We are loving all the praise for GameMaker: Studio! YoYo Games was recently named a finalist in the Cross-Platform Tools Category for the 2013 Mobile Entertainment Awards.

Visit Mobile Entertainment for the full list of nominees and details.

Wish us luck!

In order to make it easy for everyone to understand and ensure that no one misses out on entering the Win Big competition we have updated our website to include a timeline and a nice big countdown timer so that you will never miss an important competition date!

Date Breakdown

7 June – Early Submission Prize Draw #1

A prize of $1,000 will be given out at random to one lucky entrant. All games entered and available to the public on the Windows Store at this time will be included in the prize draw.

14 June – Early Submission Prize Draw #2

A prize of $1,000 will be given out at random to one lucky entrant. All games entered and available to the public on the Windows Store at this time will be included in the prize draw. Non-winning games from the first draw are still eligible for this prize.

21 June – Early Submission Prize Draw #3

A prize of $1,000 will be given out at random to one lucky entrant. All games entered and available to the public on the Windows Store at this time will be included in the prize draw. Non-winning games from the first two draws are still eligible for this prize.

28 June – Submission Deadline

This is the date that your game should be submitted by. It needs to have been submitted to the Windows Store and its details need to have been submitted to us using our submission form.

13 July – Bug Fix & Polish Deadline

If your game did not pass Windows Store Certification or you wish to make improvements in an update this is the time to do it.

31 July – Final Publish Deadline

This is the final date to have your game available to the public on the Windows Store. Games which are not publicly available at this point are not eligible to win any competition prizes.

29 August – Winners Announced

Competition winners will be announced. Sign up for our mailing list, keep an eye on our Website, follow us on Twitter or Like us on Facebook to stay in the loop and avoid missing out on any exciting YoYo Games news!

We’re giving away more prizes!!

We want to make sure you don't miss the Deadline of June 28th, so we're adding some "Sprinter" prizes to encourage you to get your games in as early as possible.

There will now be an additional weekly "Random Reward" of $1,000 up for grabs for those who manage to get their game(s) both submitted AND passed Windows Store Certification.  

The first $1,000 "Random Reward" will go to ANY game that has made it on to the store by June 7th

The Second $1,000 "Random Reward" is on June 14th and the third on June 21st.

Any game entered submitted and approved by June 7th will be eligible for all three $1,000 rewards.

All you have to do is get your game approved by any of these dates and let us know about it using the competition entry form. 

AND THERE’S EVEN MORE!!!  Any developer who successfully gets their game accepted for sale on the store by June 21 will get a FREE Windows 8 upgrade worth up to $199.99 (US English language only).

So submit now and win more!

It’s been a year since we launched GameMaker: Studio!

In a year’s time we've added lots of new export modules, developer services and a whole host of new features! But we’re just getting started and have lots of new features coming in the year ahead that’ll help make GameMaker: Studio the best games development tool around.

Visit us on Facebook at YoYo Games or on Twitter @yoyogamemaker and tell us what you like most about GameMaker: Studio!

Happy birthday GameMaker: Studio and thanks to all our fans for making this a great year!

We’re thrilled to announce that GameMaker: Studio will support Google Play game services with an update coming next week.

Through GameMaker: Studio, you’ll be able to integrate achievements, leaderboards, real-time multiplayer and cloud save into your games quickly and easily!