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.

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Unreal Engine 4 is now free, but Epic Games gets 5% in royalties

Less than two weeks after announcing that it would be giving out $5 million to help fund developers who use its game engine, Epic Games has announced that Unreal Engine 4 will now be completely free to use with no subscription or licensing fees involved. “The past year has been a whirlwind for everyone at Epic Games,” ...

“Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power” announced for a 2015 release

Finnish game developer Frozenbyte Inc has announced a long awaited sequel to its side scroller fantasy series, Trine, with Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power. The Trine series follows a group of three heroes forced into working together by a magical artifact called the Trine. The characters are Zoya the Thief, who uses a bow and ...

Study says “Facebook envy” can lead to depression in college students

A recent study published by researchers at the University of Missouri claims to have found link between “Facebook envy” and depression in college students. According to the study, many of the students surveyed showed symptoms of depression as a result of feeling envious of friends’ Facebook status updates. “Facebook can be a fun and healthy activity if ...

Esports events drive players to “feel more enthusiasm” and spend more money, says study

Esports events might not be big earners in and of themselves – quite the opposite, actually – but the buzz surrounding the tournaments and the player engagement they generate has enormous benefits for game makers, according to a new study by Eventbrite. “The gaming industry is seeing a cultural shift,” Eventbrite wrote in its report, which surveyed ...

Sony offers “deepest apologies” after deleting list of anniversary PS4 winners

Sony Computer Entertainment unveiled a special twentieth anniversary edition of the PlayStation 4 console back in December, and the gray plastic video game system generated a lot of demand due to its limited quantity. Sony held a contest where it chose 123 lucky PlayStation fans to win one of the ultra rare consoles, but somehow the ...

Future Assassin’s Creed games will focus on the modern story more, says Ubisoft

Ubisoft Montreal’s most recent Assassin’s Creed game, Assassin’s Creed: Unity, shied away from the series’ modern day storyline, which made up a significant portion of the story and gameplay elements of earlier titles, but the Canadian studio has suggested that it intends to return to that aspect of the series in greater detail in the future. The first five ...

Facebook adds “fill in the blank” gender option for users

Facebook Inc had already expanded the gender options on its social network to 58 different choices, and now it has expanded that number even further by adding a “fill in the blank” option that allows users to input whatever they want. Facebook has previously run into trouble with some gender identity groups with its controversial “real ...

Upcoming co-op game Fable Legends will be free-to-play

Lionhead Studios has announced that Fable Legends, its upcoming co-op title for the Xbox One and PC, will be free-to-play and supported by microtransactions. For some players this is exciting news, but for others the “free-to-play” label has turned into a red flag signifying money hungry studios. The Microsoft-owned Lionhead Studios was formerly led by the ...

If Guitar Hero and Rock Band return, will anyone care?

Reports of a possible revival of music rhythm games Guitar Hero and Rock Band have been surfacing over the last few weeks, but can the genre recapture a fanbase that has moved on to other games, allowing their plastic guitars and tiny electronic drum kits to gather dust in the attic? For a time, it was ...

Survey says gamers buy a PS4 because of its resolution and an Xbox because…it’s an Xbox

It might seem like exclusive game titles would be the key decision maker when it comes to choosing which new video game console to buy, but according to a recent survey, exclusives are not as important as you may think. According to a survey conducted by The Nielsen Company, the same company that releases the Nielsen ...