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Opera acquires YoYo Games for $10 million and launches Opera Gaming division – VentureBeat
Web browser maker Opera has acquired YoYo Games, maker of the GameMaker Studio 2 game engine, and it has launched its Opera Gaming division.
Web browser maker Opera has acquired YoYo Games, maker of the GameMaker Studio 2 game engine, for $10 million, and it has also launched its Opera Gaming division.
The deal underscores Operas efforts to differentiate its web browser, Opera GX, through a gaming community. Opera itself has more than 380 million people using its web browsers worldwide, but the new Opera GX gaming browser has seven million monthly active users as of December, up 350% from a year earlier.
Opera Gaming will focus on expanding…
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