The Independent Game Developer Association (IGDA) is holding it’s much-admired and extremely successful Global Game Jam, this coming week-end. All over the world at 5pm Friday January 28th to 5pm Sunday January 30th, in 44 countries and at 174 sites which include Schools, Techs, Universities and local community halls; some of the smartest and brightest in our industry will battle it out to create a fully functioning, playable game. Read more…
There has been a lot of discussion around the internet lately about the recent hacking of the PS3. It has been mentioned on countless PS3 podcasts, news websites, and it is even mentioned on episode 3 of the Drop Bear Gaming podcast. This article is a compilation and summary of the news to come out about it so far including what it is, some of the fallout, and Sony’s retaliation. Read more…
Since the launch of Fruit Ninja on Android in September last year, many fans of the game have been waiting patiently for the release of the arcade mode which has been on the iPhone/iPad versions since November. As of yesterday the 21st of January it has been implemented, and it is a lot of fun. Read more…
One of the biggest names in game development and publishing at the moment, Rockstar Games are about to add yet another innovative title to their range. Read more…
As of the 16th January 2011, Firemint had sold 3,881,634 copies of Flight Control for the iPhone, giving them a firm place in the all-time highest selling iPhone app list in many countries around the world. The game was originally launched on March 5th 2009, and within 3 months it had sold a million copies, then by this time last year it had hit 2 million with around 46% of sales in the US, 19% in the UK, and 8% in Australia. Read more…
Unfortunately this week following the flood disaster we could not find time to get together to record, due to clean ups, power outages, etc. Lucas has recorded a short message followed by a song. We will be back in full force next week. Thanks for understanding.
Sony will dominate 2011, and here is why. Read more…
This week Jammy, Matt and Lucas discuss the CES keynotes by Sony and Microsoft, the Nintendo 3DS, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim leaks, Kinect and more. Also we have our first Australian developer interview with Tin Man Games programmer Ben Britten, and we end the podcast with a montage about the Queensland flood disaster to share with you all a little of what has been happening in our state. We would also like to encourage as many of you that can to please donate anything you are able by going here:http://www.qld.gov.au/floods/donate.html
Tin Man Games is an independent Australian game developer based in Melbourne and made up of two men, the founder Neil Rennison, and Ben Britten. I recently had the privilege of sitting down with Ben, who is the sole coder behind the Gamebook Adventure series available on the iTunes app store for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.
The official Drop Bear Gaming podcast has been approved for listing by iTunes! This means that you can now go ahead and subscribe to it on the iTunes store, and keep up to date whenever we put out a new episode. Episode 2 is recorded and was due for release yesterday, however Lucas unfortunately suffered a power outage at his home as a result of the local flooding here. We will have it up as soon as possible so feel free to go here, subscribe and stay tuned!
On a side note for those interested, the Brisbane flood water levels have peaked and are now dropping slowly so we have made it through that stage, now comes the inevitable clean up. Thank you to everyone who has sent their well wishes on Twitter and with comments on here, we really appreciate it.
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.
