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

Twitch eyes overseas gamers with more international events in Australia, Mexico and Japan

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Popular Amazon-owned game streaming platform Twitch announced this week that it will be expanding its worldwide presence with booths at more international gaming events. The game streaming site already attends major events in Europe like Gamescom, but Twitch will also be moving into …

Nintendo’s Amiibo sales soared to 10.5 million in less than a year

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

This past year has been good to Nintendo Co Ltd, at least financially. Earlier this month, the 126-year-old Japanese game maker released an earnings report showing that the company had achieved its best Q1 in three years. One of the biggest contributors …

Autodesk is launching its own game engine called Stingray

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Design software company Autodesk Inc has unveiled its new game engine, a cross-platform development suite called Stingray that integrates with Autodesk’s own modelling and animation software. Autodesk had first announced plans to create its own game engine at this year’s Game Developers Conference …

Nikkei report paints a disturbing picture of Konami

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Konami Corp has created some of the most memorable games of the last 30 years, including Frogger, Contra, Silent Hill and Metal Gear Solid, but the Japanese game studio’s reputation has suffered over the last year due to continued rumors about its falling out …

Publisher announcement kills ‘Red Ash’ Kickstarter enthusiasm

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Finally proving that nostalgia-pandering Kickstarter Inc. campaigns do not always succeed, Mega Man Legends spiritual successor Red Ash is currently almost $300,000 short of its funding goal with only six hours left in its campaign, but this does not mean an end for the game. …

Microsoft investment helps push Uber valuation up to $50 billion

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Despite all of its regulatory headaches and almost being involved in a new French Revolution, ride sharing company Uber Technologies Inc has continued its meteoric rise as one of the most disruptive services in recent history, and now sources speaking to The Wall …

Nvidia forced to recall 88,000 Shield Tablets due to battery fire hazard

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Nvidia Corp is instituting a recall tens of thousands of its Android-based Shield Tablets due to concerns that the device’s batteries could pose a serious fire hazard. According to a report by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Nvidia has received reports of at …

First Total War: Warhammer gameplay footage reveals sprawling battles and Human on Orc action

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

From the 2000 release of Shogun: Total War through this year’s release of Total War: Attila, Creative Assembly’s Total War franchise has stuck to real-world historical scenarios for nine mainline games and a hand full of spin-offs, but the upcoming tenth game in the series, Total War: …

Happy SysAdmin Appreciation Day! Thank your SysAdmin for everything they do

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Today marks the 16th annual Systems Administrator Appreciation Day, which according to the event’s creators is “the single greatest 24 hours on the planet… and pretty much the most important holiday of the year.” The holiday occurs the last Friday of July, and …

Terraria will be coming to Wii U and 3DS in early 2016

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

In the four years since its release, popular pixel art survival and crafting game Terraria has made the jump from PC to just about every other platform out there, including PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, iOS, Android, Windows Phone and …

Eric David

Latest from Eric David

Twitch eyes overseas gamers with more international events in Australia, Mexico and Japan

Nintendo’s Amiibo sales soared to 10.5 million in less than a year

Autodesk is launching its own game engine called Stingray

Nikkei report paints a disturbing picture of Konami

Publisher announcement kills ‘Red Ash’ Kickstarter enthusiasm

Nvidia forced to recall 88,000 Shield Tablets due to battery fire hazard

First Total War: Warhammer gameplay footage reveals sprawling battles and Human on Orc action

Happy SysAdmin Appreciation Day! Thank your SysAdmin for everything they do

Terraria will be coming to Wii U and 3DS in early 2016

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