I'm going to clue you in on two of the most popular game engines that people use in the industry, Unity and Unreal Engine.

It’s not often that a browser company acquires a game development platform. But that’s exactly what Opera has done with YoYo Games, a British team best known for GameMaker Studio 2.

GameMaker (formerly Game Maker Studio), a 2D engine that was acquired by browser firm Opera in 2021, has simplified its licensing structure, declaring it " Free for Non-Commercial Use." ...

GameMaker is a specialist 2D game engine that has been in the public domain for nearly 25 years. This makes it one of the longest-running engines on the market at the moment.

Cocos has had great success with PC and mobile games with its 2D game engine. Now it is adding 3D to its open-source Cocos Creator 3.0.

Opera Software is signaling it has some big, but mysterious ambitions in gaming. On Wednesday, the browser maker announced the acquisition of YoYo Games, the developer behind GameMaker Studio 2 ...

Unity has been the engine of choice for thousands of developers and it's still really good if you want to have a go at making a simple 2D game for a host of different platforms.

For the amazing 2D games that you definitely want to design, these are some of the most amazing 2D game engines to use. Most of them have fantastic features and are very easy to afford as well.