Rob Leane May 24, 2019
Panic, a games company with 20 years experience, is bringing its own pocket-sized console to market...
Here's an unexpected slice of gaming news: there is a new handheld games console coming to market, and it has a black-and-white screen and a working hand crank. It's called Playdate and it comes to us from Panic, a studio that's been developing games for over 20 years (mostly for Mac and iOS) and recently started publishing (with titles like Firewatch and Untitled Goose Game).
The Playdate console was announced with a new website, featuring the following description: "It’s yellow. It fits in your pocket. It’s got a beautiful black and white screen. It’s not super cheap, but not super expensive. It includes brand new games from some amazing creators. Plus it has a crank."
Playdate isn't just hardware, either. There will be bespoke games made for the Playdate, with...
Panic, a games company with 20 years experience, is bringing its own pocket-sized console to market...
Here's an unexpected slice of gaming news: there is a new handheld games console coming to market, and it has a black-and-white screen and a working hand crank. It's called Playdate and it comes to us from Panic, a studio that's been developing games for over 20 years (mostly for Mac and iOS) and recently started publishing (with titles like Firewatch and Untitled Goose Game).
The Playdate console was announced with a new website, featuring the following description: "It’s yellow. It fits in your pocket. It’s got a beautiful black and white screen. It’s not super cheap, but not super expensive. It includes brand new games from some amazing creators. Plus it has a crank."
Playdate isn't just hardware, either. There will be bespoke games made for the Playdate, with...
- 5/23/2019
- Den of Geek
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