Category: panic

‘Untitled Goose Game’ honks its way to a million sales

[ad_1] Untitled Goose Game hasn’t just melted the hearts of mischievous gamers — apparently, it’s also a commercial success. Panic’s Cabel Sasser has revealed that House House’s chaos-creating title has racked up 1 million sales since its debut on September 20th. He didn’t break down sales by platform, although we wouldn’t be surprised if the […]

Panic’s quirky Playdate handheld will be available for developers soon

[ad_1] In a blog post and a series of tweets, Panic states that it hopes to get early units to developers as soon as possible: “Very soon, we’ll put these Developer Preview units up for sale. We’ll email our developer preview list when it’s time.” The selection will be random as the company can only […]

‘Untitled Goose Game’ will unleash avian chaos on September 20th

[ad_1] You play a goose whose aim is only to annoy the unsuspecting residents of a village by any means necessary. That includes stealing items, pranking hapless residents and honking — lots and lots of honking. While it’s too soon how to say how well the concept holds up in sustained play, UGG oozes a […]

Mark Zuckerberg apparently tried to buy Panic, the creator of Playdate

[ad_1] Panic has worked on various, clever Mac and iOS apps for years — including Transmit, a file transfer protocol, and Firewatch, an adventure video game that’s available for Mac. So it’s not unreasonable that Zuckerberg would reach out. But, as Sasser told Edge Magazine, “Any time I see a company in the software world […]

‘Firewatch’ publisher’s Playdate gaming handheld has a crank

[ad_1] The game delivery model might be just as noteworthy, if not more. The Playdate gets its name from the software release method, where games arrive once per week in “seasons.” The first season will include 12 games strung out over three months, for instance. Panic wants to keep the game lineup a secret (beyond […]