Eric David, Author at SiliconANGLE

Esports is a $612 million industry with over 164 million viewers, says SuperData

By Eric David May 6, 2015

It is getting harder and harder to call Esports a niche market, as a new report by research firm SuperData Research Inc says that esports has become a $612 million industry. “In many ways competitive…

Oculus Rift consumer version will finally arrive in early 2016

By Eric David May 6, 2015

It has been a long road from Oculus VR’s initial Kickstarter campaign in 2012 to its $2 billion acquisition by Facebook, Inc. and eventual partnership with Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Now, after nearly three years,…

Hearthstone’s mobile version pushes it past 30 million users

By Eric David May 6, 2015

It is hard to believe that a card battling game has become one of the most successful video games on the market today, but somehow Blizzard Entertainment’s Heathstone: Heroes of Warcraft has managed to…

Boss Fight Entertainment nabs former Amazon Game Studios director

By Eric David May 5, 2015

Dallas-based mobile game developer Boss Fight Entertainment has announced that former Amazon Game Studios director Dave Luehmann will be joining the company as VP of Production. Based out of a 105-year-old cotton mill in…

DRM-free Steam alternative GOG Galaxy enters open beta

By Eric David May 5, 2015

PC gaming is already a crowded field when it comes to digital distribution platforms, with several developers all pushing their own clients. Electronic Arts, Inc. has Origin, Ubisoft Entertainment S.A. has UPlay and, of course, Valve Corp.…

Facebook is using Nokia’s Here maps for mobile, Instagram, and Messenger

By Eric David May 5, 2015

Finnish telecom Nokia has been looking to sell its Here maps business, which has been valued at over $2 billion, and it looks like it may have found a buyer in social media…

Players reportedly getting banned from GTA Online for using mods in GTA V

By Eric David May 5, 2015

This has been a rough couple of weeks for the modding community. First, there was the huge uproar that Valve Corp caused by the sudden introduction and even more sudden removal of paid…

Nintendo apologizes to fans for Amiibo scarcity

By Eric David May 4, 2015

It is no secret that gamers are crazy about amiibo, Nintendo Co Ltd’s small NFC-enabled toys that interact with certain games on Wii U or 3DS. GameStop learned that lesson first hand when overeager…

Mobile game revenues may outpace consoles by 2018

By Eric David May 4, 2015

The video game industry has been dominated by the home game console since the early 1990s, and it has only been in the last few years that mobile games for tablets and smartphones…

Pinterest unlocks its data with new developer platform

By Eric David May 4, 2015

Social bookmarking site Pinterest has been slowly doling out APIs to get developers onto its platform, such as its Marketing Developer Partners API that was launched last week to give businesses more control over…

Eric David

Esports is a $612 million industry with over 164 million viewers, says SuperData

Oculus Rift consumer version will finally arrive in early 2016

Hearthstone’s mobile version pushes it past 30 million users

Boss Fight Entertainment nabs former Amazon Game Studios director

DRM-free Steam alternative GOG Galaxy enters open beta

Facebook is using Nokia’s Here maps for mobile, Instagram, and Messenger

Players reportedly getting banned from GTA Online for using mods in GTA V

Nintendo apologizes to fans for Amiibo scarcity

Mobile game revenues may outpace consoles by 2018

Pinterest unlocks its data with new developer platform

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