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“Each nominee embodies a commitment to teamwork, innovative thinking, and visionary leadership,” said Wonder Women Co-Chairs Ehi Oviasu-Kahn and Nancy Molenda.

“Our goal has been to make PYXEL so approachable and relatable that learning and practicing the basics of coding becomes super engaging and fun for kids,” said Lisa Guili, general manager of Educational Insights.

Heather Watherston discusses the the value of learning – and the challenges facing Whiz Kid Games.

We caught up with Caezar Al-Jassar, co-director and lead developer at Alley Cat Games, to find out how the company went from having an initial focus on science to now boasting a portfolio of games chock-full of everything from chocolate factories to dinosaur theme parks.

We caught up with Graeme and Fiona Fraser-Bell to find out what they do, why it works – and the difference between pitching to the Dragons and the public…

“We are huge fans of cooperative gaming, but our customers have expressed requests for a competitive mode of gameplay, and so Battles was brought to life,” said Sensible Object CEO Alex Fleetwood.

Six years after running a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund the world’s longest marble run, Berlin-based designer Walter Hill has returned to the platform with a line of build-your-own kits.

The Challenge sees a raft of toy and game designers tasked with coming up with new play concepts for The Gruffalo brand.

Phil Sage, senior director of design and development for Hasbro’s iPlay division, was involved in last month’s TEDxWellington in New Zealand with his talk on ‘Why Toys Matter’.

Everything Epic has welcomed former Fantasy Flight Games developer Brady Sadler to its team currently working on Rambo: The Board Game.