Opera Acquires YoYo Games, Launches Opera Gaming
- [Tuck-In] Acquisition forms the basis for Opera Gaming, a new division focused on expanding Opera's capabilities and monetization opportunities in the gaming space
- Deal unites Opera GX, world's first gaming browser and popular game development engine, GameMaker
- Opera GX hit 7 million MAUs in December 2020, up nearly 350% year-over-year
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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.