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

“The best attribute you can have as a developer is reliability,” says Kabam president

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Game studios all over the world have been churning out thousands and thousands of mobile games ever since the start of the smartphone revolution, but Kabam Inc. president Aaron Loeb says that the mobile game industry is starting to see a shift …

Xbox One’s backwards compatibility and Windows 10 updates will be arriving on November 12

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Microsoft surprised Xbox fans at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), where it announced that the Xbox One game console would be getting backwards compatibility support by the end of the year, allowing users to play their old Xbox 360 games on the …

SXSW Interactive cancels two gaming sessions due to violent threats

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

South by Southwest (SXSW) has chosen to cancel two video game-related sessions for the SXSW Interactive 2016 festival after it received numerous violent threats over their content. One session, titled “SavePoint: A Discussion on the Gaming Community,” was meant to be a panel …

Latin America is set for major growth in mobility and IoT, says IDC | #oow15

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Latin America is going to be a big market for cloud business next year, especially in the mobility market, according to Alejandro Florean, research and consulting director of enterprise solutions, Latin America, at IDC Research, Inc. (IDC). “By 2018, at least 50 percent of …

Why doesn’t Oracle need to convince you to move to the cloud? | #oow15

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Oracle does not want to have to convince anyone to move to the cloud. In fact, it doesn’t have to, according to Shawn Price, senior VP, Cloud Go-to-Market and product business groups at Oracle. “I don’t want to convince you,” Price told John Furrier and Brian Gracely, …

Batman: Arkham Knight will finally return to PC on Oct 28

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

There may actually be an end in sight for the sad farce that has been the Batman: Arkham Knight PC release. Publisher Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has announced that the game will finally be re-releasing for PC at 10am PDT on October 28, …

Payday 2 devs torn apart in Reddit AMA over “pay-to-win” microtransactions

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Payday 2 fans reacted with outrage earlier this month when developer Overkill Software released a “Black Market Update” for the game that added microtransactions. While many players objected to idea of having microtransactions at all, the real sticking point was the introduction of …

‘Assassin’s Creed Syndicate’ is the lowest-selling U.K. launch of a major AC title

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Despite reaching the number one sales spot in the U.K., Assassin’s Creed Syndicate saw the weakest launch of a major Assassin’s Creed title in the mega-franchise’s history. According to Chart-Track (via GamesIndustry.biz), which admittedly tracks physical sales only, Assassin’s Creed Syndicate overtook Fifa 16 as the top game in the …

Analytics firm Newzoo partners with Fnatic for access to valuable eSports data

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Amsterdam-based video game industry research firm Newzoo BV has announced that it is partnering with Euorpean eSports organization Fnatic as part of a plan to expand its data insights in the rapidly growing professional competitive gaming scene. Fnatic has professional teams in …

“We’ve always felt that there could be a lot more games based on our various IPs,” says Warhammer owner Games Workshop

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

You may have noticed a significant bump in Warhammer game titles lately, with several new titles releasing within a few months of each other. This includes major game releases like Warhammer: The End Times – Vermintide and Total War: Warhammer, as well as about half …

Eric David

Latest from Eric David

“The best attribute you can have as a developer is reliability,” says Kabam president

Xbox One’s backwards compatibility and Windows 10 updates will be arriving on November 12

SXSW Interactive cancels two gaming sessions due to violent threats

Latin America is set for major growth in mobility and IoT, says IDC | #oow15

Batman: Arkham Knight will finally return to PC on Oct 28

Payday 2 devs torn apart in Reddit AMA over “pay-to-win” microtransactions

‘Assassin’s Creed Syndicate’ is the lowest-selling U.K. launch of a major AC title

Analytics firm Newzoo partners with Fnatic for access to valuable eSports data

“We’ve always felt that there could be a lot more games based on our various IPs,” says Warhammer owner Games Workshop

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