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Pressure Games, a toy development unit that aims to combine active, social and imaginative play to today’s demand for tech toys, has launched its Kickstarter campaign for its already international award-winning concept, Countdown. Countdown is a retro-inspired tech toy that comes with more than 12 reflex, logic, and movement puzzles …

Argos launched its Book of Dreams, Mattel is bringing The Masters of the Universe franchise back to the mainstream, and everywhere you turn, people are wearing flatcaps and collecting vinyl records. It’s fair to say that the current taste for the nostalgic is fierce. At this time of year, it’s …

While San Diego Comic Con has become somewhat of a Mecca for the pop culture scene’s population explosion in recent years, it’s more than just the SDCC exclusive merchandise that this four day film festival is offering the fans. San Diego Comic Con is also quickly becoming a hot bed …

The Connected Play Landscape is on a clear path of evolution, expanding a full 150 per cent (year to date 2018) to span upwards of 262 companies that now straddle the worlds of physical and digital play, according to research conducted by the tech-toy space specialists, Collabsco. One year on …

Innovators behind the world leading voice and smart tech are looking to up their game in the children's entertainment space.

Kicking off the new year in style, over 180,000 people from around the world will descend to Las Vegas, Nevada for the 2019 Consumer Electronic Show, action packed with some of the most innovative technology from around the world.

To facilitate the toy industry’s entry into the emerging connected play sector, tech toy specialists at Collabsco and Toyology are collaborating on a new and forward-looking venture.

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