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    in YoYo Games

    YoYo co-founder Michel Cassius speaking in 2007

    Michel Cassius, former head of xBox in Europe, Middle East and Africa, is a co-founder of and shareholder in YoYo Games Ltd. These videos were recorded at What’s next for Online Gaming which took place in December 2007.  Michel discusses the idea behind YoYo Games, the business model and why he thinks they will succeed. More

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    in Uncategorized

    Game Review – Rosetta Stone

    Firstly, I’d like to introduce myself, I’m Andrew McCluskey, aka “NAL”, the newest addition to the Game Maker Blog team. My contributions are solely going to focus on reviewing Game Maker games from the past and present. I’ll write these every one to two weeks. The first game I shall be reviewing is the most […] More

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    in Comment

    What is Game Maker Station doing?

    Game Maker Station obviously sees itself as the new GMKing.  A recent e-mail to forum members outlined the services they offer which include a forum, a chat room, a blog network, a game maker top sites list, a game maker school and file hosting and email services.  Not to mention a poor-mans version of this […] More

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    in Game Maker 8, YoYo Games

    YoYo Games Improves Site Performance

    Sandy announced that the YoYo Games website performance will be improved with both software and hardware upgrades. Plans are currently in place to have the sites two main servers upgraded later this week. It has been over a year since the first upgrades however these new changes will include a memory upgrade on both of […] More

  • 12 Comments

    in Distribution

    Roket-Games launch Commercial Games

    Roket-Games, the site YoYoGames.com should have been, has today added the ability for game developers to easily sell their games. Payments are made via PayPal with Roket-Games taking a small cut for controlling access to the full version.  Submitted games will be moderated before they appear on the site to ensure that they are of sufficient quality […] More

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    in GameMaker Media

    GMLive Show Topics

    The team behind GMLive, an online Game Maker radio show, have released details of the topics that will be covered in tomorrows (Saturday 10th) broadcast. When the show is on air you will be able to listen via GMlive.org Show times: UK:  4pm,  Western Europe: 5pm. More

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    in Community Links

    Mid-week Community Links

    GameBuilder.info are holding a “Happy Halloween” themed game making competition with a $150 cash first prize. Entries can be made using any game development tool and can be submitted upto November 3rd. More reaction to YoYo Games’ losses at Game Maker Games (seems a decent place) and at GMClan (Polish, lots of comments). Updates at […] More

  • 20 Comments

    in YoYo Games

    YoYo Games Ltd records losses of £180,000

    In the year to October 31st 2008 YoYo Games Ltd, who own the exclusive rights to distribute and exploit the Game Maker software, made a loss of over £180,000 (~$285,000 USD). In the previous year to October 31st 2007 a loss of £240,000 (~$380,000 USD) was filed in the company accounts signed off by CEO […] More

  • 13 Comments

    in GMC, YoYo Games

    Game Maker Community Problems

    The Official Game Maker Community went offline for a couple of hours earlier today and users are still reporting that they are experiencing problems. An explanation provided by Sandy suggests that maintenance of the site had been neglected, “there was a LOT of old backup and other non essential stuff clogging the hard drive.” This is not […] More

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