Eric David, Author at SiliconANGLE

Overwatch closed beta returns with player progression and new game modes

By Eric David Feb 9, 2016

After a two-month hiatus, the closed beta for Blizzard Entertainment’s highly anticipated team shooter Overwatch has finally returned, and the game has arrived when several new features for players to try out. New game modes…

Mad Catz CEO and other top execs quit the day before financials are released

By Eric David Feb 9, 2016

Yesterday, several high ranking executives resigned from game peripheral maker Mad Catz Interactive Inc, including the company’s CEO and President, Darren Richardson. The resignations came in the day before the company was set to release…

Amazon’s free Lumberyard game engine comes with native AWS and Twitch support

By Eric David Feb 9, 2016

Amazon is getting serious about expanding its presence in the gaming world, and the e-commerce giant announced today that it will be releasing its own free game engine called Lumberyard. According to Eric Schenk, General Manager…

Blizzard’s game design philosophy is “easy to learn, hard to master,” says CEO Mike Morhaime

By Eric David Feb 8, 2016

Warcraft and StarCraft creator Blizzard Entertainment Inc turned 25 years old this week, and in a recent interview with GamesBeat, co-founder and CEO Mike Morhaime looked back on how the studio got to where it is today, as well…

Daybreak Games will soon make you buy H1Z1 twice

By Eric David Feb 8, 2016

In a move that seems appropriate for the studio that ruined Star Wars Galaxies (yes, I’m still bitter), Daybreak Game Company, formerly Sony Online Entertainment, has announced that its zombie survival game H1Z1 will be split into…

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth rejected from App Store for showing violence against children

By Eric David Feb 8, 2016

Apple Inc has a bit of a reputation for being heavy handed when it comes to rejecting apps from the App Store for a variety of reasons, and now it looks like Nicalis Inc’s…

Valve gets clever with content discovery for the Lunar New Year Steam Sale

By Eric David Feb 5, 2016

A new Steam Sale is unexpectedly upon us, and PC gamers everywhere are already scouring the Steam Store for the best deals on thousands of games. With such a ridiculously large library of games,…

Hackers broke into DayZ’s forum and gained access to hundred of usernames and passwords

By Eric David Feb 5, 2016

While most of the gaming world seems to have moved on from DayZ, that does not mean that the game has dropped off of hackers’ radars, and developer Bohemia Interactive AS has alerted players that hundreds…

Warner Bros cancels the Linux and Mac ports of Arkham Knight to the surprise of no one

By Eric David Feb 4, 2016

With Batman: Arkham Knight still barely functional on PC, publisher Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment has announced that it is cancelling development of Linux and Mac ports of the game. Warner Bros released a rather terse…

Hideo Kojima and Guillermo Del Toro will reunite as joint keynote speakers at DICE 2016

By Eric David Feb 4, 2016

In yet another subtle jab to Konami Holdings Corp, this years DICE Summit will feature both Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima and acclaimed horror film director Guillermo Del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Pacific Rim) as keynote speakers. “In a…

Eric David

Overwatch closed beta returns with player progression and new game modes

Mad Catz CEO and other top execs quit the day before financials are released

Amazon’s free Lumberyard game engine comes with native AWS and Twitch support

Blizzard’s game design philosophy is “easy to learn, hard to master,” says CEO Mike Morhaime

Daybreak Games will soon make you buy H1Z1 twice

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth rejected from App Store for showing violence against children

Valve gets clever with content discovery for the Lunar New Year Steam Sale

Hackers broke into DayZ’s forum and gained access to hundred of usernames and passwords

Warner Bros cancels the Linux and Mac ports of Arkham Knight to the surprise of no one

Hideo Kojima and Guillermo Del Toro will reunite as joint keynote speakers at DICE 2016

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