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Playdate is officially getting a Season Two with ‘about a dozen games’ next year
Panic announced Season Two during its Fall Playdate Update livestream. There are no details yet on how much it'll cost.
Cheyenne MacDonald11.01.2024
How to watch the latest Playdate showcase
Panic is holding a Playdate showcase on Halloween. The company will announce forthcoming games and updates to pre-existing titles.
Lawrence Bonk10.31.2024
Panic hits pause on the Playdate Stereo Dock, says it’s unlikely we’ll see it anytime soon
The Playdate team updated the Stereo Dock's web page to say it has been put on pause, and went into depth explaining the many issues it faced in development.
Cheyenne MacDonald10.28.2024
Spilled Mushrooms is my new Playdate card game addiction
In the Playdate game Spilled Mushrooms, the goal is to collect all of the mushrooms you've accidentally dropped across multiple habitats, using the help of animals who can each carry a set number of mushrooms.
Cheyenne MacDonald10.20.2024
Off-Planet Dreams is a delightfully tricky Playdate platformer with invisible puzzles
Off-Planet Dreams is a Playdate game that will show you everything you need to do, or nothing at all.
Cheyenne MacDonald10.07.2024
Electrolight is a short and sweet Playdate adventure game about branching out
Electrolight is a charming short adventure game in which you play as a gleam of light trying to find your way out of a computer to experience the world.
Cheyenne MacDonald09.02.2024
The best Playdate games for 2024
Here are some of the best games available on the Playdate Catalog. That includes puzzles, platformers, shoot ‘em ups, dungeon crawlers and high score chasers too strange to categorize.
Cheyenne MacDonald08.30.2024
I like this ridiculous Playdate pizza case so much I bought a Playdate
Playdate just released an adorable cover for its handheld that looks like a tiny pizza box.
Nathan Ingraham08.15.2024
Summit is an incredible precision platformer for Playdate that’ll hit you right in the feels
Summit is a $6 mountain climbing platformer for Playdate that's strongly reminiscent of Celeste.
Cheyenne MacDonald08.12.2024
I finally understand the hype around the Playdate game Root Bear
Root Bear is a Playdate game in which your goal is to achieve the perfect pour from the root beer tap while customers (all bears) judge your work. And it's an absurdly good time.
Cheyenne MacDonald08.05.2024
Echoes of the Emergent, a hauntingly beautiful Playdate exclusive, sold me on visual novels
Echoes of the Emergent is a Playdate-exclusive title from RNG Party Games, the same team that made Bloom. It's a visual novel that takes you on “a personal journey through a shattered post-apocalyptic world.”
Cheyenne MacDonald07.22.2024
Laser Sphere uses Playdate’s crank to control a space laser, and I’m having a blast
In Laser Sphere, a Playdate game made by Pulp creator Shaun Inman, it’s just you and your prone-to-overheating space laser against a horde of enemies.
Cheyenne MacDonald07.15.2024
Angel Pop brings cutesy chaos to Playdate in a highly addictive bullet hell
Angel Pop is a bullet hell shoot ‘em up that landed on the Playdate Catalog in June. You play as an adorable little girl fending off nonstop enemy fire in "a surreal dreamworld."
Cheyenne MacDonald07.08.2024
Touch Egg is the most ridiculous Playdate game I’ve tried yet, and I’m hooked
Touch Egg, a Playdate game by Joelle Tindall, is simple: use the crank to poke the egg as many times as possible without the scary man in the room seeing you. It's absurd, mildly creepy and a lot of fun.
Cheyenne MacDonald06.24.2024
In the Playdate game Penrose, your past has come back to haunt you
Are you more than your past? This seems to be the question at the heart of 'Penrose', a short but impactful psychological horror game for Playdate by Liza Olson. It's available to sideload or play on the Playdate Simulator.
Cheyenne MacDonald06.17.2024
Halfway to Dawn is a surprisingly tense, bite-sized survival horror game for Playdate
Halfway to Dawn, made by Andrea Baroni (Cyberleaf Studio) blends text-based narrative with top-down shooter to create an impressive horror experience for the Playdate.
Cheyenne MacDonald06.10.2024
The Keyper is a casual adventure game for Playdate that unexpectedly made me cry
The Keyper's charm lies in the strange interactions between you and the people who live in the Winchester 21 building, where you're tasked with being the new caretaker and must find all the keys.
Cheyenne MacDonald06.03.2024
A $400,000 delivery of Playdates were (briefly) stolen
A series of Playdates were misdelivered, stolen and returned in a weird real-life saga for the gaming system.
Sarah Fielding05.31.2024
Someone made a Flappy Bird tribute for the Playdate that lets you use the crank to fly
FlappyBird by Chibisuke is a Flappy Bird tribute game made for the Playdate handheld. You can control the bird using either the up or A button, or the crank to add more difficulty. It's available on itch.io.
Cheyenne MacDonald05.27.2024
Engadget Podcast: PlayStation 5 Pro rumors and a look back at the Playdate
This week, Engadget Senior Editor Jessica Conditt joins Cherlynn and Devindra to chat about the PS5 Pro, as well as her piece on the PlayDate two years after its release.
Devindra Hardawar04.19.2024