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YoYo Games are finally on Twitter. You can follow them at @YoYoGameMaker. And if you aren’t yet following Game Maker Blog(!) then you can do that here: @GameMakerBlog Several months back there was a fake YoYo Games twitter account which spouted ridiculous nonsense for a couple of weeks before it was closed down. More

Earlier today YoYo Games announced the launch of the “YoYo Games App Store” from which Game Maker 7 for Mac can be downloaded. However “App Store” has been registered as a trademark by Apple in the EU.  In the United States the mark’s current status is listed as “An opposition is now pending at the […] More

In the year to October 31st 2009 YoYo Games recorded a loss of £12,430 ($19,850/€14,950). Company accounts, filed Friday, show that YoYo Games Ltd almost broke even after a loss of £180,000 in the previous year to October 31st 2008. In January 2009 YoYo Games raised the price of the full version of Game Maker by […] More

YoYo Games’ grant from the Scottish Government is worth £220,000 (€265,000, $350,000) for the “development and distribution of internet based games”. The Regional Selective Assistance investment grant funded by Scottish Taxpayers, part of £16m of funding announced for the last quarter, was given on the condition that it would create at least 24 new jobs. RSA […] More