Opera acquires YoYo Games for $10 million and launches Opera Gaming division
Web browser maker Opera has acquired YoYo Games, the maker of the GameMaker Studio 2 game engine, for $10 million, and it has also...
YoYo Games will publish indie titles made with its GameMaker Studio engine
YoYo Games features indie games that have used its development tools in a showcase, and now it’s formally partnering with developers to publish their...
GameMaker Studio creators look back at 17 years of development
Making games is easier than ever — even if it’s still difficult to make good games. One of the tools that tries to enable...
YoYo Games heats up the game engine wars with GameMaker Studio 2
YoYo Games is launching a new version of its cross-platform game engine, dubbed GameMaker Studio 2. Game engines are tools that make it easier...
Playtech buys GameMaker creator YoYo Games for $16.4 million
The online gambling company Playtech has acquired YoYo Games, which makes the GameMaker: Studio cross-platform developer tool, for $16.4 million, according to Gamasutra. Playtech told Gamasutra that the purchase it to help the company enter the casual gaming space.
Meet the 12-year-old boy who makes games instead of going to school
Sam Smith has been home-schooled for three years. He's now getting his education by making games, and Spacepants, his first published effort, has been a great success.
Sony continues its courtship of indies with deal to bring GameMaker Studio to the PlayStation 4
The game-development kit also offers native exporting for PS4, PS3, and Vita.
YoYo Games updates GameMaker: Studio to speed development time
GameMaker: Studio will now run faster, allowing for quicker game development.
YoYo Games launches a series of Chrome games with the flip of a switch (exclusive)
YoYo Games is launching seven new games on the Google Chrome Web Store today. It certainly hopes to sell a lot of them, but...
GamesBeat Weekly Roundup
If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best games stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.