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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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Killzone: Mercenary Beta Impressions – AAA Controls and Visuals Make For The Best Handheld Shooter Yet

by James Lara

13 years ago

Every time I hear that a first-person-shooter is heading towards a portable device that I own, I cringe at the ...

The Last of Us Upcoming Patch 1.03 Introduces New Game Mode, Tweaks, And Balancing

by James Lara

13 years ago

The Last of Us is set to receive its biggest update yet with Update 1.03. In it, players can expect many ...

PSA: Grand Theft Auto V Has Officially Gone Gold, Be Warned of Leaks

by James Lara

13 years ago

As of today, Rockstar Games is proud to announce that Grand Theft Auto V has officially gone gold and is ...

Tom Clancy’s The Division – PC Version Announced, New Trailer, Xbox One Gets Exclusive DLC

by James Lara

13 years ago

At the time it was announced, Ubisoft confirmed that its open-world, third-person-shooter MMO title The Division would be hitting the ...

Battlefield 4 – Beta Early October, Premium Detailed, New Multiplayer Gameplay

by James Lara

13 years ago

120

EA concluded their Gamescom 2013 conference with some rather big Battlefield 4 news, the first being that fans will be able to ...

Call of Duty: Ghosts – Dedicated Servers On Xbox One Confirmed, Other Platforms “Unknown”

by James Lara

13 years ago

247

Gamescom 2013 has finally kicked off and to start, Microsoft and Activision today revealed that Call of Duty: Ghosts for the ...

Killzone: Mercenary Public Beta Invites Being Sent Out, Begins This Tuesday

by James Lara

13 years ago

In addition to those who have a PS Plus subscription, or have gotten a Killzone: Mercenary Beta code through PS ...

Battlefield 4 – Stats From Current-Gen Will Transfer To Next-Gen, First Look At Premium Contents August 20th

by James Lara

13 years ago

Late last July, DICE confirmed that stats would not be transferable between current-gen and next-gen console, though after receiving quite ...

Xbox One No Longer Requires Kinect To Function

by James Lara

13 years ago

105

In a recent AMA with IGN, Xbox Corporate Vice President Marc Whitten revealed that buyers of the Xbox One will ...

Grand Theft Auto Online Debuts This Thursday, DLC Confirmed Along With Region Support

by James Lara

13 years ago

Rockstar Games is set to reveal some big news this week as they have confirmed that they will be debuting ...

DayZ Standalone Developer Blog Video 3 Shows Us Why We Love DayZ

by James Lara

13 years ago

There’s a lot more to DayZ than what most people think there is. Banding together for one last stand ...

Microsoft Confirms Increase In Xbox One’s Graphic Processor Clock Speed

by James Lara

13 years ago

109

Rumors have been floating around the net these past few weeks suggesting that Microsoft were in the process of changing ...

Santa Monica Details The Future of PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale

by James Lara

13 years ago

While no plans for any future character or stage DLC has already been confirmed, Sony Santa Monica, the team now ...

Ace Combat Infinity Announced As A Free-to-Play Title, New Teaser Trailer Released

by James Lara

13 years ago

Announced last month as a PS3 exclusive, today Namco Bandai revealed more details as to what’s packaged in the ...

Batman: Arkham Origins Multiplayer Beta Begins August 7, Invites Being Sent Out

by James Lara

13 years ago

After just a few days of announcing that Batman: Arkham Origins would be having a multiplayer, Warner Bro Games has ...

The Last of Us – First DLC News Coming In August

by James Lara

13 years ago

After nearly two months since the release of The Last of Us, Naughty Dog is finally gearing up to share ...

Norms For Next Gen: The Clan System

by James Lara

13 years ago

Today, most clan battles are set up through a third-party websites such as Gamebattles. Looking back on this generation of ...

Fear-To-Play F.E.A.R. Online Announced, Closed Beta Sign-Ups Available

by James Lara

13 years ago

You see what I did there, right? Yeah, lame joke. I know. But anyway, today a new F.E.A....

God of War: Ascension Co-op Weapons DLC Released

by James Lara

13 years ago

After teasing us yesterday, Sony Santa Monica Studio has revealed today a whole new set of weapons for God of ...

Norms For Next Gen: Dedicated Servers For Major Titles, With P2P Connection As A Back-up

by James Lara

13 years ago

124

It’s understandable small games that die quickly in the multiplayer department wouldn’t have any dedicated servers, but why ...