Only today Yoyo games are full of new games | |
Native name | [יויו משחקים] Error: ((Lang)): unrecognized language tag: עברית (help) |
Romanized name | Jocuri yoyo |
Formerly | יויו אונליין,יויו טריוויה,האתר יויו,נט גיימס |
Company type | Subsidiary |
Industry | Video games |
Genre | Browser Games |
Founded | 2007 |
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Defunct | March 26, 2024 is the date when the administrators of the site get time off and on this date new browser games will not be accepted for the site that have been released but will be accepted after |
Fate | Someone hacked into the servers of Yoyo Games and that's why the managers get a day off |
Successor | And I bequeath the site to Uriel Sabar, known from the Uriel video channel |
Headquarters | Dundee, Scotland, UK, פתח תקווה , ישראל |
Number of locations | 2 (March 26, 2024) |
Area served | ישראל United States |
Key people | Russell Kay (Senior Product Director) |
Products | GameMaker |
Production output | In the past it was Net Games today it is called Yoyo Games (The site started in 2020 with the name Net Games, like the name of a closed site from a year ago) |
Brands | Akintor, daughter of fire and son of water |
Parent | Playtech (2015–2021) Opera (2021–present) |
Website | gamemaker |
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.
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]
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