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YoYo Games

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YoYo Games Ltd.
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Video games
Founded 2007 ; 17 years ago  ( 2007 )
Founders
  • Michel Cassius
  • Sandy Duncan
  • Spencer Hyman
  • James North-Hearn
Headquarters Dundee , Scotland, UK
Key people
Russell Kay ( Senior Product Director )
Products GameMaker
Parent Playtech (2015?2021)
Opera (2021?present)
Website gamemaker .io

YoYo Games is a British software development company based in Dundee , Scotland. From February 2015 to January 2021, the company was owned by Playtech ; afterwards, it was sold to Opera to launch its new gaming division.

History [ edit ]

YoYo Games was founded in 2007 by Michel Cassius, Sandy Duncan, Spencer Hyman and James North-Hearn, former entertainment and video game industry executives. Duncan was appointed chief executive officer of the company. [1] On 26 January 2007, Mark Overmars announced his partnership with a company based in Dundee , Scotland, called YoYo Games. [2] [3]

The company established its European office in Dundee in May 2010 by opening an office within Abertay University with two team members. [4] The company currently employs more than 25 employees. [5] YoYo Games has announced plans to create an additional 25 positions, over the next 18 months, in systems development, software engineering, sales and customer service. [6] The employees will be hired to help the company keep pace with the rapid evolution of the global games market and demand for Game Maker: Studio. [7] To accommodate this expansion, in June 2013, YoYo Games moved from its old location within Abertay University [7] into new office space on Dundee ’s Waterfront redevelopment. [5] On 16 February 2015 it was announced that Playtech acquired YoYo Games for ￡10.65 million (USD$16.4 million). [8] [9] Shortly thereafter, Duncan stepped down from his position. [10] He was later replaced by James Cox as general manager , who himself stepped down in October 2018 to be replaced by Stuart Poole in January 2019. [11]

Playtech sold YoYo Games to Opera for US$10 million in January 2021. Opera announced with YoYo's acquisition, it was launching a new Opera Gaming division alongside their browser software. [12] [13]

In February 2021, Stuart Poole left the role of General Manager and Russell Kay was named Senior Product Director (Head of GameMaker) [14]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "YoYo Games" . University of California, Santa Barbara .
  2. ^ Public announcement from Mark Overmars, Game Maker Community
  3. ^ Schonfeld, Erick; Yen, Yi-Wyn. "It's a Web, Web, Web 2.0 world" . CNN Money . CNN . Retrieved 28 April 2019 .
  4. ^ "YoYo Games Expands Into Dundee Waterfront" . Dundee Waterfront . Dundee City Council. 22 April 2013. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014 . Retrieved 28 April 2019 .
  5. ^ a b Williamson, James (23 April 2013). "Dundee's YoYo Games looks to next level - The Courier" . The Courier . DC Thomson . Retrieved 28 April 2019 .
  6. ^ "YoYo Games to Double its Staff to 50" . Interactive Tayside . 22 April 2013. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014 . Retrieved 28 April 2019 .
  7. ^ a b scottishgames (23 April 2013). "YoYo Games Expanding, Recruiting New Staff, Moving To New Office | Scottish Games Network" . Scottish Games Network . Archived from the original on 17 February 2015 . Retrieved 28 April 2019 .
  8. ^ Pearson, Dan (16 February 2015). "YoYo Games sells to PlayTech for $16.4 million" . GamesIndustry.biz . Gamer Network . Retrieved 28 April 2019 .
  9. ^ Chapple, Craig (16 February 2015). "PlayTech buys GameMaker creator YoYo Games for ￡10m" . Develop . NewBay. Archived from the original on 29 November 2016 . Retrieved 28 April 2019 .
  10. ^ Judge, Alysia (17 February 2015). "YoYo Games CEO steps down following $16 million Playtech deal" . Pocket Gamer.biz .
  11. ^ Handrahan, Matthew (16 January 2019). "YoYo Games promotes Stuart Poole to general manager" . GamesIndustry.biz .
  12. ^ Kerr, Chris (19 January 2021). "Playtech sells GameMaker Studio maker YoYo Games for $10 million" . Gamasutra . Retrieved 19 January 2021 .
  13. ^ Takahashi, Dean (20 January 2021). "Opera acquires YoYo Games for $10 million and launches Opera Gaming division" . Venture Beat . Retrieved 20 January 2021 .
  14. ^ GameMaker Update 2022 , retrieved 22 April 2022

External links [ edit ]

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