Play Creators Awards 2024, i finalisti del premio

Sono stati annunciati i finalisti dei Play Creators Awards 2024, i premi che celebrano coloro che si sono distinti negli ultimi 12 mesi nella comunità dei progettisti di giochi e giocattoli.

I Play Creators Awards di quest’anno si svolgeranno martedì 25 giugno presso l’Under The Bridge dello Stamford Bridge Stadium di Londra, Chelsea.

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Play Creators Awards 2024 finalisti

Qui di seguito l’elenco di tutti i finalisti dei Play Creators Awards 2024:

Toy Designer of the Year

Charlie Bason (Buzz Ideas) & Fuse | Revibe Beadworks Studio (PlayMonster)
CONNETIX Design Team | CONNETIX 50 Piece Pastel Transport Pack (CONNETIX)
Eilat Tzin, Gigi Shachal, Katia Li-Ran & Make It Real Advanced Design Team | LinXo (Make It Real)
Emma Costa Lascelles (TOMY) & Rad Stuff | Stakimos (TOMY)
Fun-Damental Invention & ToyZone | Biggies (Eolo Toys)
Lucas Tyler (Fuse) | Monster Jam Launch N Go Hauler (Spin Master)
Making Things Studio & Phase Two | Playtab (Fat Brain Toys)
Moose Toys Design Team | Magic Mixies Pixlings (Moose Toys)
Moose Toys Design Team | Cookeez Makery Freezy Cakez (Moose Toys)

Game Designer of the Year (Kids/Family Games)

Bang Zoom | Pickleball Blast (Moose Toys)
Dan Klitsner & Brian Clemens (KID Group) | Sling It
David Yakos (Streamline Design) | Fainting Goats (Ambassador Games)
Eric Lang & Ken Gruhl | Life in Reterra (Hasbro)
The Fantastic Factory & TOMY Games Team | 5 Up (TOMY)
Galactic Sneeze | Floats McGoats (Hootenanny Games)
Raf Peeters (SMART Toys and Games) | Cats and Boxes (SMART Toys and Games)
KidKenn | VolleyShot (Fat Brain Toys)
Seven Towns | Fart Yoga (Golden Bear)

Game Designer of the Year (Party Games)

Austyn Romero (Ridley’s Games) | Pickles (Ridley’s Games)
David Yakos (Streamline Design) | Battleship Royale (Hasbro)
Emily Brinkley, Marty Pardoe & Rob Piesse (Lucky Egg) | Grab the Mic (Lucky Egg)
Fun-Damental Invention | Tilt N’ Shout (Big Potato)
Galactic Sneeze | Fork Milk Kidnap (Hasbro)
Hunch Studios | Decodables (Spin Master)
Matt Edmondson (Format Games) | 13 Beavers (Format Games)
Tantrum Innovation & BRIK | Pictionary Vs. AI (Mattel)
Vincent Burger | CDSK (Randolph)

Debut of the Year

Brad Owen & Fat Brain Toys R&D Team | Air Toobz (Fat Brain Toys)
Cara Weiss | Meet MahJong (ThinkFun)
Chris Priscott | Moving Wild (Oink Games)
Christopher Endozo Chafee (ThinkFun) | Math Path Monster (ThinkFun)
Fumiko Shimizu | Dying Message (Oink Games)
Jason Hibbert | Sosig (Joking Hazard)
Marcus Carleson | Hitster (Jumbo)
Paula Pitiot (ToyZone) | Jiggly Bugs (Eolo Toys)
Romain Froger & Didier Lenain-Bragard | Qawale (Gigamic)

R&D Team of the Year

Fat Brain Toys
Golden Bear
Hasbro’s Furby R&D Team
Identity Games
Lucky Egg
Make It Real
Moose Toys
TOMY
tms Product & Engineering Development Teams
Wow! Stuff Innovation Team

Inventor Relations Exec of the Year

Angus Walker | Hasbro
Audrey Watanabe | Mattel
Chris Lutchen & James Wing | TOMY
David Laskowski | Hasbro
Dominique Roy | Make It Real
Floor Doggenaar | Jumbo
Heath Saber | Moose Toys
John Bell | Buffalo Games
Shannon Swindle | Moose Toys
Tony Serebriany | The Op

Invention Studio/Design Agency of the Year

Design Edge
Designbytouch
Fun-Damental Invention
Fuse
Incredible Us
Seven Towns
So Sound
Streamline Design
Tantrum Innovation
ToyZone
Triclops Studio

Toy Designer of the Year (Licensed/IP-Driven Product)

Dominic Yard (This is YARD) | WWE Wrekkin’ Boneyard Slamcycle (Mattel)
Fuse & Moose Toys Design Team | Bluey 3-in-1 Transforming Airplane Playset (Moose Toys)
Greg Fisher & Sam Smith (Hasbro) | Spidey & His Amazing Friends Web Spinners Webquarters (Hasbro)
Gurdeep Bains (YuMe Toys) | Netflix Countdown Giftbox (YuMe Toys)
Jo Gough | Numberblocks Clip & Learn Number Fun (Trends UK)
Josh Wilde & Tim Rowe (Fuse) | Jurassic World Mission Mayhem Truck Set (Mattel)
Matt Jordan (TOMY) | Jixels Remix: Sonic the Hedgehog (TOMY)
Moose Toys Design Team | Minions Ultimate Fart Blaster (Moose Toys)
Wow! Stuff R&D Team | Real FX Stitch (Wow! Stuff)

Game Designer of the Year (Licensed/IP-Driven Product)

Becky Shank & Craig Hendrickson (University Games) | Dog Man: 20,000 Fleas Under the Sea (University Games)
Bluematter Games & David Yakos (Streamline Design) | AdventureX: Jurassic World (PlayMonster)
Brady Lang (Moose Toys) | Bluey Keepy Uppy (Moose Toys)
Daniel Schaefer, Jeremy Zwirn, Jim Cartwright & Tyler Parrott (Fantasy Flight Games) | Star Wars: Unlimited (Fantasy Flight Games)
JM Duparc & Identity Games Team | The Traitors (Identity Games)
Lauren Wallace (Ridley’s Games) | Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy Dance-Off (Ridley’s Games)
Mirko Marchesi | Quoridor PAC-MAN (Gigamic)
Rowena Cooper (Orchard Toys) | Peter Rabbit Fish and Count (Orchard Toys)
Ryan Miller & Steve Warner (Ravensburger) | Disney Lorcana (Ravensburger)