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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Crysis 2 Machinima – The Extinction Episode #1
Posted on: 13 Aug 2012
Louis ‘shados’ Thomann has created an interesting Crysis 2 machinima movie, called The Extinction. This machinima is based on Crysis 2 and tells a different story, in which the US army didn’t win the war against the alien invasion. According to Louis, The Extinction is the first episode of an incredible Post-Apocalyptic Series, that takes places … Continue reading Crysis 2 Machinima – The Extinction Episode #1
Crytek cancelled a game that looked similar to Naughty Dog’s The Last Of Us
Posted on: 12 Aug 2012
Crytek’s nanosuit FPS appeared on the PC in 2007. Although it was a graphical masterpiece and was criticized by some PC gamers for its system requirements, it was profitable and made the company realize that it had something good on its hands. But did you know that Crytek was also developing – back in 2008 – … Continue reading Crytek cancelled a game that looked similar to Naughty Dog’s The Last Of Us
Weekly CryEngine 3 Gallery [August 5th – 11th]; CE3 achieves photorealism with Puppy’s tropical level
Posted on: 12 Aug 2012
Today we bring you new shots from modders the_grim, Puppy, Synce, airage, hostilis, TheChan, axeldev, sunnlok, walid-payne and Thomy. Our highlight this week is Puppy’s tropical level. In all honesty, CryEngine 3 has achieved photorealism with this tropical shot from Puppy and we can’t wait till we get our games looking like that. What’s really amazing … Continue reading Weekly CryEngine 3 Gallery [August 5th – 11th]; CE3 achieves photorealism with Puppy’s tropical level
Doom 3 gets overhauled once again and looks as good as most modern-day games
Posted on: 11 Aug 2012
Remember those amazing screenshots from Doom 3? Well, great news everyone as Wulfen has released a new version of his Texture Pack, that includes all of them. As the modder described, he remade over 500 new textures in the past and this new, 2.0, version features new, improved and more polished textures.
GTAIV – Desert Storm Map may be one of the coolest GTA IV mods; buries Liberty City in… sand
Posted on: 11 Aug 2012
You gotta love modders and mappers. You see, the reason why we need mod tools is because PC gamers can come up with some amazing ideas. Take for example nine30’s Desert Storm Map. This map buries Liberty City in sand and makes the game quite enjoyable. Remember how much fun you had running and jumping in Motocross … Continue reading GTAIV – Desert Storm Map may be one of the coolest GTA IV mods; buries Liberty City in… sand
Voxel-based strategy game ‘Castle Story’ gets a new gameplay demonstration
Posted on: 11 Aug 2012
Sauropod Studio is developing a new voxel game, called Castle Story. Castle Story is a voxel-based creative strategy game about building castles brick by brick and defending them against enemies. This will definitely remind you of Minecraft as it is obviously inspired by Notch’s title. Your goal will be to explore a vast landscape full … Continue reading Voxel-based strategy game ‘Castle Story’ gets a new gameplay demonstration
Weekly Skyrim Gallery [August 5th – 11th]
Posted on: 11 Aug 2012
Skyrim fans, today we bring you new screenshots from modders HelloStranger, Dystortion, kaldaar, VictoriaG, devona80, evok99, kailay, xxxnomadexxx, xAltOvOltajex, kruaka27, trustinall, flummox, BlakkPhoenixx, pnkrd, JUNO1, MaxT, Kyokushinoyama, Shunreal, dryna, joshx336, and JoPineapples68.
Top-down racing games come back to life with Real World Racing
Posted on: 10 Aug 2012
Playstos Entertainment informed us about its upcoming top-down racing game, Real World Racing. According to the press release, Real World Racing is a realistic racing game for PC with a unique top-down view, set in some of the greatest cities of the world, including Rome, Paris, London, Berlin and many others.
Warframe could very well be the best and coolest F2P title… ever
Posted on: 10 Aug 2012
Digital Extremes has released a new, alpha trailer for Warframe. Warframe is a cooperative 3rd-person action free-to-play game from the makers of The Darkness 2 and the upcoming Star Trek video game. It looks like Mass Effect 3 on steroids and is packed with lots of action. This is definitely a triple-A looking game and might … Continue reading Warframe could very well be the best and coolest F2P title… ever
XCOM: Enemy Unknown Sports Specific PC UI Features
Posted on: 10 Aug 2012
Good news for XCOM fans as Firaxis will include specific UI features in the PC version of XCOM: Enemy Unknown. According to lead designer, Jake Solomon, PC gamers will be able to zoom in and out on the battlefield, a feature that will be present only on the PC version. XCOM: Enemy Unknown on consoles … Continue reading XCOM: Enemy Unknown Sports Specific PC UI Features