Starship lets kids create their own champions in Playworld Superheroes

English startup Starship has launched its Playworld Superheroes app that encourages kids to create their own game worlds.

Targeted at kids ages 5 and up, it is the first in a series of mobile adventures from Liverpool-based Starship, which was started by Martin Kenwright, the founder of Evolution Studios and creator of the acclaimed Motorstorm console racing game series.

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Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.