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.

Latest from Eric David

Massively successful “Halo 5: Guardians” launch proves people still love Halo

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

The Halo franchise could easily be considered one the defining game series for Microsoft’s Xbox consoles, going all the way back to the first game that was released on the original Xbox system nearly 14 years ago, and the recent launch of Halo 5: …

Blizzard tests out a co-op mode for Hearthstone this week only

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Blizzard Entertainment Inc’s enormously successful card battler, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, has focused entirely on 1v1 competition since it launched in Spring of 2014, but now the studio is testing out a possible co-operative mode under the guise of the game’s weekly Tavern …

How a data scientist sold Twitch on a ‘recently watched’ tab

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Amazon-owned video game livestreaming platform Twitch.tv has enough viewers to rival some television channels, which is quite a feat for a site that (for the most part) specializes in live content focusing on a very specific niche. It would be easy to assume that …

Steep drop in World of Warcraft subscriptions levels out at 5.5 million players

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Blizzard Entertainment’s World of Warcraft experienced a massive hemorrhage of its player base earlier this year, dropping nearly in half from a peak of over 10 million subscribers in November 2014 to just 5.6 million by August. While the nearly 11-year-old MMO is …

Facebook’s AI can tell you what’s in your photos

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Facebook has come a long way since the days of being a hookup site for college kids. The social network does a lot of other things now too, including groundbreaking artificial intelligence research that focuses on creating computer programs that can intelligently …

Too many customer annoyances make you ripe for disruption | #IBMinsight

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Disruption can’t always be easy to predict, but if your customers find dealing with your industry to be a pain, then you might want to watch out, said Jim Harris, international bestselling author and journalist focusing on disruptive innovation, sustainability and energy. “What …

PlayStation won’t kill Vita, but it’s focus “has shifted to PS4 and PlayStation VR”

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

In September, Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida told an audience at EGX that “the climate is not healthy” for dedicated portable gaming devices like PS Vita, but now Yoshida has reassured fans that Sony has no plans to drop …

BattleTech reaches final Kickstarter goal of $2.5 million with one day left

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Kickstarter veteran Harebrained Schemes LLC has done it again with an incredibly successful crowdfunding campaign for the first new BattleTech strategy video game in over 20 years. With barely one day remaining in the campaign, the studio has reached its final $2.5 million stretch goal, which …

Batman: Arkham Knight still broken on PC, Warner Bros offering refunds

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

It seems that four months was not quite enough time to fix the atrocious PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight, and publisher Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment has announced that it will be offering refunds for the game through the end of the year. …

SXSW announces day-long online harassment summit in response to cancelled gaming sessions

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

After receiving numerous threats of on-site violence, annual multimedia festival South by Southwest (SXSW) announced that it would be cancelling two video game related sessions, one on fighting online harassment and one led by supporters of the controversial GamerGate movement. The cancellation sparked …

Eric David

Latest from Eric David

Massively successful “Halo 5: Guardians” launch proves people still love Halo

Blizzard tests out a co-op mode for Hearthstone this week only

How a data scientist sold Twitch on a ‘recently watched’ tab

Steep drop in World of Warcraft subscriptions levels out at 5.5 million players

Facebook’s AI can tell you what’s in your photos

Too many customer annoyances make you ripe for disruption | #IBMinsight

PlayStation won’t kill Vita, but it’s focus “has shifted to PS4 and PlayStation VR”

BattleTech reaches final Kickstarter goal of $2.5 million with one day left

Batman: Arkham Knight still broken on PC, Warner Bros offering refunds

SXSW announces day-long online harassment summit in response to cancelled gaming sessions

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