On May 23rd (the day after GameMaker: Studio launch) our YoYo Games Forum was severely attacked. We have managed to field off attacks like this in the past but it has got to the point where it now poses a serious security risk for the rest of the site and its users. The software these forums are based on is old and obsolete, so there is no easy fix.

This has regrettably forced us into the position of closing the forums and moving everyone into the safer, and far more secure forums at the GameMaker Community. We’ve been working with the admins and moderators of the YYGF to find a solution but it’s become obvious that without the man power to dedicate to the problem, we simply can’t fix it. With everyone at YoYo Games involved in GameMaker:Studio, we simply don’t have the capacity to properly fix the security concerns at the YYGF (if it’s even possible).

So from Friday, June 1, the YYGF will be closed, and members will be asked to register at the GameMaker Community (GMC) forums. Current YYGF moderators are being invited to join the team there, and will be allowed to pick an area to help out in, and to help the rest of the YYGF community move in.

We feel this is the best solution available, and actually is a golden opportunity for both communities! The GMC has traditionally been a place for people who like to create games, while the YYGF has been a place for games players. Now it seems only logical to us, that those making games need constant feedback from experts in playing them, while gamers gain access to new games and get to give suggestions before they are released, helping them to be the blockbusters everyone wants them to be!

We’d love everyone to come and join in some of these discussions, bring a fresh perspective and show the kinds of games GameMaker is capable of making. We realise that merging the two communities will take some time and patience on both sides, but urge everyone to get involved because we here at YoYo think the potential for success is massive!

It is also worth undertaking a small 'rebranding' of the GMC to make it clear these are now ONE official forums, and that everyone knows that when they come there, they’ll get the answers they’re looking for. This will likely be in the form of a new name for the forum.

Thank you for your understanding and support during this transition. We look forward to hearing your feedback online at the GMC. 

The YoYo Team

The YoYo Games team are delighted to bring you, at long last, GameMaker: Studio! The worlds' fastest and easiest to use cross-platform games development tool. 

“GameMaker: Studio is the next evolution of GameMaker technology,” says Russell Kay, chief technology officer at YoYo Games. “An impressive seven thousand developers participated in the GameMaker: Studio beta and have been instrumental in helping us deliver a tool that is ideal for independents and professional development teams.”

 GameMaker: Studio features include:

• Export native iOs and Android packages
• Produce ready-to-run HTML5 web code for Facebook or web publishing
• Export native executables for Windows and Mac
• Native source control environment
• Powerful scripting language and internal customizable code editor
• Native physics support
• Internal image editors
• Advanced IDE that includes path and timeline editors

The base price for GameMaker: Studio is $99 (includes Windows and OSX exports).

HTML5 export is only an additional $99

iOS export is $199 

Android export $199

An upgrade to GameMaker: Studio (including HTML5 export) for existing GameMaker: HTML5 customers is free. 

*Please note, GameMaker:HTML5 will no longer be available to purchase as from today. This does not affect GameMaker Standard 8.1 or GameMaker for Mac (V.7).

GameMaker: Studio is available directly from YoYo Games only via here.

The full press release can be found here 

GameMaker: Studio FAQ - http://wiki.yoyogames.com/index.php/GameMaker:Studio

GameMaker: Studio Forum - http://gmc.yoyogames.com/index.php?showforum=104

Today we are officially closing the GameMaker: Studio beta. We’d like to thank the almost 8,000 beta participants for helping us gather a wealth of information and allowing us to create an exceptional tool for creating and publishing games on multiple formats.

We will be making an official announcement soon! To ensure you don’t miss any GameMaker: Studio news, please sign up for our mailing list at http://yoyogames.com.

This week you may have noticed we have changed the Game Maker Community Forum structure around. No need to panic, everything is still there but we have improved the layout, moved threads to more appropriate places and added new sections.

Hopefully this will improve navigating better for existing members and those who will be visiting us with the launch of GameMaker: Studio. We have placed all the GameMaker family together in time for it's release. That means only one thing, it is coming..........very, very soon!

In light of this, we will be releasing some official news which will hopefully be a welcome relief to those waiting patiently for the fastest and easiest to use 2D multi-platform games development tool!

The YoYo Team