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Jacob Chambers

Old-school gamer with a cheeky tongue that gets me in trouble. When I'm not playing games, I'm writing about them, preferably in the vicinity of a fridge! Oh, and if you're a Justin Bieber fan, I'm afraid we can't be friends!

Watch Dogs – Consoles vs. PC settings

Ubisoft revealed the difference between the graphical fidelity gamers will get on consoles vs. the PC in Watch Dogs. It seems that both Xbox One and PlayStation 4 will run at the same level of graphical settings, the only difference being the resolution at which the game runs. PC gamers on the other hand have a choice in all this. ...

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SingStar returns on PS4 and PS3

Sony just confirmed that the SingStar series will return on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3. The SingStar karaoke game craze debuted on PlayStation 2 and continued well into PlayStation 3’s lifecycle, only to be transformed into a free-to-play service in recent years. It seems that the PlayStation 4 installment in the series will return to the series’ roots of standalone ...

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Translator app Word Lens is now free

If the price of Word Lens, the real time translating app, is what kept you away from it, you should be happy to hear that it is now completely free. Google has bought the company behind it, Quest Visual, and made both the app and the in-app language packs free for everyone. This means that you can now download Word Lens ...

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Batman: Arkham Knight – Gameplay Trailer

The moment we’ve been waiting for is here. We’ve seen all kind of still images from Batman: Arkham Knight in the last few months, but Warner Bros. finally decided to show us in-game moving footage. The end result does not disappoint, this being the result of three years of work at the Rocksteady studio. We see some of the villains we’ll ...

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Assassin’s Creed Pirates ported to Internet Explorer

Assassin’s Creed Pirates is a mobile spin-off for the series, featuring naval based gameplay. The game released in December of last year for $4.99 on mobile platforms, and now Ubisoft and Microsoft have partnered up to bring the game to Internet Explorer. Although this is not the full Assassin’s Creed Pirates experience, the purpose of this version is to prove ...

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Worms Battlegrounds releasing at the end of May

Team17 announced that the next installment in the popular Worms franchise will launch at the end of the month. Worms Battlegrounds is set to release on both PS4 and Xbox One, and it will be one of the few indie titles that will be available on Microsoft’s console. The game will go on sale on both digital stores, and it will be ...

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OwnFone launches in the UK with Braille buttons

The world’s first braille mobile phone, the OwnFone, has been officially launched in the United Kingdom. Considering how far we’ve come in terms of technology, you would assume that such a device targeted at the visually impaired would already be on the market, but it seems that was not the case until now. OwnFone, a company that specializes in such ...

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Android Silver to replace Nexus

It seems that Google’s Nexus line of products is on the way out if rumors are to be trusted. Evleaks, a leaker that has been right many times before, revealed that Google wants to replace Nexus with a new brand called “Android Silver”. Although the first Silver devices are scheduled to launch at the beginning of next year (February), it ...

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iPad Mini Retina vs. Xiaomi Mi Pad – Premium small tablets

Yesterday, Xiaomi announced it’s first tablet, and it seems to be aiming for the iPad Mini Retina fans, with similar form factor, screen and with a beefed up hardware. We’ve decided to do a little theoretical comparison between the two, to see which one could win in a face-off, at least on paper. While the iPad Mini Retina has been ...

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