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pocketgamer:YoYo Games公司进军手机游戏发行市场

发布时间:2010-11-10 09:35:28 Tags:,,,

日前,英国手机游戏开发解决方案公司YoYo Games宣布进军手机游戏发行市场,已向苹果App Store推出了《Maddening》和《Skydiver Mach II》这两款游戏。

据悉,这两款游戏的iPad、PSP迷你和Android版本的发行也正在筹备中。

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在此之前,YoYo Games主要因Game Maker这款游戏开发拖放式工具包,以及它的网页游戏门户网站而得名。该公司推出这一发行战略后,使用Game Maker工具的游戏开发者就可以借YoYo Games之手销售自己的游戏,开发者享有作品知识产权,游戏营收对半分成。

另外,YoYo公司还打算将来向Windows Phone 7、MeeGo、任天堂3DS等平台发行作品,打造一站式的手机游戏发行终端。

该公司角逐游戏发行市场的一大资本在于,已有10万款以上的游戏是由Game Maker工具包开发而成,即使其中仅0.1%的作品值得推向市场,这也已经够YoYo在明年忙上一阵了,现在他们每周都要发行2款游戏,更不要说每天还有多达150款的游戏挤破门槛,等着他们的发行支持。

目前,YoYo共有18款游戏已在发行计划中,这些游戏正重新润色,以保证它们在不同的平台和硬件配置环境中也能顺畅地运行。

YoYo的另一大优势是,他们的免费游戏门户网站每月都有150万名潜在访问用户。

据了解,Game Maker工具包有两种版本,一是免费简装版,二是25美元的付费完全版,下载量已经超过200万人次。(本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译,转载请注明来源:游戏邦)

YoYo Games opens up as a mobile publisher for Game Maker content

Known for its Game Maker drag-and-drop package, and its accompanying web game portal, YoYo Games is about to enter the world of mobile game publishing.

The UK company has made its debut on the App Store with circular Canabalt-style game Maddening and reverse Doodle Jumper game Skydiver Mach II.

Additional iPad, PSP Minis and Android releases are planned through its new Game Store publishing initiative.

Filling the pipeline

The publishing scheme enables creators who are using the Game Maker package to now sell their games via YoYo Games. The creators keep the all IP rights, with revenues being split 50:50.

YoYo is also looking into the viability of Windows Phone 7, MeeGo and Nintendo 3DS in future, to offer a one-stop mobile publishing shop.

One great advantage for the company has is the back catalog of over 100,000 games already created using the package.

Even if only 0.1 percent of these are thought to be worth releasing, that’s enough to keep YoYo very busy throughout 2011, with two games releases per week, not to mention the input of up to 150 new games submitted daily.

Choose and buff

It currently has 18 games scheduled for release, with each being polished up from its original web form to ensure it works well on the different platforms and hardware configurations.

Another advantage is the ready made potential audience of 1.5 million visitors that its free games portal gets every month.

Game Maker is available in a free Lite version, with the full Pro version costing $25. It’s been downloaded over two million times.(source:pocketgamer)


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