Aussie developers Firemint announced their latest project back in March at the Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco. At the time the new game was being shown off with the name Agent Squeek, however since then they have given it a new name and it’s nearly ready for launch. Read more…
News • • August 2, 2011 11:01 pm
One of our favourite iOS games is being ported to Facebook, Words with Friends.
News • • July 22, 2011 5:27 pm
There has finally been a resolution to the R18+ classification issue today and the federal government have said that they will be introducing the new classification before the end of the year. Read more…
News • • July 14, 2011 5:28 pm
There has been a great bit of news today with the announcement that Apple are lowering prices in the Australian App Store to bring it in line with the US. Read more…
News • • July 6, 2011 4:41 pm
Online News site DigiTimes posted an article late Monday claiming to have inside confirmation that Sony are to begin production of the PlayStation 4 as early as 2011.
News • • June 29, 2011 5:06 pm
Our good friends at Tin Man Games have released Gamebook Adventures 1: An Assassin in Orlandes as a LITE version, offering you the chance to try it for no cost.
News • • June 27, 2011 11:09 am
EA are really taking the casual game space seriously, after buying the Australian iOS development company Firemint, they have now turned their sights on PopCap. In a rumoured takeover price of US$1billion (that’s about $53.20 in Australia), this look’s to be the largest take over of a social gaming company in history.
News • • June 23, 2011 3:53 pm
In the May 2009 Australian Federal Government Budget the Labour Government announced its plans for a new Research & Development Tax Credit, this was to replace the Research and Development Tax Concession. It was designed to provide a tax offset and encourage companies to invest in research and development in Australia. On May 15th 2011 the Government announced the cross bench support for the new Tax Credit.
News • • June 19, 2011 3:03 pm
Have you heard of Minecraft? If not, where have you been! It’s a block building game with some of the most basic graphics you will ever see on a game, developed this side of 1980 anyway. If you haven’t played this amazing game and want to or just want to know what the hell is going on in the game, check out this video.
News • • June 19, 2011 8:39 am
The Australian government wants your contribution to the R18+ rating issue, but you only have a few days left. The chance to offer your say runs out on June 22.
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.
