Our friends over at n3v games have given us a few disc copies of the free to play MMO Runes of Magic. The disc comes with the full downloadable game plus over $10 of in game items. We are giving these away to listeners of the podcast. Read more…
Competition • • April 27, 2011 2:17 pm
Announcement • • April 27, 2011 9:31 am
It’s round 5 which marks the first of our random AFL Live giveaways. This week we are giving a copy of the AFL Live game to a tipper that has been nothing but consistent, someone that has held down a spot for multiple rounds. Read more…
Duration: 01:16:23 • Size: 34.98 MB
We have slightly changed up the format again this week on our road to perfection, so please feel free to email us at podcast@dropbeargaming.com or hit us up on Twitter (@DropBearGaming) to let us know what you think of it! On this episode we discuss Matt’s World Of Warcraft relapse, new DLC for Raskulls, Fruit Ninja’s nomination for a Webby award, the new Battlefield Play4Free game, Geohot’s settlement with Sony, and more. SiouxsieKate also gives us her thoughts on Michael Jackson: The Experience, and Lucas interviews Max MacKinnon aka Eso from Bliss N Eso to talk about putting their song in Fight Night Round 4, Black Ops, and much more! Read more…
News • • April 20, 2011 11:54 pm
Our good friends over at The Voxel Agents have been hard at work, updating the Train Conductor series to HD. Not only does this now class both the Australian and United States versions of the games as universal for the iOS, it also means you only need to purchase once and the game is available on any of the your iOS devises, ie. iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad.
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News • • April 18, 2011 1:09 pm
Retail Store Game confirmed less than 2 hours ago the AFL Live had broken street date and was looking for confirmation from distribution company Tru Blu to start shelfing the title. Many Western Australian stores started selling the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions over the weekend and once Game found out tweeted “AFL LIVE! CONFIRMED! If our stores have stock – they are able to sell you AFL Live on PS3 or Xbox360.” Read more…
Duration: 01:32:00 • Size: 21.06 MB
In episode 10 the Drop Bear crew bring a new format, a new guest interview and a brand new host. That’s right, a new member of the DBG family, SiouxsieKate drops a dollar in the co-op machine and comes along for the journey. The team discuss Killzone 3 and Crysis 2 as part of a new segment thats brought to you by Civic Video Darra, Brisbane. The news of the week is bounced around with updates from Firemint, the 18+ topic hits the headlines again and more layoffs in some of the big studios discussed. We sit with Melbourne developer Craig Peebles (www.craigpeebles.com) to discuss his change in career, his role within the IGDA Melbourne and the game that’s been a long time coming (CosmosTest). After the interview they discuss the Brisbane Supanova Pop Culture Expo and what went down at the Queensland Nintendo 3DS launch. Stick around to hear how you can score a new PC game with exclusive in game items. Drop us an email (podcast@dropbeargaming.com) and tell us what you think of the new format, say congrats to our newest member or pose a question for us to discuss on the next exciting episode of the Drop Bear Gaming podcast. Read more…
Feature • • April 13, 2011 9:28 pm
This week in iOS gaming I have been focused on one small but extremely fun title, Tiny Wings. If you haven’t played or heard of this, you’re about to. It has had a lot of media directed towards it lately and for a simple single mechanic title it’s surprising, until you play it. Read more…
Feature • • April 10, 2011 11:35 am
Everyone has heard of Halo. I believe that is a statement I can make unreservedly, and I think I can also confidently state that almost all gamers have at least given a Halo game a try at some point in their gaming careers. Read more…
Duration: 01:39:40 • Size: 68.44 MB
Here it is finally! The long-awaited 9th episode of Drop Bear Gaming! This episode covers a few things that are kind of old news (Mortal Kombat classification appeal refusal, Homefront, R18+ etc) but Matt also goes into detail about Dragon Age 2, we discuss some iPad games, and we announce the winner of our Gamebook Adventures 5 competition. We have also included a great interview with Daniel Visser from Wicked Witch Software talking about their new game AFL Live for Wii! Read more…
News • • March 31, 2011 4:11 pm
The Supanova pop culture expo is rolling into Brisbane this weekend bringing all the anime, sci-fi, comics and more that you could want. With a plethora of special celebrity guests, tournaments, booths, and other great things to see and do, it is definitely worth checking out. Read more…
Lucas
The Podfather/Convo Controller
Super salesman by day, Batdad and Gamersutra by night. As a self-confessed technology pacifist, he prefers to sit on the console-war fence and play games on his PC.
Matt
PlayStation Fanboy/Motormouth
Electrician by trade and yet also highly skilled at finding time to game around work and family commitments. A PlayStation fanboy with a platinum count and obvious podcast bias to prove it. Thinks DC is clearly superior to Marvel. Has been known to rant.
ABOUT DBG
Started in January 2011 by brothers Lucas and Matt, Drop Bear Gaming has been operating for over 7 years offering a fresh and relaxed perspective on the video game industry. The website is a passion project more than anything and it is our distinct pleasure to continue bringing entertainment to our listeners and viewers.
The guys release a podcast episode every two to three weeks and over the years they have welcomed guests from developers, publishers, and other gaming outlets onto the show.
Disclaimer: From time to time Drop Bear Gaming receives copies of games for review in either physical or digital format from publishers or their associated PR companies. All reviews are based on the merits of each game on their own. Whether or not we were supplied the copy is not taken into account when compiling our reviews.
