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YoYo Games
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. On 16 February 2015 the company announced that it had been purchased by Playtech for £10.65 million (16.4 million USD).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=YoYo Games sells to PlayTech for $16.4 million )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=PlayTech buys GameMaker creator YoYo Games for £10m )〕
== History ==
On 26 January 2007, Mark Overmars announced his partnership with a company based in Dundee, Scotland called YoYo Games.〔(Public announcement ) from Mark Overmars, Game Maker Community〕 The company, headed by CEO Sandy Duncan (ex Vice President of Xbox Europe),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=It's a Web, Web, Web 2.0 world )〕 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.〔 On 16 February 2015 it was announced that Playtech acquired YoYo Games for £10.65 million (USD$16.4 million).
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