YoYo Games

A glog entry earlier today by YoYo Games has highlighted a desire of the staff to hold a number of face-to-face meetings with regular Game Maker users to discuss improvements, desires etc. A poll included asks people to mention where they live (the basing of YYG in Scotland means most of the options are for […] More

YoYo Games will be one of at least fifteen companies present at the Game In Scotland video-games industry recruitment fair taking place in Dundee this Saturday. Donna Fordyce, project manager of Game In Scotland said “The videogames sector in Scotland has always been strong, but I don’t think many people are aware of just how […] More

Prior to a previous glog entry suggesting otherwise, YoYo Games has just released, via a glog entry earlier today, that Instant Play is now compatible with Google Chrome. Certainly good news for many people, me included, that use the Google browser. To install it, simply click “Play Now” on any compatible game, then click the […] More

Perhaps the worst kept secret at YoYo Games over the last half year is that they planned to open an office in Dundee. The first official announcement of the move came today with Sandy announcing that the currently none-existent YoYo Games HQ will move to Dundee “in the next few weeks”. Former DMA employee Mike […] More

After several months of community impatience (Game Maker 8 is four months old tomorrow, Firefox 3.6 several months itself), YoYo Games has finally updated their Instant Play engine to work for both. Internet Explorer should have its IP engine for Game Maker 8 up and running tomorrow, as reported by Sandy on the glog. However, […] More

As a quick warning, uploading games on YoYo Games currently appears to present you with the Virus Scanner account telling you (via the usual private message as well as an email notification) that your game has been deleted and an administrator informed due to a “virus having been found”. This has been affecting uploads for […] More