Opera GX Archives

Opera Acquires YoYo Games, Launches Opera Gaming

January 20, 2021

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.

Opera GX adds dynamic Razer Chroma™ RGB Lighting Effects to accompany your browsing

December 2, 2020

The world’s first gaming browser ups its game from basic Chroma integration by introducing lighting effects that allow Razer Chroma-enabled devices to dynamically respond to your browsing. Opening a tab, receiving a message or downloading a file has never looked better.

Opera GX becomes the world’s first browser with dynamic background music

September 16, 2020

Oslo – Opera GX, the world’s first browser designed for people who love PC gaming, is releasing a major new feature still unknown to other browsers: adaptive background music. The new functionality aims to bring an immersive sound experience known from gaming to web browsing.

World’s first gaming browser Opera GX adds Discord support in major 1st birthday release

June 19, 2020

Oslo, Norway – Opera GX, the world’s first gaming browser, is introducing new features including Discord support and a Hot tabs killer. It can also force brightly-designed pages to become dark to stop that nighttime glare. Opera believes that the more than one billion PC gamers around the world deserve a browsing experience tailored to […]

World’s first gaming browser Opera GX gets built-in Instagram support and other unique Opera browser features

May 19, 2020

Instagram now built into the world’s first gaming browser Opera GX gets Workspaces, a tool for tab-grouping according to context GX has doubled monthly users since the beginning of the year to more than 3 million Upcoming 1-year celebration of GX with new release Oslo, Norway – Opera GX is the world’s first gaming browser, […]

Opera brings Opera GX, the world’s first gaming browser to macOS

December 12, 2019

Opera GX is now ready to run on your Mac. According to a representative study conducted by Opera on gamers in the US, 14% of people play computer games on their macOS devices, while 82% use Windows machines. Although not dominant on the market, Mac remains a relevant gaming environment. The macOS version of the world’s first gaming browser is now available for download in early access mode.

Opera GX now let’s you limit the network bandwidth used by your browser to speed up gaming and streaming

September 13, 2019

Opera GX is the world’s first gaming browser. Launched in June 2019 in early access mode, it now comes with several major new improvements including a game release calendar, a network bandwidth limiter and improvements to the built-in Twitch feature. Oslo, Sept 12, 2019 Launched in June 2019, during the E3 gaming convention, Opera GX […]

Opera opens early access to the world’s first gaming browser, Opera GX

June 11, 2019

The new PC browser lets gamers control their computer’s CPU and memory usage to make their gaming and streaming smoother. It also features Twitch integration and numerous customization options. Los Angeles, California/ Oslo, Norway – There are currently more than 1.2 billion* PC gamers. Today, Opera unveils the world’s first web browser tailored to their […]