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." Contact: Email

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Darksiders II: Arena Mode Sneak Peak Trailer

Posted on: 13 Aug 2012

THQ has released a new trailer in which Lead Combat Designer, Ben Cureton, introduces us to the Arena mode within Darksiders II. The Arena Mode of Darksiders II will feature 100 waves of combat (in total) and players will be given the choice of taking a price after completing five waves, or risking everything and continuing for … Continue reading Darksiders II: Arena Mode Sneak Peak Trailer

Weekly Top 10 PC Charts; UK PC Retail and Steam Digital Charts [August 5th – 11th]

Posted on: 13 Aug 2012

The latest Top 10 PC charts have been revealed and as we can see, The Sims 3 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive are the best selling titles for the PC. UK’s Retail PC Charts have not changed much. In fact, its first 6 titles have managed to retain their places. Battlefield 3 has lost one place, … Continue reading Weekly Top 10 PC Charts; UK PC Retail and Steam Digital Charts [August 5th – 11th]

Dr. Mario – Episodes #3 and #4

Posted on: 13 Aug 2012

The Country Club have released the third and fourth episode of their video game web-series that is based on Dr. Mario. Jaded, ‘House’-like DR. MARIO must deal with a new videogame character’s malady every episode, all while trying to dealing with his supervisor, DR. HAGGAR, by-the-book DR. ZELDA, and his arch-nemesis (and patient) … BOWSER. … Continue reading Dr. Mario – Episodes #3 and #4

This is what Brothers In Arms would look like in real life

Posted on: 13 Aug 2012

There is no doubt that Brothers in Arms is an amazing World War II video game series but have you ever wondered what this game would look like in real life? Well, time to find out. Freddie Wong and his team have created an amazing WW2 first-person short film that will immediately remind you of … Continue reading This is what Brothers In Arms would look like in real life

Video Game High School – Episodes 6-9

Posted on: 13 Aug 2012

The first season of VGHS has come to an end and – as promised – its last four episodes can be viewed below. In other news, the second season of ‘Megan-Man Dies at the End’ has started but we won’t share any videos from it. When the season comes to an end, we will gather … Continue reading Video Game High School – Episodes 6-9

CryEngine 3.4.1 SDK coming “real soon”, won’t support the features of CryEngine 3 PLUS

Posted on: 13 Aug 2012

It seems we have more Crysis 2 / CryEngine 3 news to share today. Crytek revealed that a new version of its CE3 SDK is coming real soon. When a fan asked Crytek when will we be getting CryEngine 3.4.1, the company responded and said that they’ ve gotten over “a few hurdles these last … Continue reading CryEngine 3.4.1 SDK coming “real soon”, won’t support the features of CryEngine 3 PLUS

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.