Melbourne-based Firemint and Brisbane-based Halfbrick Studios have come out swinging at this year’s Game Developer Conference in San Francisco, with both companies announcing a new game. As two of Australia’s most successful game development companies they have collectively sold millions upon millions of copies of their games, and these new titles are sure to continue their success. Read more…
Announcement • • March 1, 2011 10:32 pm
Here at Drop Bear Gaming we are based in Brisbane, and were recently affected by a devastating natural disaster in the form of extreme flooding, after which we put the call out for donations to help support the recovery. As you all have most likely heard or seen on the news, on the 22nd of February a 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit Christchurch, New Zealand. The extent of the damage is unfathomable, and the number of casualties has been overwhelming. Read more…
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This week on the podcast we are joined by Tim Saitta from Game Taco. We discuss the top Xbox 360 Live games of 2010, the Aussie Game Dev head count, Dead Island trailer, Fruit Ninja selling over 6 million copies, and much more! Read more…
News • • February 27, 2011 5:37 am
Over 150 billion fruit have met the blade in only 10 months since Fruit Ninja was released in April last year. Halfbrick Studios have announced that in those 10 months over 6 million paid copies of Fruit Ninja have been sold on the App Store. With numbers like those Goulburn Valley will need to stop canning. Read more…
News • • February 25, 2011 6:45 pm
On my recent trip to the local games retailer I was bailed up in the corner and handed my $10 deposit for a Mortal Kombat pre-order. The game has not passed the first round of classification and the Australian Classification Board has advised stores to remove all displays and signs for release until further notice. Read more…
Competition • • February 23, 2011 1:22 am
Our great friends over at Tin Man Games have hooked us up with some promo codes for Gamebook Adventures 2 & 4 for a few of our lucky readers. If you are interested in getting your hands on one of them read on! Read more…
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On this week’s episode we are joined by Tom Killen, co-founder of The Voxel Agents. He comes along for the ride with Lucas and Matt to discuss some news including Firemint’s Real Racing 2 update, Australian 3DS price point announcement, DCUO charging more for subscriptions in Australia, and Halfbrick’s Raskulls soundtrack giveaway. We talk about some of the games we have been playing, then during the break we interview Joe Hookins from Dinoroar about their new title Samurai Training. We finish off the podcast with a great chat with Tom about The Voxel Agents, their Train Conductor games, and how he got into game development. Read more…
Feature • • February 13, 2011 10:43 am
Dinoroar Interactive, creators of the iPhone/iPod game Memory Loss, have just released a teaser trailer for their second game for the mobile platform called Samurai Training. The new title will be released for both the iOS platform and Android, and is slated for release in autumn 2011 with an aim to release it by the end of March. Read more…
News • • February 12, 2011 11:04 am
Halfbrick is one of Brisbane’s most successful development studios at the moment and with their latest game Raskulls now available on Xbox Live they are getting great attention around the world. Recently they released the first DLC pack for Raskulls and to celebrate its release they are offering the soundtrack free for download! Read more…
Feature • • February 10, 2011 8:39 pm
Drop Bear Gaming recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Tom Killen of The Voxel Agents, the makers of the award winning Train Conductor series. Tom was one of the coordinating team behind the 2011 IGDA Melbourne Global Game Jam. We asked Tom a few questions about the event and what it takes to make one of the years most successful Jams.
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.
