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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Weekly Top 10 PC Charts; UK PC Retail and Steam Digital Charts [March 3rd – 9th]
Posted on: 11 Mar 2013
The latest Top 10 PC charts have been revealed and as we can see, ArmA 3 and SimCity are the best selling titles on Steam’s digital and UK’s retail PC charts. Despite its server issues, SimCity has managed to claim this week’s top place, followed by The Sims 3: University Life and Tomb Raider. What … Continue reading Weekly Top 10 PC Charts; UK PC Retail and Steam Digital Charts [March 3rd – 9th]
Tomb Raider – First PC Update Finally Released
Posted on: 11 Mar 2013
Good news for all Tomb Raider PC fans as Nixxes has released the first patch for it. This is the same patch that was introduced later this week, but was almost immediately taken down due to some stability issues. According to its changelog, this patch addresses some stability and startup issues on machines that have … Continue reading Tomb Raider – First PC Update Finally Released
Sniper: Ghost Warrior Sales Are Over 3 Million
Posted on: 11 Mar 2013
Even though City Interactive has not revealed the latest sales numbers of Sniper: Ghost Warrior, GameStop revealed that City Interactive’s first sniper title has managed to sell over 3 million copies worldwide. Naturally, this cannot come close to the sales of other triple-A, however we have to keep in mind that City Interactive was never … Continue reading Sniper: Ghost Warrior Sales Are Over 3 Million
Darkwood – Pre-Alpha Gameplay Trailer
Posted on: 10 Mar 2013
Acid Wizard Studio (a team of 3 people from Poland) has released a pre-alpha gameplay trailer for its upcoming title, Darkwood. According to the team, Darkwood is a top-down, oldschool survival horror set in a procedurally generated, open world, and features RPG and roguelike elements, with intense combat and a eerie atmosphere. Darkwood features a hardcore … Continue reading Darkwood – Pre-Alpha Gameplay Trailer
Outerra Engine Shows Off Gorgeous Outdoor Environment
Posted on: 10 Mar 2013
YouTube’s member ‘luishi5000’ has created a gorgeous outdoor environment with the Outerra Engine. luishi5000 made these structures to show off the potential scale of models in Outerra, and these models have baked in ambient occlusion. The total polygon count on the models (combined) is about ~400,000 (triangles) and this scene runs with 60fps at 1080p with … Continue reading Outerra Engine Shows Off Gorgeous Outdoor Environment
Weekly UDK Gallery [March 3rd – 9th]; this is what Aliens: Colonial Marines should look like
Posted on: 10 Mar 2013
It’s really amazing witnessing such detailed environments from 3D artists that surpass those of triple-A titles. Shaun Baker has created a gorgeous environment that is based on the Aliens franchise, an environment that puts to shame those featured in Aliens: Colonial Marines. Imagine if Gearbox’s title looked like that. Man, now that would be awesome. … Continue reading Weekly UDK Gallery [March 3rd – 9th]; this is what Aliens: Colonial Marines should look like
Weekly CryEngine 3 Gallery [March 3rd – 9th]; Bioshock & Halo In CryEngine 3
Posted on: 10 Mar 2013
Today we bring you new shots from 3D artists and CryEngine 3 modders Glode, scotthomer, Rens, chicken, QuadReaktor, ReVan1199, EliteGhost and i59. The highlight of this week is undoubtedly scotthomer’s finished Bioshock environment, as well as Rens’ finished environment based on Bungie’s Halo. These two guys will be featured in the next issue of the online Vertex … Continue reading Weekly CryEngine 3 Gallery [March 3rd – 9th]; Bioshock & Halo In CryEngine 3
Empire Eden is an interesting 2D side-scroller ‘Run n Gun’ RPG, Kickstarter ends in 17 days
Posted on: 10 Mar 2013
As said and in the past, we love 2D games. And we are happy to inform you today about an interesting 2D side-scroller RPG called Empire Eden. Empire Eden is being developed by a small trio of dedicated game enthusiasts, a team that has recently launched a Kickstarter campaign for its title. This campaign goal’s … Continue reading Empire Eden is an interesting 2D side-scroller ‘Run n Gun’ RPG, Kickstarter ends in 17 days
DayZ Standalone – 20 Minutes Of Gameplay Footage
Posted on: 10 Mar 2013
Dean “Rocket” Hall has released a new devblog for the standalone version of DayZ, showcasing 20 minutes of gameplay footage. DayZ Standalone features better visuals than its mod counterpart, though we can see all known ‘issues’ that are present in Bohemia’s ArmA titles – like low-res blurry textures at the distance and flickering objects. Naturally, … Continue reading DayZ Standalone – 20 Minutes Of Gameplay Footage
Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 – First Details Revealed
Posted on: 10 Mar 2013
The latest issue of EDGE has been sent to subscribers and thankfully, some of them have shared the first information about Konami’s upcoming soccer title. The good news is that the game is based on the FOX Engine, however it is considered now as a new engine due to Konami’s tweaks and enhancements. The game … Continue reading Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 – First Details Revealed