Ahead of the game’s launch next month at Gen Con, we caught up with Metzler to learn more about the origins of Spin Master’s latest Marvel game.

A relaxed celebratory networking evening, the Play Creators Awards takes place at London’s Under the Bridge on Monday, September 2nd and is set to shine a spotlight on some of the toy and game design community’s brightest stars.

“Bringing this Harley-Davidson motorcycle to life in brick form is incredibly exciting,” said Mike Psiaki, Design Master at the LEGO Group.

“The Toy Association is thrilled to extend our longstanding support of the inventor and designer community through this multi-dimensional event, offering invaluable learning and networking for inventors, designers and brand owners,” said Steve Pasierb, President and CEO of The Toy Association.

Since 2000, Preloaded’s Phil Stuart has worked with game-based technologies to create playful, purposeful experiences for adults, young people and kids.

Partners Group will invest in new product development to further develop Schleich’s core figurine and play-set product offerings.

We caught up with Tom O’Mally, Si digital’s head of design, to learn more about the agency’s work in the toy sector, and why the play space has proved to be such a good fit for the company.

Boyle will be talking about the importance of play-based behaviours for creating a more innovative company culture.

Five copies of The Board Game Book were given away to lucky guests at the latest Board Game Club event.

“PlayMonster is excited to add Mojo Pitch to our annual event circuit,” said Adam Hocherman, Vice President of New Business at PlayMonster.