We spoke with Ames and Hudson about the origins of the agency, the impact of crowdfunding and the double edged sword that is licensed toys.

We caught up with Daviau to discuss the origins of the Legacy concept and what he makes of the state of creativity in the games space.

Mattel CEO Margo Georgiadis – formerly of Google – outlined her plan to win over Generation Alpha at Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech conference.

Heayes Design’s Richard Heayes takes a look where’s best to start if you’re looking to break into the world of toy and game design.

In addition to the Accelerator’s 13-week schedule of mentorship, training and collaboration, Sensible Object will develop new game concepts that illustrate the potential of voice Artificial Intelligence to augment the play experience.

We talk to Gilbert about the collaborative development process behind his latest title, as well as discuss how he approaches creating games for children and the advice he’d give budding game designers.

We caught up with the pair to unpick the development process behind Deadly Premonition: The Board Game and find out how they ensured the game would be enjoyed by both fans of the video game and players new to the world of Greenvale.

We headed to the Business Design Centre in London to see what this year’s crop of design rising stars had been creating.

“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.

We caught up with CLC’s director of business development, Stephanie Marlis Kupperman, to talk about how the firm goes about choosing which movies to bring into the toys and games space, and why she feels Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Dawn could be the firm’s next board game success story.