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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Posts by John Papadopoulos:
Diablo III – No D2-like map, achievements and characters will be wiped, 300k peak concurrent users
Posted on: 23 Apr 2012
Blizzard’s community manager, Bashiok, has shared some interesting new information about the open beta weekend of Diablo III and the features that will be supported in the final version of the game. According to Bashiok, Diablo III had 300k peak concurrent users. Truth be told, we’d expected to see more concurrent users as Diablo III … Continue reading Diablo III – No D2-like map, achievements and characters will be wiped, 300k peak concurrent users
Avatar comes to CryEngine 2 with ‘My Little Pandora’
Posted on: 22 Apr 2012
Crysis modder ‘thib7861’ has released an interesting new map for Crytek’s gem. This map features custom assets and promises to bring James Cameron’s Avatar to CryEngine 2. The map is called ‘My Little Pandora’ and its concept is to bring Fun, non-violent video game that mixes adventure, action, and puts in correlation beautiful music with … Continue reading Avatar comes to CryEngine 2 with ‘My Little Pandora’
Battlefield 3 meets Minecraft in Battlecraft 3
Posted on: 22 Apr 2012
YouTube’s member ‘avemagnadude’ created an interesting mashup between Minecraft and Battlefield 3, called Battlecraft 3. Battlecraft 3 shows how Battlefield 3’s trailer would look like in Minecraft and looks blocktastic. Make sure to watch it because this is something truly unique. Enjoy!
Sonic 2 HD Is Cancelled
Posted on: 22 Apr 2012
Before jumping to early conclusions, no. SEGA did not send a C&D message to Team S2HD. According to the official statement that was posted on Sonic 2 HD’s Facebook page, the project is cancelled because the team’s lead programmer has not provided them with any DRM-free version of S2HD and because he hasn’t communicated with … Continue reading Sonic 2 HD Is Cancelled
Sonic 4: Episode 2 leaked on Steam, new footage surfaced
Posted on: 22 Apr 2012
Man, this is really something truly… awkward. A couple of hours ago, a beta version of Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2 has been released on sale. Naturally, SEGA and Valve were quick enough to react and restore things, however some lucky guys got to play it and recorded some new footage from it. Below … Continue reading Sonic 4: Episode 2 leaked on Steam, new footage surfaced
Weekly GTA IV Gallery [April 15th – 21st]
Posted on: 22 Apr 2012
Today we bring you new shots of various custom ENBSeries settings and upcoming car models from modders A Z I Z, DenDi333, jin.dot.gae1, schakusa, brk_97, xFAKE, NaidRaida, Rone, King of K, legacyy, Nyze.One, Lil’Q and DarK64. As always, we decided to include only those images that looked great and beyond anything we’ve seen so far so go … Continue reading Weekly GTA IV Gallery [April 15th – 21st]
Weekly CryEngine 3 Gallery [April 15th – 21st]; Judge Dredd invades CryEngine 3
Posted on: 22 Apr 2012
Crysis 2’s community is really talented. This week, we bring you some drooling new shots from the works of modders Tom Yum 72, ReVan1199, d1ea, chicken, promuckaj, THEAWESOMEKZONE, Saha1992, blackhorizon and Smilieni. All of the following shots are looking amazing but that Judge Dredd images from modder The_Distiller are beyond words. Oh, and that dragon from … Continue reading Weekly CryEngine 3 Gallery [April 15th – 21st]; Judge Dredd invades CryEngine 3
Crysis 3 will be a spiritual successor to Crysis 1, will look better on PC, will support all kinds of AA methods
Posted on: 22 Apr 2012
While we are waiting for the first proper gameplay trailer of Crysis 3, both Crytek’s CEO and the Principal R&D Graphics Programmer at Crytek have decided to share some new information about it. First and foremost, Crysis 3 is said to be a spiritual successor in gameplay to Crysis 1 instead of Crysis 2. This … Continue reading Crysis 3 will be a spiritual successor to Crysis 1, will look better on PC, will support all kinds of AA methods
Max Payne 3 – Official TV Commercial
Posted on: 21 Apr 2012
Rockstar has released the official TV commercial for their upcoming third person shooter game, Max Payne 3. This video was premiered during last night’s Lakers/Spurs game on ESPN, and will begin airing internationally over the next week. Max Payne 3 is currently slated for a June 1st release on the PC and is available right … Continue reading Max Payne 3 – Official TV Commercial
DiRT Showdown is now available for pre-order on Steam; comes with a 10% discount
Posted on: 21 Apr 2012
We’re pretty sure that there are a lot of arcade racing fans that want to get their hands on Codemasters’ racer, DiRT Showdown. Well, although you’ll have to wait almost a month until you get your hands on it, the game is currently available for pre-order on Steam and comes with a 10% discount. Not only … Continue reading DiRT Showdown is now available for pre-order on Steam; comes with a 10% discount