Welcome to the Play Creators Awards 2024
The Play Creators Awards celebrates those in the toy and game design community that have excelled over the last 12 months. Whether it’s an R&D team responsible for a smash-hit line, a rising star that’s soared or a inventor or design studio responsible for a smash-hit, the PCAs are all about shining a spotlight on the industry’s top architects of play.
This year’s Play Creators Awards will take place on Tuesday, June 25th at Under The Bridge within London’s Stamford Bridge Stadium, Chelsea.
The finalists 2024 Finalists will be announced soon
The 2024 Play Creators Awards finalists are…
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)
Sponsored by
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)
Sara Farber & Bryan Wilson (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)
Sponsored by
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)
Sara Farber & Bryan Wilson (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)
Sponsored by
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
Sponsored by
Design Edge
Designbytouch
Fun-Damental Invention
Fuse
Incredible Us
Seven Towns
So Sound
Streamline Design
Tantrum Innovation
ToyZone
Triclops Studio
Sponsored by
Dominic Yard (This is YARD) – WWE Wrekkin’ Boneyard Slamcycle (Mattel)
Fuse & Moose Toys Design Team – Bluey 3-in-1 Plane (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)
Sponsored by
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 Isotta-Day (Orchard Toys) – Peter Rabbit Fish and Count (Orchard Toys)
Ryan Miller & Steve Warner (Ravensburger) – Disney Lorcana (Ravensburger)
Sponsored by
Bluematter Games – Medical Mysteries (Identity Games)
Dan Klitsner (KID Group) – Bop It Button
Furby Development Team – Furby (Hasbro)
IDEO & Allie Jennings (Hasbro) – Twister Air (Hasbro)
Make It Real R&D Team – Stamp to Reveal (Make It Real)
Moose Toys Design Team – Beast Lab (Moose Toys)
Peter Wachtel – Batter Batter Fetch (Jazwares)
So Sound & Wilder Toys – Snake Attack (Wilder Toys)
Spin Master Bitzee Team – Bitzee (Spin Master)
Sponsored by
Abbi Udell – Moose Toys
Brooke Cherry – Fuse
Chijioge “Chi” Nwogu – GameFlo
Danielle Reynolds – Wacky Wizard Games
Eilat Tzin, Gigi Shachal & Katia Li-Ran
Katie Holt – Camden Games
Laura Estrada – ToyZone
Olivia DeLuca – TOMY
Ross Monks – Moose Toys
Samuel Price – tms
Sponsored by
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
Sponsored by
Chloe McCourt – GW Development
Emily Brinkley – Lucky Egg
Harriet Steeds – Ridley’s Games
Jim Wyatt – Wow! Stuff
Jodie Broaders – Fuse London
Josh Addyman – Seven Towns
Oliver Chang – YuMe Toys
Rich Walton – Format Games
Richard Herman – The Happy Puzzle Company
Sam Costidell – tms
Sponsored by
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 Chaffee (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)
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This award celebrates iconic figures that have helped shape the industry, truly leaving their footprint in the world of toy and game design.
The winner of this award will be announced on the night.
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