Opera Acquires YoYo Games, Launches Opera Gaming
DUNDEE, Scotland and OSLO, Norway, Jan. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Opera (NASDAQ: OPRA), the browser developer and consumer internet brand, today announced its acquisition of YoYo Games, creator of the world's leading 2D game engine, GameMaker Studio 2, for approximately $10 million. The tuck-in acquisition represents the second building block in the foundation of Opera Gaming, a new division within Opera with global ambitions and follows the creation and rapid growth of Opera's innovative Opera GX browser, the world's first browser built specifically for gamers.
Opera acquires Yoyo Games, the company behind popular game development engine, GameMaker. Opera GX, YoYo Games and
