Moving To Mobile
New free mobile web games platform from YoYo Games and Opera
Opera GX browser games to deliver 'native-like' performance on mobile
Company Profile
YoYo Games
Website www.yoyogames.com
About Formed in 2007, YoYo Games acquired the rights to the GameMaker tool from Mark Overmars.
Headed by CEO Sandy Duncan (ex-VP of Xbox Europe), the company includes veterans from DMA Design.
Related People
Mike Dailly
Head of Development
Sandy Duncan
CEO
Stuart Poole
General Manager
James Cox
General Manager
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Articles featuring YoYo Games
Teaching
YoYo Games launches game-making tutorial Little Town for students
A new way to learn Game Maker Studio 2
Welcome To The Family
Opera snaps up YoYo Games for $10 million
“We are very excited to start working with the team at YoYo Games"
Sequence Complete
YoYo Games adds Sequences to GameMaker Studio 2
As part of the version 2.3 update
2019 In Review
YoYo Games Stuart Poole hopes 2020 will see softer monetisation, more 2D mobile games
Back to source
Learn Coding
GameMaker Studio 2 gets a new educational tool for preteens
The programme is aimed at 11-to-14 years olds
Key Changes
GameMaker firm enacts strategic changes as it halves mobile licence fee and closes publishing division
Free trial now includes all of the engine's features but has been limited to 30 days; publishing division has closed
Game On
Gamemaker Studio 2 gets Amazon GameOn support enabling cross-platform competitions
YoYo Games and Amazon have released an asset to get GameMaker devs onto the GameOn service
Job News
YoYo Games appoints new GM following Cox's departure to NaturalMotion
“With a talented team of true innovators, I’m excited to take up the mantle of General Manager at YoYo Games and evolve GameMaker to the next level of 2D games development"
Jobs News
GameMaker outfit YoYo Games appoints Stuart Poole as new GM
Former boss James Cox exits for NaturalMotion
Yo-yoing Between
Why GameMaker Studio's YoYo Games is getting into indie publishing
"This comes from something that is an extension of what GameMaker has been trying to do for years, which is making the next generation of games developers"
Yo Yo Yo
GameMaker Studio 2 launches open beta for Nintendo Switch support
The new edition will let developers port any previous games made with GameMaker Studio 2 to Switch
Indie Backing
GameMaker creator YoYo Games spins up indie games publishing division
Ex-Outplay senior producer Chris Trewartha heads up new team
Polylingual
YoYo Games adds French, German and Spanish languages to GameMaker Studio 2
Development engine set to add more languages this year
Cheers Guys
YoYo Games to hand out free licences for GameMaker Studio 2 during GDC
Games developers can use the suite at Train Jam, The Heart Jam and the Not Going to GDC Game Jam
Survey Results
Indie attitudes to mobile game monetisation
YoYo Games shares insights from its latest survey on in-game monetisation
Creator's Club
GameMaker Studio 2 launches $39 Creator tier for novice developers
Get access to the full kit for less - but you'll still need to shell out to develop on mobile
More Platforms
GameMaker Studio 2 adds Amazon Appstore support
Devs now have access to most recent and future versions of Amazon's APIs
Free Data
GameAnalytics offers free tools for GameMaker Studio 2 devs
Offers reporting and analysis features across platforms
Tech Update
GameMaker Studio 2 launches on MacOS
Includes same features as PC build
Diy Development
"Engines encourage creativity and risk-taking": the GameMaker Studio 2 boss on the rise and rise of indie games
YoYo Games' James Cox explains why the 2D game creation tool was rebooted this year
Game Dev Education
YoYo Games aims to make development more accessible with GameMaker 2 education edition
Free trial version available for schools and students
Make Games
YoYo Games launches latest edition of drag-and-drop engine GameMaker Studio 2
Pricing starts at $99
Making Games
How YoYo Games aims to make GameMaker Studio 2 more accessible than ever
A peek under the hood of the new game engine
It's A Deal
YoYo Games CEO steps down following $16 million Playtech deal
Sandy Duncan takes consultancy role
Aces High
Gambling software outfit Playtech buys GameMaker dev YoYo Games for $16.4 million
Making better gambling games
YoYo Games lifts the lid on community portal GameMaker: Player
Make, share, play
GameMaker: Marketplace opens its doors for asset sales
Shop till you drop
Tools
GameMaker: Studio beefs up support for Microsoft hardware, adding Xbox One
More cross-platform than ever
Stateside
Developers, beware the democratisation of game development
With opportunity comes risk, warns Carter Dotson
$60,000 on offer for devs as YoYo launches Tizen development competition
Big cash for the best of the best
Making 2D games? GameMaker: Studio is still the best says YoYo Games
Leading the charge from Flash to HTML5
YoYo Games' GameMaker: Studio to support Tizen
Publish to the Tizen Store and more
YoYo Games: 'The world has moved on, and Microsoft is rushing to catch up'
CTO explains Windows 8 dev contest
YoYo Games to hand out $12,000 to GameMaker: Studio devs working on Windows 8
Publish your game by 8 December to enter
YoYo introduces Pocket Change loyalty currency into GameMaker: Studio
Driving engagement for GameMaker devs
Nook games can gross up to $100,000 in first 30 days, reckons YoYo Games
GameMaker: Studio support logical
YoYo's GameMaker: Studio kickstarts Nook support with 9 title run
More games to follow
GameMaker: Studio's HTML5 know-how highlighted with 7 strong assault on Chrome Web Store
YoYo Games launches Android line-up
YoYo Games' Sandy Duncan on why GameMaker: Studio is the best for 2D game creation
Simple, productive, cost effective
YoYo Games looks to disrupt Unity with $596 GameMaker: Studio launch for PC, Mac, HTML5, iOS and Android
Make game, release game
YoYo Games gives early access to GameMaker: Studio via Facebook competition
Five chances to win with a 'like'
HTML5 is at least 10 times faster on iOS 5 than iOS 4, says YoYo Games boss Sandy Duncan
Apple plans to dominate native and browser gaming
YoYo Games launches GameMaker: HTML5 beta
Now available for $99
YoYo Games' Sandy Duncan on why HTML5 will resurrect Flash games portals and herald the end of Nintendo's hardware business
Fundamentally important for the future of games
YoYo Games' Sandy Duncan on why GameMaker for HTML5 is right place, right time for all developers
This ain't your son's GameMaker
YoYo Games opens up as a mobile publisher for Game Maker content
First for iPhone and iPad, then Android and beyond