James Lara, Author at MP1st

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James Lara

A gamer at heart, James has been working for MP1st for the last decade to do exactly what he loves, writing about video games and having fun doing it. Growing up in the 90's gaming has been in his DNA since the days of NES. One day he hopes to develop his own game.

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Metal Gear Online – Why It’s Being Developed In America And Not Japan

by James Lara

12 years ago

Metal Gear Online is making a return in Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain, and despite it being a large ...

Dark Souls 2 Comes To PC On April 25, Prologue Trailer Released

by James Lara

12 years ago

With Dark Souls 2 releasing in less than a week on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, today Namco Bandai revealed that the ...

Killzone: Shadowfall First Expansion “The Insurgent Pack” Detailed, New Weapons, Class, And More

by James Lara

12 years ago

With the recent release of two free Multiplayer Maps, Guerrilla Games has now announced the first paid expansion pack for ...

Report – Driveclub Release Date Revealed?

by James Lara

12 years ago

Originally planned to launch alongside the PlayStation 4, Driveclub may now finally have its long awaited release date. User 100mph of ...

PlayStation Plus March Preview – Dead Nation, Tomb Raider, and More

by James Lara

12 years ago

It’s time for another preview for March’s PS+ North American Lineup. Sony’s official PS Blog lists a ...

Naughty Dog – A The Last of Us Sequel is “50/50”, Working on Final Multiplayer DLC and ‘Maybe Someting Else’

by James Lara

12 years ago

Naughty Dog’s Neil Druckmann and Bruce Stanley held a Reddit AMA a few days ago, revealing some details on ...

The Last of Us 2 Multiplayer – What We Want

by James Lara

12 years ago

We loved The Last of Us’ multiplayer. So much so, it earned third place in our top list of 2013 multiplayer ...

Dark Souls 2 – Hollow Lullaby Trailer

by James Lara

12 years ago

While a bit over the top with the voice-over, this new Dark Souls 2 trailer seeps out the memories of old ...

Naughty Dog Teasing Something For This Spring? Possibly Final The Last of Us DLC

by James Lara

12 years ago

It seems that Naughty Dog may be hinting at a reveal some time this Spring, according to a possible hint ...

The Last of Us Patch 1.06 Brings Balancing Tweaks, Network Fixes, New Trophies, and More

by James Lara

12 years ago

A new patch for The Last of Us is set to deploy later today. With it comes DLC support for ...

Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. Full Boost Releases For The PS3 And It’ll Probably Never Be Localized

by James Lara

12 years ago

A game that many of you probably don’t even know about, and that’s due to the fact that ...

Ace Combat Infinity Beta Begins February 4

by James Lara

12 years ago

The Ace Combat Infinity Beta is about to begin in a couple of days, according to the new recently released ...

DayZ Standalone Alpha – Patch Notes For Next Week’s Update

by James Lara

12 years ago

A new update for the Alpha build of DayZ Standalone is set to release sometime next week, and with it ...

PS+ February Preview: PayDay 2, Outlast, And More Going Free This Month

by James Lara

12 years ago

This month of PS+ (North America) is looking pretty great as old titles are leaving, with new ones entering. As ...

Titanfall – Cloud Allows ‘Seamless’ Server Updates On Xbox One, PC to Support Xbox 360 Controller

by James Lara

12 years ago

Some neat news comes out of Titanfall development studio, Respawn Entertainment, today. Developer Jon Shiring, AKA “Slothy” over at the ...

New Dark Souls 2 Multiplayer Details And 12-Minute Gameplay Video

by James Lara

12 years ago

Dark Souls 2 is seeing a lot of big changes being made to the multiplayer, all of which are meant to “...

Report – The Last of Us 2 Is In Production, Scheduled For A 2015 Release

by James Lara

12 years ago

Take this with a grain of salt, though we wouldn’t be surprised if it ended up being true, but ...

Microsoft Buys Gears of War IP From Epic Games, Puts Black Tusk Studio In Charge

by James Lara

12 years ago

As of today, Epic games, the developers behind Gears of War, will no longer own the rights to their franchise, ...

inFamous: Second Son Will Not Feature Multiplayer

by James Lara

12 years ago

Last June, we reported on the possibility that inFamous: Second Son may indeed feature some sort of a multiplayer feature. ...

SOE Confirms EverQuest Next For PlayStation 4, PlanetSide 2’s Release Window Narrowed

by James Lara

12 years ago

President of Sony Online Entertainment, John Smedley, has announced EverQuest Next‘s launch on the PlayStation 4. In a recent Reddit “...