaded by veteran game designer/producer Guido Henkel (Planescape: Torment, Realms of Arkania … Continue reading First Screenshots For New FPRPG From Planescape: Torment & Fallout II Designer/Producer →

F1 2013 – PC Performance Analysis

Posted on: 07 Oct 2013

Back in 2011, we claimed that F1 2011 was a title suffering from various performance issues. Due to its multi-platform nature, F1 2011 handled some graphical features via the CPU and there was no performance difference between a tri-core and a quad-core CPU. Not only that, but the performance difference between a dual-core and a … Continue reading F1 2013 – PC Performance Analysis →

DSOGaming Giveaway – Win A Plantronics RIG Gaming Headset with Custom Mixer (US Only Contest) – Winner Announced

Posted on: 06 Oct 2013

It’s been a while since our last giveaway, don’t you think? Well, this weekend we are giving away a Plantronics RIG Gaming Headset with Custom Mixer. Before continuing, let us be crystal clear about this contest – this contest is only for our US readers. Ayzenberg – who was kind enough to provide us with … Continue reading DSOGaming Giveaway – Win A Plantronics RIG Gaming Headset with Custom Mixer (US Only Contest) – Winner Announced →

AMD Aims To Give OpenGL A Big Boost, “API Won’t Be The Bottleneck”

Posted on: 06 Oct 2013

Well, you gotta love AMD and its engineers. Mantle looks – in paper – amazing, however that’s not the only thing the red team is currently working on. According to Graham Sellers, OpenGL guy at AMD, the red team will be supporting this open API with some high performance extensions that will offer almost similar … Continue reading AMD Aims To Give OpenGL A Big Boost, “API Won’t Be The Bottleneck” →

Next-Gen Visuals Displayed By CRYENGINE Modders

Posted on: 06 Oct 2013

Next-Gen era is almost upon us and CRYENGINE modders have been hard at work displaying what next-gen games can look like with Crytek’s proprietary engine. Therefore, today we bring you new shots from modders Fede3d, Kristusea, leleuxart, Maximum-Dev, Novation, ReVan1199, Sawkol and tpotpro38. We’ve also included a poster image from the upcoming CRYENGINE-powered title, Jurassic Park Operations. It’s really amazing what … Continue reading Next-Gen Visuals Displayed By CRYENGINE Modders →

New TitanFall Footage Unveiled During EB Games Expo 2013

Posted on: 06 Oct 2013

During EB Expo 2013, Respawn Community Manager, Abbie Heppe, presented some new gameplay footage of TitanFall. TitanFall looks impressive and fun. The player’s movement – in particular – is really smooth and ideal for a fast paced title. Respawn may very well be able to top COD, as TitanFall is packed with some great ideas. … Continue reading New TitanFall Footage Unveiled During EB Games Expo 2013 →

Project CARS Keeps Impressing Us With Its Visuals – New Community Screenshots

Posted on: 06 Oct 2013

Ah, the beauty of Project CARS. It’s not stretch to say that Slightly Mad Studios’ racer looks more impressive than all the upcoming next-gen racing games, meaning that it sports visuals better than those of Forza 5. Truth be told, Slightly Mad Studios will have more time to tweak, adjust and enhance its title as … Continue reading Project CARS Keeps Impressing Us With Its Visuals – New Community Screenshots →

Rejoice Dino Fans – GTA V’s Easter Egg Shows Dinosaurs, Shadow Warrior Features Godzilla

Posted on: 05 Oct 2013

Well, we can’t deny that we are huge fans of dinosaurs. I mean, is there anyone who does not love those lovely prehistoric creatures (bet Ian Malcolm is definitely not liking them at all, but that’s irrelevant)? So anyway, a teaser trailer for the new Godzilla movie got leaked yesterday. It looked surprisingly good, thus … Continue reading Rejoice Dino Fans – GTA V’s Easter Egg Shows Dinosaurs, Shadow Warrior Features Godzilla →

PlanetSide 2 – Operation: Make Faster Game – Episode 3

Posted on: 05 Oct 2013

Sony Online Entertainment has released a new video for PlanetSide 2 that focuses on the team’s attempts to further optimize its title. In episode 3 of Operation: Make Faster game we introduce you to Alex Hoffman, an Associate Programmer for PlanetSide 2. Alex’s role in improving optimization is to work on the Bot client tool … Continue reading PlanetSide 2 – Operation: Make Faster Game – Episode 3 →