The firm has taken to the crowdfunding site to raise a goal of $30,000 towards the manufacture of its new toy-gaming hybrid title, Oniri Islands - Children of the River. Geneva-based interactive developer, Tourmaline Studio, has launched ...
Tags: Kickstarter, puzzles
Firms are looking to fund final stage of production on the site, with an aim of raising $200,000. PlayFusion and TOMY have headed to Kickstarter to fund the final production of its new toys-to-life title, Lightseekers. Lightseekers is ...
Tags: PlayFusion, TOMY, Kickstarter
Called Champions of Shengha, the game uses wearable sensors to interpret biofeedback in order to power and dictate the collectable card gameplay. A collectable card game that uses a player's own emotions to dictate game play is looking ...
Tags: Champions of Shengha, Indiegog, simon fox, BfB Labs
Called Jooki, the smart-toy jukebox lets kids play their favourite music via NFC-tech collectable toy figurines. The UK will be a major focus for the launch of a new smart-toy that lets kids play their favourite songs via collectable toy ...
Tags: MuuseLabs, Called Jooki, toys-to-life
Family Gamer TV's Andy Robertson gets hands-on with TOMY and PlayFusion's new toys-to-life creation, set to launch in the US next year. Lightseekers is PlayFusion and TOMY’s answer to toys-to-life PlayFusion teamed up with TOMY to ...
Tags: TOMY, toys-to-life, Lightseekers
''I wanted to find a way to play with my young son and not let him be isolated behind his smartphone and tablet,'' said Tango Yang, CEO and founder, SmartX. SmartX has launched Galaxy ZEGA, a toys-to-life product blending mobile gameplay ...
Tags: SmartX, Galaxy ZEGA, toys-to-life product
According to the latest NPD results, year on year sales of gaming accessories and toys-to-life products have dropped three per cent to $117.1 million for the year ending July 2016. LEGO Dimensions continues to outpace toys-to-life rivals ...
Tags: LEGO Dimensions, NPD, results
The campaign for the toys-to-life jukebox has secured 107 per cent of its €50,000 goal on the crowdfunding platform. A children’s jukebox that uses toys-to-life technology to play songs, soundtracks and stories has found ...
Tags: Jooki, Kickstarter
The wearable tech/toys-to-life mash-up debuted in the US last year. Hasbro's Playmation range is not coming to the UK anytime soon. The range blending toys, wearable tech and smart technology launched in the US last year, but Hasbro has ...
Tags: wearable tech, Hasbro
Despite taking a knock last month with the closure of Disney Infinity, Skylanders creator Jeff Poffenbarger has indicated a healthy future for the market. Toys-to-Life games such as LEGO Dimensions and Nintendo Amiibo are ‘only ...
As part of the whole toys-to-life UK market in Q4 2015, the video game had 52.8 per cent value share. LEGO Dimensions has been performing better than expected in toy retailers big and small, Warner Bros has told ToyNews. The game, which ...
Tags: Toy Retailers, LEGO Dimensions
“This is our biggest investment, and one of our most magical ideas yet, for the Skylanders for the Skylanders franchise on mobile.” Activision Publishing is bringing its toys-to-life Skylanders to the trading card and mobile ...
Tags: toys, toy manufacture, new type toy
Retailer's predictions see "tech finally add play value to toy market". Technology has finally found a way to add real play value to toys, according to the London toy retailer Hamleys as it unveils its top toys for Christmas 2015. ...
Tags: Hamleys, Christmas Toys
The kit lets users create their own customisable videogames with a selection of physical building blocks. An initiative that allows kids to create their own videogames from physical building blocks has soared past its crowd-funding goal ...
Tags: physical building blocks, Toys
With brands such as Back to the Future and Wizard of Oz available through the new toys to life title, retailers are rejoicing at the potential new channels it is opening up. LEGO Dimensions will mark another success for the brand at ...
Tags: Lego, Toy Retailers