Online gambling software company, Playtech, has revealed that it has acquired Yoyo Games Limited (Yoyo), the UK based developer of the popular cross-platform game dev tool GameMaker Studio, for the sum of US$ 16.4 million. The acquisition includes GameMaker, which has risen in popularity in recent years among small-team game developers and is a basis for games such as Gods Will Be Watching, Spelunky, Risk of Rain, Hotline Miami, Nidhogg and Gunpoint. Playtech has revealed that the engine … [Read more...]