Eric David, Author at SiliconANGLE

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

By Eric David Feb 25, 2016

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…

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

By Eric David Feb 24, 2016

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…

Twitch will finally start recording chat for archived videos

By Eric David Feb 24, 2016

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…

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

By Eric David Feb 24, 2016

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…

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

By Eric David Feb 23, 2016

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…

League of Legends gets standardized penalties for esports matches

By Eric David Feb 23, 2016

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…

Jay and Silent Bob game launches on equity crowdfunding platform Fig

By Eric David Feb 23, 2016

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…

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

By Eric David Feb 23, 2016

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…

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

By Eric David Feb 22, 2016

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…

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

By Eric David Feb 19, 2016

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…

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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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