Game Maker 8

Three Game Maker crack related stories in one here. 1. A recent article by the former Game Maker Station PR agency claimed that in the period from 2007 up until a few days ago cracked versions of Game Maker cost YoYo Games $47,390 (US) in lost revenues.  They produced a graph showing that since 2007 […] More

GameMaker Studio and GameMaker Studio 2 have since been released and GameMaker 8.0 discontinued. YoYo Games have today released version 8 of Game Maker.  The interface remains the same as in previous versions but there have been a number of improvements with completely rewritten Sprite and Script editors and some new features.  This is the […] More

Gone is the nasty grey upgrade nag screen of Game Maker 7 and in its place is the colourful Game Maker 8 launch message.  The purpose is still the same though, to encourage Game Maker users to part with $25 for the full, upgraded, Pro version of the software. More

Game Maker 8 is on schedule to be released, with Softwrap DRM protection, before Christmas. Earlier today the second release candidate was taken offline and the bugtracker closed. The YoYo Games website has also recently been updated to fully incorporate the new program logo.  The poll asking GMC members whether they would prefer a pre-2010 […] More

The question remains: Would you like GM8 now with Softwrap, or wait 3-4 months for GM8 with no Softwrap? The official poll has been posted on the GMC which allow users to have their say in the matter. As Sandy mentioned on the official glog, it will take the approximately 3 to 4 months for […] More

YoYo Games CEO Sandy Duncan has confirmed that a modification of the winning design in the runoff vote to evolve Albert Zak’s smiley will be the new Game Maker logo. “Here is the new revised logo, based on the original design but with no smiley and a few other changes (note….this is an ironic statement on […] More

A week ago Sandy said he was open to evolutions of Albert Zak’s winning Game Maker 8 logo design.  Logo competition finalist Martin Crownover then hosted an instant runoff vote at the Game Maker Community between 19 designs (some of them very similar).  The three top-rated designs were emailed to Sandy and are shown below […] More

In a series of comments responding to criticism directed at YoYo Games’ recent choice of logo for Game Maker 8 Sandy Duncan has said he is willing to listen to constructive feedback. “I’m willing to see evolution, not revolution… Evolution vs Revolution if Albert Zak is one of he judges ? (and no hammers !) […] More

Yesterday YoYo Games revealed the new logo that will be used to represent Game Maker 8. As expected some members of the community have been very vocal in their opposition to it with one petition attracting 500 signatures in 18 hours asking for the logo to be replaced. I expect that between them the signatories […] More