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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Amazon’s “ambitious new PC game” is likely a third-person action game

In a series of recruitment ads on Gamasutra, Amazon Inc has stated that it is “building a team of top talent for an ambitious new PC game project using the latest technology,” and there is strong evidence that game will be a third-person, competitive melee action game. The online retailer says that its Seattle-based PC game team ...

Desura’s parent company has filed for bankruptcy, fate of the platform unclear

Bad Juju, the parent company of digital distribution platform Desura and game bundle site Indie Royale, has filed for bankruptcy. Launched in 2009, Desura describes itself as “a community driven digital distribution service for gamers, putting the best games, mods and downloadable content from developers at gamers fingertips, ready to buy and play.” The platform ...

Twitch will allow users to “co-stream” its E3 broadcasts

Twitch will once again be the exclusive livestreaming partner for this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), which will take place at the Los Angeles Convention Center from June 16-18. This is the second year in a row that Twitch will serve as the primary web video source for E3, and it has already signed a ...

Facebook launches low resource ‘Facebook Lite’ app in Asia

Facebook has announced the launch of Facebook Lite, a new Android-only app for Asian markets that pares down the social network’s features so that it can run on older phones and slower networks. “More than a billion people around the world access Facebook from a range of mobile devices on varying networks,” Vijay Shankar, Product Manager ...

DayZ is bleeding players – can it recover from the slump?

For a while, it looked like zombie survival game DayZ was on the Minecraft trajectory, gathering an early cult following that bought into a crowdfunded alpha phase. Like Minecraft, DayZ’s early days have been plagued by bugs and stability problems, but while Minecraft’s user base always maintained its meteoric growth, DayZ’s user base has begun shrinking. DayZ originally began as a mod for Arma II, but ...

Valve reveals Steam Machines release dates, opens pre-orders

The road to Valve Corp’s console/PC hybrid Steam Machines has been a long one, full of rumors and speculation, but now the systems will finally be hitting store shelves later this year. Some customers who pre-order the consoles will receive them as early as October 16 this year, and they will be available in stores ...

Riot suspends League of Legends commentator for ‘tampering’

Video games can be serious business, and few games can elicit the sort of religious zeal that surrounds Riot Games’ League of Legends. The LoL esports scene has no shortage of drama, with unauthorized livestream controversies and even the occasional case of extortion. Today marks yet another chapter in the history of LoL drama as Riot Games has announced the ...

Twitter cuts API access for Politwoops, a tool that archives politicians’ deleted tweets

Once again proving that relying on Twitter’s API is not the safest business strategy, Twitter Inc has revoked access for Politwoops, a service that monitors political accounts for deleted tweets and archives them. The goal of Politwoops is to preserve potential gaffes by politicians who may tweet before they think. By archiving deleted tweets, Politwoops ensures ...

Conflict minerals are a serious problem for game hardware manufacturers

Many people are aware of the difficulties faced by the jewelry business when it comes to conflict resources, especially after the 2006 film Blood Diamond, which starred Leonardo DiCaprio. But few people realize that the problem extends beyond precious gems and metals and into the manufacturing industry, and according to a recent report by Brendan Sinclair at GamesIndustry.biz, conflict ...

Fallout 4: What we know so far

Today we finally saw the long awaited announcement of Bethesda Softworks’ Fallout 4, the latest entry into the campy post-apocalyptic series that is quickly approaching its 20-year anniversary. While Bethesda is expected to make a more complete showcase of the game at its upcoming press conference at E3, we wanted to take a quick look at ...