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The new partnership marks the first piece of Harry Potter merchandise aimed at helping kids learn STEM and features a Harry Potter wand.

The Great LEGO Race is currently only in Boston, USA, however will be arriving at Manchester’s flagship attraction later this year where kids will be able to take part in an exhilarating new LEGO initiative.

The Battle Mode update brings a new competitive gameplay mode to the title, further compatibility with new physical pieces as well as some extra fixes and improvements to the original Beasts of Balance game.

The Crafty Robot's Ross Atkin is bringing a new form of AI to the tech toy sector with his latest project, Smartibot. Ahead of ToyNews' deep dive into this fascinating world in the July issue, we catch up with Atkin to find out more about machine learning in toys.

Led by the Year of Engineering and the Institution of Engineering and Technology, the initiative will give school children across the UK the chance to meet engineers and experience hands-on learning with LEGO Education.

The company has reportedly outlined its plans to make its toolkit for creating board games with virtual assistants like Alexa available for third party developers.

The firm will kick off with Carcassonne, released on the gaming platform this winter.

This is the first safe and creative digital experience offered by the LEGO Group and Tencent for Chinese children since the two forged a partnership in January this year.

The founder and managing partner of the strategy and innovation firm talks to ToyNews about the rise of the Connected Play landscape.

Children will be able to communicate with Amazon’s Alexa through a storytelling programme as they play with their building blocks.