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GameMaker: Studio update available for Windows 8

Shubhankar Parijat — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:31:11 +0000

YoYo Games has announced that the update for Windows 8 is now available for Standard, Professional and Master Collection owners of GameMaker: Studio.

Previous owners who decide to upgrade now will get heavy discounts- an upgrade to Standard version will cost $25 while an upgrade to the Professional version costs $50. You can update via here.

They have also announced that a Windows Phone 8 version of the software will also be released, as soon as the device is out.

Yoyo games is also releasing three new games in conjunction- “Froad,” “Reflexions” and “Simply Solitaire Pro”- which can all be downloaded via Windows Store for $1.49.

They’re also holding a competition and giving away prizes. Get the full details here.

GameMaker: Studio has been developed with usability and efficiency at its core, allowing developers to create games in a single code base and then export and run them natively on multiple formats including Chrome, Facebook, Google Play, iTunes, the App Store, OS X and the Windows Store. GameMaker: Studio offers a powerful, yet simple to use drag-and-drop integrated development environment with a built-in games-oriented scripting language that considerably increases games development productivity. GameMaker: Studio is a best-of-breed platform that caters to entry-level novices and seasoned game development professionals equally.

Valve Launches Beyond Games for Steam Software Store Titles

Ravi Sinha — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:57:30 +0000

Valve is known for it’s popular PC titles, such as Half Life, Counter Strike and Left4Dead. So the announcement that it’s first Software titles have launched on Steam via Beyond Games, marking a major expansion to the platform, is a curious one. Are these technically their first software titles? Or the first software titles on Steam?

Or it could just be the first Steam Software Store titles. Regardless, the Software titles now available via Steam are:

– ArtRage Studio Pro
– CameraBag 2
– GameMaker: Studio
– 3D-Coat
– 3DMark Vantage
– 3DMark 11

Many of the launch titles will be taking advantage of popular Steamworks features, which according to the PR release includes, “easy installation, automatic updating, and the ability to save your work to your personal Steam Cloud space so your files may travel with you”. A lot of these software are quite interesting, especially in that they’re used to for graphical benchmark tests on GPUs. Of course, GameMaker: Studio is the most compelling release.

Gamemaker Studio Launched for Steam Software Store

Ravi Sinha — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:17:49 +0000

YoYo Games and Valve Software are bringing the GameMaker: Studio family to Steam with the launch of the Steam Software Store. GameMaker: Studio is touted as being a fast and easy to use cross-platform games development environment that allows users to create games in a single code base and then export with a single button click.

These can then be run on multiple formats including Steam, HTML5, Facebook, Android, iOS, Windows and OS X. Gamers can download a free version and purchase packages that unlock features, functionality and additional export options. GameMaker: Studio integrates with Steam Workshop, allowing developers to publish games onto the platform, which is of course good news for Greenlight developers.

Mark Richardson at Valve states, “Our community has been asking for us to expand the creative possibilities within Steam and we’ve done that today with the availability of the Steam Software Store and GameMaker: Studio. Now that we’ve provided unprecedented access to and support of the best technology, we hope to soon see a huge surge of great content published to our community and submitted to Steam Workshop and Greenlight.”