[ad_1] With so much attention focused on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, you might have forgotten about the Playdate. The pint-sized handheld, which has a monochrome screen and a tiny fold-out crank for controlling select games, is “hopefully” coming out this year, according to the official Playdate Twitter account. But what exactly will […]
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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 […]
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 […]