Game Maker Developers Network – Carlos Ramos has released a slightly humorous trailer of the GMDN which he plans to take into closed beta on August the 1st.
YoYoGames have dropped the price of Game Maker for Mac to $19.99, half the regular price for a limited time sale.
Tom Grochowiak made a interesting post a few weeks back about initial release and sales figures of Cinders and is well worth a read.
TrueValhalla has started to take pre-orders on his Making Money with HTML5 eBook, which is a guide on how to take a HTML5 game and turn it into a sellable product.
YellowAfterlife has released a couple useful examples for GameMaker 8.1, including a simple lighting system and a pause menu.