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  • ESL Play App now available on Android and iOS mobile devices

    ESL Play is the world’s leading platform for esports, providing tournaments and ladders across all games and skill levels. Over 6 million members have played in ESL Play online cups, and now users can navigate the platform directly from their Android and iOS mobile devices with the ESL Play App.

  • S.T.E.M Products Blossom at Toy Fair 2017

    Toy Fair 2018 returns, 23-25 January at London’s Olympia
    Friday 27 January: Toy Fair 2017 began on Tuesday in a buoyant mood with the announcement that the UK toy industry grew by 6.3 per cent over the previous year to a value of £3.5 billion. This positivity continued over all three days of Toy Fair as more than 250 exhibiting companies launched thousands of brand new product-lines to the mark

  • The Surge’s New Trailer Explores a Bad Day at the Office

    ​Deck 13's new hardcore action-RPG The Surge today unveils a CGI trailer exploring Warren’s first day on the job at CREO, the megacorporation on a mission to save a dystopian world - pessimistic vision of our future - from itself.

  • Playmobil’s Ghostbuster Playset Wins Toy Fair 2017 Editors’ Choice Award

    Star Wars Smart Watch from VTech & Flair’s Glimmies make up the top three winners of the annual award from London’s Olympia
    25 January 2017: Playmobil’s Ghostbuster Playset has been voted Toy of the Show by media visiting Toy Fair taking place at London’s Olympia this week.
    More than 300 members of the press including broadcast, national, consumer and trade journalists have reported fro

  • Spin Master’s Hatchimals, Ty and Smyths Toys triumph at the 52nd Toy Industry Awards

    Toy Fair, 24-26 January 2017, Olympia, London
    Toy Industry Awards, 24 January 2017, Apex Room, Olympia London
    24 January 2017: Hatchimals (Spin Master), Ty and Smyths Toys triumphed at this evening’s annual Toy Industry Awards winning Toy of the Year, Supplier of the Year and Toy Retailer of the Year, respectively.
    Organised by the British Toy & Hobby Association with the Toy Retaile

  • 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

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