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:
Mage Gauntlet; Meet a brand new 16bit RPG from Rocketcat Games
Posted on: 24 Sep 2011
Seriously now, I can’t be the only one who adores those 16bit Snes action RPG’s. Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy, Secret of Mana, Breath of Fire, Secret of Evermore… just let me make a confession; I love them. Yeah, I’m a PC gamer but my roots are from console and damn do I miss those JRPGs. So, … Continue reading Mage Gauntlet; Meet a brand new 16bit RPG from Rocketcat Games
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad – New Update Released
Posted on: 24 Sep 2011
Tripwire released yesterday a new update for their FPS multiplayer military sim game, Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad. This latest update offers significantly improved VOIP system and client performance optimizations and will be auto-downloaded next time you start the Steam client. It’s great that Tripwire is fixing this bug-fest, so hopefully we’ll see more … Continue reading Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad – New Update Released
Crysis 2 – More comparison shots between MaLDo’s textures and Crytek’s DX11 High-Resolution Texture Pack
Posted on: 24 Sep 2011
As MaLDo’s latest texture pack is almost upon us, the modder decided to post some new comparison shots between his work and Crytek’s DX11 High-Resolution Texture Pack. The difference is quite noticeable and among other things, MaLDo decided to optimize some scenes. You can view a set of comparison shots after the jump.
Warhammer 40K: Space Marine PC Patch Released
Posted on: 24 Sep 2011
THQ released the first patch for their third person action game that is based on Warhammer’s universe, Warhammer 40K: Space Marine. According to the company, this patch is aimed at addressing some of the issues that the community has reported since the game’s launch. THQ and Relic are also working towards another patch to tackle more … Continue reading Warhammer 40K: Space Marine PC Patch Released
Deus Ex: Human Revolution – New Update Released
Posted on: 24 Sep 2011
Square Enix released yesterday a new update for their acclaimed first person action adventure RPG, Deus Ex: Human Revolution. This update will be auto-downloaded next time you start the Steam client and – among other things – fixes crashes when examining quest items and a specific issue that caused performance degradation for some DX9 players in the 1.2.630 … Continue reading Deus Ex: Human Revolution – New Update Released
F1 2011 PC Performance Analysis
Posted on: 24 Sep 2011
Codemasters has just released the latest version of their F1 game. One of our biggest complains about F1’s previous version was the fact that it wasn’t optimized at all on the PC. Contrary to Grid or Colin McRae series, F1 2010 didn’t perform as we’d expect and was CPU bound. We were expecting Codies to … Continue reading F1 2011 PC Performance Analysis
Serious Sam 3: BFE Help Line with Rich Knuckles – Episode Three
Posted on: 21 Sep 2011
Devolver released the third and final part of their Serious Sam 3: BFE Help Line with Rich Knuckles. Serious Sam 3: BFE is a glorious throwback to the golden age of first-person shooters where men were men, cover was for amateurs and pulling the trigger made things go boom.
Diablo III Beta Is Now Live
Posted on: 20 Sep 2011
Well, it took Blizzard a whole day – after the release of the hacked server – but get ready everyone and start checking your emails because the closed beta phase of Diablo III is officially live. Now. Invitations to participate in the beta test are now being delivered to the chosen heroes. As with beta tests … Continue reading Diablo III Beta Is Now Live
Crytek’s ‘Think Inside & Outside The Box’ Competition Winners Announced + Screenshots
Posted on: 20 Sep 2011
Crytek announced today the winners of its first CryDev’s official competition and we have some screenshots of these winning maps. Coming in at number 3 is The Vulture with his Cry-Museum, a map that is basically a room of small cabinets with Crysis assets scaled down and made into small scenes. At number 2 is … Continue reading Crytek’s ‘Think Inside & Outside The Box’ Competition Winners Announced + Screenshots
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations Video Q&A Set 2 – Altair and Ezio related… one way or another
Posted on: 20 Sep 2011
Ubisoft has just released a new Q&A video, in which Assassin’s Creed: Revelations’ lead scriptwriter, Darby McDevitt, reveals the relationship between Altair and Ezio. Altair and Ezio are not in the same exact plotline and are not related directly but they come from different bloodlines. Think of it as Ezio coming from Desmond’s father side while Altair coming … Continue reading Assassin’s Creed: Revelations Video Q&A Set 2 – Altair and Ezio related… one way or another