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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New Dying Light Video Focuses On The Game’s Lighting Techniques
Posted on: 18 Nov 2013
Techland and Warner Bros released today a new video for Dying Light, giving us a deeper look at the technology behind it. With the next generation of consoles upon us, Techland harnessed the added power to develop a physically based lighting system using its in-house Chrome Engine 6. This allows them to not only create … Continue reading New Dying Light Video Focuses On The Game’s Lighting Techniques
Rumor Alert – Bethesda Trademarks Fallout 4
Posted on: 18 Nov 2013
The Wikipedia section for the Fallout franchise has spotted an interesting trademark registration from Bethesda. According to the website, Bethesda has filed a trademark for Fallout 4. Fallout Wikipedia has also provided some evidence from those claims, and as we can clearly see, Bethesda has indeed trademarked the Fallout 4 name.
Report: Need For Speed: Rivals Is Locked At 30FPS On The PC
Posted on: 17 Nov 2013
A couple of months ago, we posted a story regarding the framerate of Need For Speed Rivals PC. As the development team noted back then, all versions of the game would be locked at 30fps. However, last month TeamVVV claimed that the framerate on the PC version of Need For Speed: Rivals was unlocked. Well, … Continue reading Report: Need For Speed: Rivals Is Locked At 30FPS On The PC
Mod Brings GTA 5’s Special Abilities And Features To GTA IV
Posted on: 17 Nov 2013
Our reader ‘Jonathan Gustafsson’ has informed us about a new mod for GTA IV that brings to it GTA 5’s special abilities and features. This mod is created by JulioNIB and features the special abilities from GTA 5, including the ‘wasted’ screen and GTA 5’s ‘weird jump punch animation.’ The mod will be available shortly from JulioNIB’s … Continue reading Mod Brings GTA 5’s Special Abilities And Features To GTA IV
DSOGaming – Rain Blood Chronicles: Mirage – First 25 Minutes Playthrough
Posted on: 17 Nov 2013
Back in June we informed you about Mirage; a cinematic title that mixes classic slash-em-up gameplay in a stylized Chinese setting. According to its description, Rain Blood Chronicles: Mirage (as that’s its full title) captures the essence of a broad genre of Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists. Origo Games has sent us a review … Continue reading DSOGaming – Rain Blood Chronicles: Mirage – First 25 Minutes Playthrough
What If Doom Was Created With Today’s Standards
Posted on: 16 Nov 2013
Rage3D’s member ‘ChubZ’ (also known on YouTube as ‘Chubzdoomer’) has released a new part of his amazing ‘If Doom was done today’ series. These clips gives us an idea of what id Software’s classic shooter would look like with today’s standards. As you can easily notice, it’s a completely different game that may appeal to … Continue reading What If Doom Was Created With Today’s Standards
Indie Action Adventure Space Shooter “Kromaia” Gets A Public Demo
Posted on: 16 Nov 2013
Kraken Empire has released a public demo for its upcoming action adventure shooter, Kromaia. Kromaia is described as a unique renewal of the space shooter genre. Kromaia features a surprising blend between the arcade cabinet flavour and the total freedom of open world adventures.
Ultra Street Fighter IV Coming In April 2014, No ETA Yet About The PC Build
Posted on: 16 Nov 2013
Capcom has announced that its latest version of Street Fighter IV, Ultra Street Fighter IV, will hit arcades in Japan in April 2014, with the digital download versions for North American and European consoles coming soon after. And even though Ultra Street Fighter IV is coming to the PC, there is no ETA yet for … Continue reading Ultra Street Fighter IV Coming In April 2014, No ETA Yet About The PC Build
DayZ Standalone – 10 Minutes Of New Gameplay Footage
Posted on: 16 Nov 2013
Dean Hall has released a new video for the standalone version of DayZ, featuring ten minutes of raw, unedited, gameplay footage. As Hall noted, there are noticeable bugs in this video as the game has not entered yet its alpha stage. DayZ Standalone is a game being developed by Bohemia Interactive along with Dean Hall, who are … Continue reading DayZ Standalone – 10 Minutes Of New Gameplay Footage
Arauna2 Introduced – New Path Tracer Engine That Uses Nvidia’s CUDA
Posted on: 16 Nov 2013
Our reader ‘ihatedisqus3’ has also informed us about a new path tracer engine called Arauna2. Arauna2 is the successor to the CPU-based Arauna real-time ray tracer. It uses GPU path tracing to render scenes with global illumination and depth of field, at a speed that enables real-time previewing: during camera movement, images are noisy, but … Continue reading Arauna2 Introduced – New Path Tracer Engine That Uses Nvidia’s CUDA