We may earn a commission from links on this page. My children used to love playing with colorful plastic blocks. Then they discovered iPad entertainment, and there was no going back. Or is there?

Bloxels, a Kickstarter campaign looking to raise a modest $40,000, promises to let even the most code-illiterate children and adults build video games. Essentially, all you need to do is create a ...

Mattel today released Star Wars Bloxels, a set of building blocks used in conjunction with an app to create your own video games. While technically a toy for ages eight and up, Bloxels are a blast to ...

There are a whole host of apps and games that are aimed at teaching kids to code, but not all of them come with stellar IP partnerships. But that's just what Bloxels, Pixel Press's video game building ...

Introducing youngsters to the wonders of design used to be simple: child meet Lego, Lego meet child. But with kids facing more elaborate distractions than ever, the creative bricks are facing some ...

Players of all ages can design and play their own video game with Bloxels. In development at Pixel Press, the game-building system allows players to use physical blocks on a gameboard to create their ...

Bloxels. Bloxels bloxels BLOXELS. If you say the word, you can kind of understand where designer Jinha Lee got his inspiration from for this special-looking display prototype which adapts depending on ...

Making video games is hard. Like, really hard. That’s the issue that almost every toy or tool designed to help children create games runs into. There’s only so much you can do to boil the act of game, ...

Summer is in full swing, and keeping the kiddos engaged and learning during their break from the classroom can be a challenge. Why not make it fun? Pixel Press, a St. Louis-based startup founded in ...

St. Louis startup company Pixel Press announced Wednesday a new partnership with Mattel to manufacture and distribute Pixel Press’ new video game builder Bloxels. Bloxels is a hands-on platform for ...