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

Blizzard is kicking off the public beta for ‘Overwatch’ on October 27

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

A limited number of Blizzard Entertainment fans will soon finally get some hands-on experience with Overwatch, the studio’s highly anticipated team-based shooter. Blizzard has officially announced that Overwatch will enter closed beta on October 27, just in time for BlizzCon. “We’re aiming to accomplish two primary …

Facebook’s “On This Day” feature now lets you block out certain memories

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Facebook’s algorithms sometimes have a tendency to sometimes bring up memories that some users would rather forget, but a new change the social network is making to its On This Day feature will allow you to block out memories (and people) that …

Hearthstone’s metagame gets shaken up with a major change to the Grim Patron deck

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

“Everyone, get in here!” This phrase sends shivers down most Hearthstone players’ spines, as it is the catchphrase of one of the most powerful and frustrating decks in the game: the Grim Patron Warrior. The deck has been very popular over the last few …

Celebrities need at least 100M followers to be worth their own game, says dev of ‘Kim Kardashian: Hollywood’

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Despite being the butt of many jokes, Kim Kardashian: Hollywood has become an extremely successful mobile game, with tens of millions of downloads on the Google Play Store alone. According to research firm Newzoo BV, that makes the game worth somewhere around $30 …

‘Allison Road’ devs ditch Kickstarter campaign in favor of publisher deal

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

After raising £145,959 from 4,482 backers on Kickstarter, the creators of the P.T. inspired horror game Allison Road have announced that they have cancelled their crowdfunding campaign thanks to a new deal with UK-based game studio Team17 Digital Ltd, which is best known for the Worms game series. The …

UK government launches UK Games Fund to back small game studios

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Today the United Kingdom officially launched its UK Games Fund program, a public grant program aimed at growing the country’s game development industry by backing smaller studios and teams with creative ideas. The program comes from an allocation of £4 million (roughly $6.1 …

Star Citizen gets star studded cast for Squadron 42, including Gary Oldman, Andy Serkis, and more

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Despite the occasional delays and a few inflammatory news reports, Star Citizen remains one of the most highly anticipated games in development, and over the weekend developer Cloud Imperium Games raised expectations again with the announcement of a star studded cast for the game’s “cinematic …

Phil Spencer on botched Xbox One launch: “I think what we fundamentally lost was the trust of our most loyal customers”

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

While the Xbox One has a dedicated fan base today, the console was not so well received early in its life. Some features that were announced for Xbox One, such as not supporting used games or requiring an always-on internet connection, were scrapped …

Unity makes plans to abandon the Unity Web Player plugin by March 2016

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Unity Technologies Inc. has announced that as of March 2016 it will no longer support the Unity Web Player plugin, which currently allows developers to release games for web browsers using the Unity game engine. The company explained that several web browsers, …

Eric David

Latest from Eric David

Blizzard is kicking off the public beta for ‘Overwatch’ on October 27

Facebook’s “On This Day” feature now lets you block out certain memories

Hearthstone’s metagame gets shaken up with a major change to the Grim Patron deck

Celebrities need at least 100M followers to be worth their own game, says dev of ‘Kim Kardashian: Hollywood’

‘Allison Road’ devs ditch Kickstarter campaign in favor of publisher deal

UK government launches UK Games Fund to back small game studios

Phil Spencer on botched Xbox One launch: “I think what we fundamentally lost was the trust of our most loyal customers”

Unity makes plans to abandon the Unity Web Player plugin by March 2016

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