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

Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan personally responds to one beta player’s long list of suggestions

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Contrary to popular belief, there are actually some people out there who have received their closed beta invites to Blizzard Entertainment’s highly anticipated team-based shooter, Overwatch, and this week game director Jeff Kaplan took the time to personally respond to one beta player’s …

Valve invests in the Counter-Strike esports scene with $1M prize pools for all major tournaments

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Valve corp has announced that it will be raising the prize pool of all Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) tournaments to $1 million in response to “major growth” in the game’s esports scene. “When we announced the first CS:GO Major Championship in 2013, we …

Twitch will finally start recording chat for archived videos

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Twitch is getting a much-needed update to the way live broadcasts are recorded on the platform, as archived videos will finally include messages posted to the chat during the stream. “Over the next few weeks we will be rolling out Chat Replay, …

Keeping Nintendo NX secret from game devs is “just braindamaged,” says Moon Studios head

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

There is an extreme level of secrecy surrounding unannounced game consoles that keeps even game developers in the dark, and according to Thomas Mahler, CEO of Moon Studios (Ori and the Blind Forest), this is a huge problem. In a recent post on …

Fallout 4’s mod creation kit will finally arrive on PC in April, consoles to follow soon after

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

It may not be as early as most players were hoping, but it looks like the official mod creation kit for Fallout 4 will finally be arriving on PC in April. Bethesda Game Studios head Todd Howard confirmed the vague timeline for the …

League of Legends gets standardized penalties for esports matches

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

League of Legends (LoL) creator Riot Games has announced a series of major changes to the way it handles misconduct in professional LoL tournaments with the introduction of a new standardized penalty system for pro players. The esports industry has had its share of scandals over …

Jay and Silent Bob game launches on equity crowdfunding platform Fig

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Film director Kevin Smith’s Jay and Silent Bob characters may soon bring their unique brand of foul-mouthed pothead humor to their very own video game, at least if a new crowdfunding campaign from Super Comboman developer Interabang Entertainment is successful. Interabang describes the new …

Activision Blizzard’s takeover of ‘Candy Crush’ creator King is finally complete

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Game publishing giant Activision Blizzard Inc has officially completed its acquisition of King Digital Entertainment PLC, the Swedish game studio behind the immensely popular Candy Crush mobile game series, which it first set into motion in November 2015. According to King, Activision Blizzard purchased …

Warren Spector is forming a small game studio in Austin to work on System Shock 3

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Last week, veteran game developer Warren Spector announced that he would be joining Otherside Entertainment to work on System Shock 3, the third game in a series he had originally helped create in 1994. In a recent interview with Gamasutra, Spector explained why he …

How to increase your odds of getting into the Team Fortress 2 competitive matchmaking beta

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

It has been a long time coming, but Valve Corp will finally be introducing a competitive matchmaking game mode to its popular team-based shooter, Team Fortress 2, nearly nine years after the game was originally released. In a post to the game’s Steam …

Eric David

Latest from Eric David

Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan personally responds to one beta player’s long list of suggestions

Valve invests in the Counter-Strike esports scene with $1M prize pools for all major tournaments

Twitch will finally start recording chat for archived videos

Keeping Nintendo NX secret from game devs is “just braindamaged,” says Moon Studios head

Fallout 4’s mod creation kit will finally arrive on PC in April, consoles to follow soon after

League of Legends gets standardized penalties for esports matches

Jay and Silent Bob game launches on equity crowdfunding platform Fig

Activision Blizzard’s takeover of ‘Candy Crush’ creator King is finally complete

Warren Spector is forming a small game studio in Austin to work on System Shock 3

How to increase your odds of getting into the Team Fortress 2 competitive matchmaking beta

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