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 20, 2011 11:54 pm
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…
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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…
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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…
Feature • • March 28, 2011 5:20 pm
3 days to go for the launch of the Nintendo 3DS and Drop Bear Gaming will be attending the only Queensland midnight-launch. That’s right come down to the Indooroopilly EB Games and while you line up to pick up the latest in mobile gaming have a chat to Lucas and Matt and see if you get on the episode 11 of the DBG Podcast. We will also be getting a few photos for the coverage article and you may be one of the lucky people to get a photo with us for the site. If you are interested then get down to Indooroopilly Shopping Centre at 10 pm on Wednesday the 30th and be a part of mobile gaming history when the 3DS drops.
News • • March 28, 2011 7:10 am
Our friends over at fronttowardsgamer are celebrating their first birthday this week. With so many gaming websites on the net, a site that makes it to one year and is going strong is a great achievement. Head over to the FTG site and get involved. Read more…
Competition • • March 22, 2011 8:56 pm
With only two sleeps to go til the first day of the 2011 AFL season I think this would be a good time to make some announcements and explain some stuff about our tipping competition! 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.
