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

Microsoft shuts down ‘Project Spark’ sandbox game maker

NEWS By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

Microsoft has released a surprise announcement that it is completely shutting down Project Spark, its free sandbox game creation game for Xbox One and Windows. The game has already been pulled from the Xbox Marketplace and Windows Store, and its online functionality will be …

Blizzard tells players to watch out for Overwatch cheaters

NEWS By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

Blizzard Entertainment recently revealed that over 9.7 million people participated in the open beta for its upcoming team shooter, Overwatch, and any game that reaches that sort of popularity also has to deal with a hoard of cheaters who look for ways to gain …

Consortium: The Tower hits Fig campaign goal mostly thanks to investment backers

NEWS By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

Indie roleplaying game Consortium: The Tower has successfully reached its campaign goal on crowdfunding platform Fig, but there is something a little unusual about the breakdown of who backed the game: it was overwhelmingly funded by investors rather than standard backers. Fig is …

Activision Blizzard is bringing MLG esports to Facebook Live

NEWS By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

Earlier this year, Activision Blizzard Inc purchased esports tournament organization Major League Gaming (MLG) for the sum of $47 million, and company CEO Bobby Kotick said at the time that the motivation behind the purchase was to “create the ESPN of esports.” …

Assassin’s Creed movie trailer is out, and it actually looks kind of okay

NEWS By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

Ubisoft Entertainment SA has released the first trailer for its upcoming Assassin’s Creed film starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard, and surprisingly the movie looks like it might not be the total trainwreck most game-to-film adaptations tend to be. The trailer shows off a number …

Every World of Warcraft activity “caters to a minority of the playerbase,” says lead designer

NEWS By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

Throughout its nearly 12-year history, World of Warcraft has undergone numerous changes that have essentially made the game almost unrecognizable compared to its early days, but deciding how and when to change game elements is a difficult challenge for developer Blizzard Entertainment. Almost every …

Civilization VI arrives in October with big gameplay changes

NEWS By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

Firaxis Games announced today that Sid Meier’s Civilization VI, the next entry in the popular turn-based strategy game series, will be releasing this year on October 21, and the studio has released the first trailer for the game. Many of the series’ staples …

Nintendo’s Fire Emblem and Animal Crossing mobiles games will be free-to-play

NEWS By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

Nintendo Co Ltd may be a game industry veteran, but the Japanese company has just recently dipped its toes into the mobile market for the first time with its bizarre social media app, Miitomo. The app proved incredibly successful despite – or perhaps because …

Disney backs out of console gaming and cancels ‘Disney Infinity’ series

NEWS By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

The Walt Disney Company has announced that it will be discontinuing production on its toys-to-life game series, Disney Infinity, and it will also be shutting down Avalanche Software, the company’s internal game studio that had been in charge of the franchise. “From the …

Amazon Video Direct lets you sell video content directly to Amazon users

NEWS By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

Amazon has announced the launch of Amazon Video Direct, a new video sharing platform that allows content creators to distribute their videos directly to the site’s millions of users. The new service will give content creators a few different options for how they want …

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Latest from Eric David

Microsoft shuts down ‘Project Spark’ sandbox game maker

Blizzard tells players to watch out for Overwatch cheaters

Consortium: The Tower hits Fig campaign goal mostly thanks to investment backers

Activision Blizzard is bringing MLG esports to Facebook Live

Assassin’s Creed movie trailer is out, and it actually looks kind of okay

Every World of Warcraft activity “caters to a minority of the playerbase,” says lead designer

Civilization VI arrives in October with big gameplay changes

Nintendo’s Fire Emblem and Animal Crossing mobiles games will be free-to-play

Disney backs out of console gaming and cancels ‘Disney Infinity’ series

Amazon Video Direct lets you sell video content directly to Amazon users

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