Eric David

Eric David is a staff writer for SiliconANGLE, covering the latest trends in social media and gaming. He is an avid gamer and enjoys writing about innovations in the video game industry and gaming culture in general. Eric graduated from the University of Texas at Dallas, receiving major honors for his thesis "A Culture of Heresy: Explaining the Resiliency of Catharism and the Church's Response," which is every bit as exciting as it sounds. Eric lives in Dallas, Texas with his wife, dog and gaming PC.

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Mark Zuckerberg once again defends Internet.org from critics in India

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

The idea of providing free basic internet access to everyone sounds like an easy sell on paper, but Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has faced increasing criticism for his Internet.org initiative, whose mission is to provide internet connectivity to developing countries like Colombia, …

Steam user confidence shaken by holiday security glitch

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

It is bad enough when Steam undergoes its usual holiday service hiccups (either due to high traffic or intentional DDOS attacks), but users were treated to an even more upsetting situation over the holiday weekend when a system error allowed a number of users to view personal …

Turns out some of the Steam Winter Sale prices are temporary after all

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Valve Corp. announced earlier this year that it would be changing up the way it handles some of its big seasonal sales by ending all temporary discounts. This included Daily Deals, which changed every day, as well as Flash Sales and Community …

Drugs, extortion and video games: Esports controversies of 2015

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

As more and more money becomes tied up in the growing esports industry, scandals are only going to become more commonplace. This year alone there have numerous examples of cheating and match fixing, but there were a handful of scandals that not only caught …

“Gnarly” Rock Band 4 bugs result in complete reset of the leaderboards

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Rock Band 4 developer Harmonix Music Systems Corp had to make a tough decision this week as it worked to resolve a serious exploit within the game. Some players discovered a game bug that they could exploit to inflate their song scores. As a result, Harmonix …

Sleeping Dogs spin-off Triad Wars has been cancelled while still in beta

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Fans of Hong Kong crime game Sleeping Dogs were skeptical when the studio announced an online-only multiplayer spin-off called Triad Wars, and now it looks like that skepticism may have been warranted, as developer United Front Games has announced the cancellation of the project …

‘Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time’ director looks back on the iconic game in ‘Devs Play’ video

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Sometime in the 2000s, French-Canadian game studio Ubisoft Montreal released an iconic action adventure game set in the distant past that starred a Middle Eastern protagonist and had a story that included elements of time travel and mysticism. Directed by Patrice Désilets, the game …

Uncharted 4 delayed until April 26 to give the devs “a bit more time to finish the game”

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Santa Monica-based game studio Naughty Dog Inc announced today that it has decided to postpone the release of the highly anticipated next entry in the Uncharted series, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End. “Let’s start with the good news: Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End is …

WWI shooter ‘Verdun’ recreates the famous Christmas Truce in-game

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

The developers behind World War I shooter Verdun have announced that beginning this week, it will be recreating the famous Christmas Truce of 1914 in-game, allowing players to temporarily put aside their weapons for a brief moment of peace, much as some of the …

Paragon dev on bringing the “DNA of being action game developers” to a MOBA game

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

With its rights to the Gears of War franchise sold to Microsoft, Epic Games Inc is probably best known today for its popular game engine, Unreal Engine 4, which has been used in dozens of triple-a games and probably hundreds of indie games. While …

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Latest from Eric David

Steam user confidence shaken by holiday security glitch

Turns out some of the Steam Winter Sale prices are temporary after all

Drugs, extortion and video games: Esports controversies of 2015

“Gnarly” Rock Band 4 bugs result in complete reset of the leaderboards

Sleeping Dogs spin-off Triad Wars has been cancelled while still in beta

‘Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time’ director looks back on the iconic game in ‘Devs Play’ video

Uncharted 4 delayed until April 26 to give the devs “a bit more time to finish the game”

WWI shooter ‘Verdun’ recreates the famous Christmas Truce in-game

Paragon dev on bringing the “DNA of being action game developers” to a MOBA game

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