GameMaker Studio gets Xbox One, Windows export this year
Middleware developer YoYo Games announced that it will roll out new export options for its GameMaker: Studio game development toolkit, allowing users to easily port their creations to Microsoft's Xbox One and Windows 8 platforms.
Other export-enabled platforms include Windows RT and Windows Phone 8.1, along with "future operating system releases." GameMaker: Studio exports will be available for licensed Xbox developers and ID@Xbox members starting in the fourth quarter of this year.
YoYo Games previously announced that it would add a PlayStation 4 export option to its GameMaker: Studio platform for licensed Sony developers. GameMaker: Studio has spurred the creation of several high-profile indie games, including Hotline Miami, Risk of Rain, and Spelunky.
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YOYO GAMES ANNOUNCES WORLDWIDE PARTNERSHIP WITH MICROSOFT
Microsoft Partnership Enhances and Extends the Opportunities for GameMaker: Studio Developers to Work Across ALL Microsoft Platforms, Including Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, Future Windows Versions and Xbox One
COLOGNE, GERMANY; AUGUST 11, 2014 – GAME DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE EUROPE – YoYo Games today announces GameMaker: Studio support for Xbox One, enhanced support for current Microsoft platforms including Windows RT, Windows 8.1, and Windows Phone 8.1, as well as support for future operating system releases. The GameMaker: Studio export for Xbox One will be available in the fourth quarter of 2014 to members of Microsoft's licensed Xbox developer programs, including ID@Xbox.
"This is a great day for GameMaker: Studio developers," said Sandy Duncan, Chief Executive Officer at YoYo Games. "We're absolutely thrilled to strengthen our partnership with Microsoft and to give our community the ability to publish to Xbox One for the first time. We're especially excited that this agreement will bring continued and future support for all Microsoft platforms."
"We're thrilled that the Xbox developer community now has the ability to use GameMaker," said Ryan Lowdermilk, Marketing Manager at Microsoft. "With GameMaker already available for Windows Phone and Windows, it gives developers another great way to create games across multiple Microsoft platforms."
For more information about how to become a licensed Xbox One developer, please visit www.xbox.com/id. An Xbox One developer kit is required to take advantage of the GameMaker: Studio export for Xbox One.
For more information on GameMaker: Studio visit http://yoyogames.com/studio.
About GameMaker: Studio
GameMaker: Studio caters to entry-level novices and seasoned game development professionals equally, allowing them to create cross-platform games in record time and at a fraction of the cost.
GameMaker: Studio is the world's most popular 2D game development framework with approximately two million annual downloads and more than 1 million monthly active developers. Hit games created using GameMaker include "Gunpoint," "Home," "Hotline Miami," "Hyper Light Drifter," "Niddhog," "Nuclear Throne," "Spelunky," "Risk of Rain," and "Super Crate Box" among many others. For more information about games created using GameMaker: Studio, please visit our Games Showcase at http://www.yoyogames.com/showcase
About YoYo Games
YoYo Games is the home of GameMaker: Studio, the fastest and easiest to use cross-platform games development technology. GameMaker: Studio has been developed with usability and efficiency at its core, allowing developers to create games in a single code base and then publish them to run natively across an unprecedented number of platforms including Android, HTML5, iOS, OS X, PlayStation4, PlayStationVita, PlayStation3, Tizen, Ubuntu, Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 and Windows RT. To date, the GameMaker family of products has been downloaded more than five million times. YoYo Games is based in Dundee, Scotland, with an office in Mountain View, Ca. Follow YoYo Games on Twitter and on Facebook. www.yoyogames.com
