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 [February 12th – 18th]
Posted on: 20 Feb 2012
The UK PC Charts have just been revealed and as we can see, Football Manager 2012 is once again at the top place, followed by The Sims 3: Pets and The Sims 3. Star Wars: The Old Republic is losing places each and every week, whereas Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning has lost eight places. This week’s … Continue reading Weekly Top 10 PC Charts; UK PC Retail and Steam Digital Charts [February 12th – 18th]
Mass Effect 3: ‘Take Earth Back’ Full Trailer
Posted on: 20 Feb 2012
BioWare and Electronic Arts have released the full version of the CGI ‘Take Earth Back’ trailer for Mass Effect 3. As with all CGI trailers, it will make you wish we had this kind of visuals in our games. Perhaps sometime we will. Perhaps not. Either way, take a look at this trailer below and … Continue reading Mass Effect 3: ‘Take Earth Back’ Full Trailer
Alan Wake PC – Exploring Bright Falls Walkthrough Video
Posted on: 19 Feb 2012
Now this is really interesting. YouTube’s member ‘xKyleN’ uploaded an amazing video walkthrough of Alan Wake’s Bright Fall. Players could not explore this town and what’s really interesting here is that this town is actually detailed and polished. Remedy has stated that Alan Wake was never meant to be an open-world game but this walkthrough … Continue reading Alan Wake PC – Exploring Bright Falls Walkthrough Video
Dear Esther Comparison – 2008 Mod version vs 2011 Commercial version
Posted on: 19 Feb 2012
YouTube’s member ‘SirCrest’ has created an interesting comparison video between the original mod project and the fully fledged commercial remake of Dear Esther. Developed by The Chinese Room and the talented Robert Briscoe, Dear Esther is a ghost story, told using first-person gaming technologies. Rather than traditional gameplay, the focus here is on exploration, uncovering the mystery … Continue reading Dear Esther Comparison – 2008 Mod version vs 2011 Commercial version
Hilarious take on Prince of Persia; Real Prince of Persia Parody
Posted on: 19 Feb 2012
Prince of Persia was such a classic title but who can forget that awful stopping animation, right? Or the fact that you could die so easily from a fall. Therefore, it comes as no surprise to see a parody about it. Karahat is a new Israeli comedy group that went ahead and created the following real-life … Continue reading Hilarious take on Prince of Persia; Real Prince of Persia Parody
Alan Wake PC Performance Analysis
Posted on: 19 Feb 2012
Alan Wake is a game that a lot of PC gamers have been waiting for. Some people think that the game changed from an open-world title to a linear horror action adventure due to X360’s exclusivity, but that is not true. First, we’ve seen open-world titles in X360 so Remedy wouldn’t have any – technical … Continue reading Alan Wake PC Performance Analysis
Starbreeze admits that it wanted more time with Syndicate, still proud of the end result
Posted on: 19 Feb 2012
If there is one thing we hate in the gaming industry, that’s definitely when publishers are pushing developers hard to hit their deadlines. Publishers should give developers the freedom to create whatever they have in mind, otherwise the end result could turn out to be mediocre, unpolished and horribly rushed out. And it seems that … Continue reading Starbreeze admits that it wanted more time with Syndicate, still proud of the end result
Alan Wake PC – First patch will address SLI issues and mouse acceleration/smoothing
Posted on: 19 Feb 2012
Alan Wake PC has been released and Remedy is already looking into the various bugs/issues that have not been fixed yet. As we’ve told you, SLI is broken and although Nvidia have stated that they have a proper SLI profile for it, the green team decided to not release it as there are some SLI … Continue reading Alan Wake PC – First patch will address SLI issues and mouse acceleration/smoothing
Primal Carnage – DirectX 11 Preview Video
Posted on: 19 Feb 2012
Primal Carnage is an online multiplayer game of dinosaur vs. human and EVGA has revealed a new preview video for it. This preview shows the T-Rex model rendered in DirectX 11 vs. DirectX 9. DX11 tessellation is used on the T-Rex model as well as the ground, also Real Time Subsurface Scattering is used on … Continue reading Primal Carnage – DirectX 11 Preview Video
Weekly CryEngine 3 Gallery [February 12th – 18th]
Posted on: 19 Feb 2012
This week, Crysis 2 modders have been experimenting with various TOD’s and as we can see below, they came up with some interesting shots. One of them looks simply amazing and that’s from modder chicken. Crysis has never looked as good as this and proves the difference that a polished TOD can make. But that is … Continue reading Weekly CryEngine 3 Gallery [February 12th – 18th]