We caught up with figures from Fuse London, Seven Towns and Triclops Studio to find out about recent success and how they assess creativity in the sector at present.

The firm has also acquired Agricola publisher Lookout Games.

“We are very pleased to be adding this incredible iconic toy brand into our platform,” said Jay Foreman, CEO of Basic Fun!

“Vivid are delighted to get behind this programme – it will no doubt be a fantastic creative forum,” said James Wing, R&D manager at Vivid.

Norton PR chairman Tony Norton reveals why he feels toy firms may be missing a trick by excluding the design process from PR plans.

Matt Nuccio is president at Design Edge, a firm that’s been one of the industry’s leading development and sourcing agencies for over 30 years.

Firms are among those looking to meet with designers at the event, taking place this September as part of the inaugural Play Creators Festival.

The year saw declines for Mattel’s Girls & Boys Brands, the Wheels category and Fisher-Price.

Head of Games at Kickstarter, Luke Crane has overseen a boom in tabletop projects on the crowdfunding platform. Here, we find out why the category is soaring.

Game-changer or an overpriced gimmick? We asked the toy and game design community for their thoughts on the new Nintendo Labo.