Amazon

“We are diversifying our offer to add value to every retail channel,” said Joeri Hoste, General Manager for International at Exploding Kittens.

Wynne-Jones IP’s Victor Caddy unpicks news of a new initiative from Amazon designers to tackle counterfeit products.

Robots, voice-based games and giant plant walls. Hazel Reynolds from Gamely Games shares three realisations from her time at the Amazon headquarters in Seattle.

“Winning this public vote and this incredible prize feels amazing,” said Hazel Reynolds, founder of Gamely Games.

Luke Evans, lead product designer at Games to Get, talks us through the success of the firm’s range of Sussed card games.

“Ticket to Ride is a fast-paced, immersive board game experience that is now being elevated by voice,” said Joe Balzarini, Director, Alexa Skills.

“Dragamonz gives kids everything they are looking for in a toy experience from collectability to battling,” said James Martin, Senior Vice President & Global Business Unit Lead, Spin Master.

“Gen Speak – children using a smart speaker to call up content, answer a homework question or order a new pair of trainers with their own pre-paid credit card – is rapidly becoming the new normal in many homes, and we see this trend continuing,” said Kids Insights’ Nick Richardson.

Alexa will provide more educational answers to questions, praise kids for saying ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ and boast strict privacy controls.