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Halfbrick Announce Fish Out Of Water

Brisbane mobile game developer Halfbrick Studios who created Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride have announced their next game “Fish Out Of Water”. Read more…

2013 Gaming News So Far

We have been a bit inactive here at Drop Bear Gaming so far in 2013 due to a number of unforeseen things. Excessive work at our day jobs, illness, my laptop committing seppuku and the other distractions of life have meant we haven’t managed to get many posts up here. We are working to rectify this but to make up for not really covering anything this year I’ve decided to give a run down on what big news has been happening in the gaming world in no particular order. Read more…

EBX 2012

The second annual EB Expo came and went over the weekend just past and it most definitely lived up to EB Games’ hype about being bigger and better than the inaugural show last year. With attendance counting in the thousands higher than last year and the duration increased to three days instead of just two it was definitely a lot busier, and the atmosphere from the punters had the venue buzzing with excitement throughout the entire event. Read more…

Quickflix Video Streaming Coming To 360

Quickflix today announced a partnership with Microsoft to get their movie and TV series streaming service onto the Xbox 360 for Australian and New Zealander users. Read more…

AFL Tipping Competition 2012

The Official Drop Bear Gaming AFL Tipping Competition is back again this year so join in and win some stuff! Read more…

Mass Effect 3 Launch Event Wrap-Up

The end is nigh. With the arrival of Mass Effect 3 just around the corner, the stage is set for the dramatic conclusion to the epic space trilogy. The Reapers are returning from the depths of dark space to purge the galaxy of all life. Their first stop is Earth and it’s up to Commander Shepard to stop them. Read more…

Vita Digital Download Prices Announced

A truck load of Vita games have been added to the PlayStation Store in its latest update, and being the informative and friendly guy that I am I’ve decided to post them all here to save you the trouble of looking for them! Read more…

Bioware Announce Aussie SW:TOR Release Date

Bioware today announced the official date that the MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic will be released for Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore. Read more…

Lamb_Chop’s Dev Diary – Global Game Jam 2012

Just over two weeks ago I had the pleasure and privilege of attending the 2012 Global Game Jam in Rosehill, Sydney. Haven’t heard of it? Trust me, it rocks! Read more…

Vodafone Announce Aussie Vita Data Pricing

Vodafone Australia have finally announced the details for their data plans for the PlayStation Vita today with a range of plans available. 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.

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