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

Facebook reportedly working with record labels to bring music to your News Feed

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Facebook is continuing on its campaign to bring more video content to your News Feed whether you like it or not, and now reports have surfaced that the social network may be working with record labels to bring official music videos to the …

Games get more views on YouTube, more money on Twitch

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Selling games is no longer the only way to make money in the video game industry, as a new report by analytics firm SuperData Research Inc reveals that game video content is worth over $3.8 billion annually. The content measured by the …

Facebook rolls out new tools to give users more control over their News Feed

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Facebook announced several major new additions to News Feed today aimed at giving you more control over the types of content you want to see. “The goal of News Feed is to show you the stories that matter most to you,” Product Manager …

How League of Legends fights player abuse with machine learning

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Riot Games has been facing a long uphill battle against League of Legends’ notoriously toxic player base, but it appears those efforts are finally paying off. According to Lead Game Designer Jeffrey Lin, Riot has successfully lowered abusive behaviors to just 2 percent of LoL …

GOG promises it is “as ready as can be” for Windows 10

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

DRM-free online game seller GOG.com says that it is working hard to be ready for the upcoming release of Windows 10, which is slated for the end of the month. “We’re getting ready for Windows 10 and putting our QA Team at full …

Disney launches Star Wars app with augmented reality, minigames, and more

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

The Walt Disney Company released a new Star Wars app today that gives users access to news feeds, mini-games, selfie tools, augmented reality features, and more. The new free app, which Disney has dubbed “your official mobile connection to a galaxy far, far away,” …

Sony announces Twitch partnership to livestream smartphone games

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Sony Mobile Communications Inc. announced today that it would be partnering with popular video game livestreaming service provider Twitch Interactive Inc. to stream mobile games from Xperia devices. According to Sony, their new Twitch app will allow users to livestream their mobile …

Riot Games invests nearly $30 million in online game tools provider Curse Inc.

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Riot Games, the developer behind the fabulously lucrative MOBA League of Legends, has invested nearly $30 million in Curse Inc., a company that provides numerous tools for online games including mod and add-on libraries and installers, game wikis, news sites, voice chat programs, and …

Teen responsible for Xbox Live and PSN holiday outages convicted of 50,700 counts of computer crime

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

The 2014 holiday season was fraught with network outages for Xbox Live and PlayStation Network, and now the Finnish teen who was allegedly responsible for the Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks that brought them down has been convicted of 50,700 counts of computer …

Fallout 4 wins E3’s top meaningless award | #E32015

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

The hype surrounding Bethesda Game Studios’ Fallout 4 has only gotten stronger since the studio held its first ever E3 press conference in June, and now the game has been given the industry’s highest pointless honor. The E3 Game Critics Awards have named Fallout 4 the …

Eric David

Latest from Eric David

Facebook reportedly working with record labels to bring music to your News Feed

Games get more views on YouTube, more money on Twitch

Facebook rolls out new tools to give users more control over their News Feed

How League of Legends fights player abuse with machine learning

GOG promises it is “as ready as can be” for Windows 10

Disney launches Star Wars app with augmented reality, minigames, and more

Sony announces Twitch partnership to livestream smartphone games

Riot Games invests nearly $30 million in online game tools provider Curse Inc.

Teen responsible for Xbox Live and PSN holiday outages convicted of 50,700 counts of computer crime

Fallout 4 wins E3’s top meaningless award | #E32015

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