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  • Collectables See off Brexit Blues as the Toy Market Rises by More Than 6%

    UK Toy Market Grows to £3.5 Billon for First Time; Largest Toy Market in Europe and 4th in the World
    24th January 2017: The UK toy market saw a 6.3 per cent uplift in sales in 2016. This increases the market value to more than £3.5 billion for the first time, according to The NPD Group who released the figures today in partnership with the British Toy and Hobby Association at this year’s Toy Fa

  • Best New Toys for 2017 Revealed at Toy Fair

    New S.T.E.M category added to reflect growing trend
    Tuesday 24 January: Lego, SpinMaster and Playmobil were among the winners of Toy Fair’s Best New Toys announced this morning at London’s Olympia. Selected by an independent panel of retailers, these are the toys they believe will be the hottest products over the coming year.
    Forty-one exhibiting companies, spread over 15 different categori

  • Lovecraft's Twisted Universe Comes Alive in Call of Cthulhu's Depths of Madness Trailer

    ​Developed by seasoned studio Cyanide, Call of Cthulhu for consoles and PC is an RPG-Investigation game blending psychological horror and stealth mechanics, in a deeply immersive world with an oppressive atmosphere. Today ushers in a new trailer, depicting protagonist Pierce’s submersion into the depths of madness, as he investigates a mysterious death on Darkwater Island, Boston.

  • ESL One Returns to Southeast Asia to Kick-Off World Class Dota 2 Action in 2017

    ESL, the world’s largest esports company, brought in the new year with thousands of fans at ESL One Genting 2017 from January 6-8. The top eight Dota 2 teams traveled to the Arena of the Stars in Resorts World Genting, Malaysia to battle for a share of the US$250,000 prize pool in a stadium full of 5,000 visitors each day.

  • Styx: Shards of Darkness Trailer Unveils the "Art of Stealth"

    Styx: Shards of Darkness is Cyanide Studio's upcoming Stealth Adventure game arriving March 2017 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. Today, watch Styx subvert Elven defenses in a stealthy attack that sees him using throwing daggers, knives, traps and even chandeliers to distract and kill his enemies, and steal the coveted Quartz, a source of magical power.

  • Focus Home Interactive announces its collaboration with Asobo Studio for The Plague

    ​Paris-based video game publisher Focus Home Interactive is pleased to announce its collaboration with French studio Asobo for the development of action-adventure game The Plague. Planned for PC and consoles, The Plague will be unveiled at the beginning of February to international video game press at What's Next de Focus, the Paris event showcasing games currently in production at Focus.

  • Discover the duality of man and monster in Vampyr's Darkness Within trailer

    LINK TO TRAILER: http://cdn.focus-home.com/newsletters/2016_12_22_vampyr/
    Dontnod Entertainment's new action RPG Vampyr today unveils a new cinematic trailer depicting the legends and tales of its mysterious protagonist, Dr Jonathan Reid. Set in 1918 London during a deadly bout of the Spanish Flu that left London's alleys and promenade's wailing in agony, Dr Reid awakes having arrived home from

  • BTHA Confirms 8th Annual Student Seminar at Toy Fair 2017

    The British Toy and Hobby Association has today announced the return of the Design Student Seminar which will take place on the third day of Toy Fair 2017. Since 2010, the BTHA has organised the seminar to encourage university students to consider a career in toy design.

  • Styx: Shards of Darkness - 4 Minutes of New Gameplay Footage!

    Styx: Shards of Darkness is Cyanide Studio's upcoming Stealth Adventure game arriving March 2017 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. Today, discover 4 minutes of brand new gameplay footage featuring a slew of Styx's new tools and abilities in three different locations - Wildoran the hunters' village, the secret Sanctuary of the Dark Elven city Korrangar, and Thoben, the city of thieves.

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