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YoYo Games is a software and game publishing company based in Dundee, Scotland. It is best known for developing the proprietary, game development IDE, GameMaker for Windows which can compile cross-platform, originally created by Mark Overmars.

History

On 26 January 2007, Mark Overmars announced his partnership with a company based in Dundee, Scotland called YoYo Games. The company, headed by CEO Sandy Duncan (ex Vice President of Xbox Europe), was founded to support the future development of GameMaker and to build a community for developers and casual gamers who could upload their games to the website.

The company established its European office in Dundee in May 2010 by opening an office within Abertay University with two team members. The company currently employs more than 25 employees. 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. 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. To accommodate this expansion, in June 2013, YoYo Games moved from its old location within Abertay University into new office space on Dundee’s Waterfront redevelopment.

Games

Controversy

2013 April Fools' Day joke

On 30 March 2013, Mike Dailly announced that YoYo Games was being purchased by the Valve Corporation, the developers of Steam. The joke drew much criticism from the community and lead to widespread arguments within the community and a large removal of several users from the Game Maker Community. YoYo Games Chief Executive Officer, Sandy Duncan, later learned of the prank and promptly had it removed from the site, however several moderators continued reposting the topic. An apology was later given.

References

1. Public announcement from Mark Overmars, Game Maker Community
2. YoYo Games on CNNMoney.com
3. "News Article". Dundee Waterfront. 2013-04-22. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
4. ^ "Dundee's YoYo Games looks to next level - News / Business / The Courier". Thecourier.co.uk. 2013-04-23. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
5. "YoYo Games to Double its Staff to 50". Interactive Tayside. 2013-04-22. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
6. ^ by scottishgames (2013-04-23). "YoYo Games Expanding, Recruiting New Staff, Moving To New Office | Scottish Games Network". Scottishgames.net. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
7. "Valve is buying Yoyogames, the makers of Game Maker : gamedev". Reddit.com. 2013-03-31. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
8. "Yoyo Are Not Selling Out - April Fools - The Community - Game Maker Community". Gmc.yoyogames.com. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
9. "YoYo Games April Fool's Prank Angers Indie Game Community". Coin Arcade. Retrieved 2014-01-29.

External links

• Official website

• Video game companies of the United Kingdom