Playdate Season Two can be purchased for $39 USD from Catalog, Panic’s digital store for Playdate games. Once you purchase the Season, your Playdate will give you access to download the first games of the Season and will then automatically download future games of the Season on Thursdays at 10 AM PT - as long as your Playdate is connected to WiFi, has enough on device storage, and is on the latest OS update.
Playdate Season Two’s rollout of games will end on July 3, but the games will remain as part of the bundle. Once you purchase the Season you can choose to receive games weekly or catch up to where the season rollout is at that time between now and July 3.
The Season kicks off with two titles and the first transmission of a mysterious broadcast… Blippo+!
Games part of Week 1
- 📡 Fulcrum Defender - Developed by Subset Games
- From the makers of FTL: Faster Than Light and Into the Breach comes a totally different kind of game… Find your optimal build and perfect your aiming skills to survive in this crank-powered, arcade action game! Easy to pick up and difficult to master, Fulcrum Defender will test your focus and skill.
- 🦖 Dig! Dig! Dino! - Developed by y Dom2D & Fáyer
- Dig! Dig! Dino! is a game about digging... for dinosaur bones and other treasure! Joining a crew of paleontologists at a new digsite, shovel your way down to many incredible discoveries. Piece together whole dino skeletons and analyze strange artifacts, uncovering lost secrets buried deep underground.
- 📺❓ Blippo+ - Developed by ▀▄▀▄▀▄
- When the first batch of Playdates came online, something strange happened. All at once, the screens pulsed with an unusual pattern of TV static! Was it a software glitch? Or interference from a transmission coming from somewhere beyond our world? Now, thanks to the crank team of engineers at Panic, this mysterious broadcast signal has been decoded, and all Playdate owners can tune into and enjoy the finest TV service in the known universe: Blippo+!
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- When the first batch of Playdates came online, something strange happened. All at once, the screens pulsed with an unusual pattern of TV static! Was it a software glitch? Or interference from a transmission coming from somewhere beyond our world? Now, thanks to the crank team of engineers at Panic, this mysterious broadcast signal has been decoded, and all Playdate owners can tune into and enjoy the finest TV service in the known universe: Blippo+!
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- Not much more is known about this mysterious alien broadcast, but Playdate Season 2 owners should tune in weekly and make sure they are connected to WiFi when Season 2 updates at 10 AM PT on Thursdays.
Our sources close to decoding the Blippo+ broadcast also recommend tuning into the PC Gaming Show on June 8 at 12PM PT to learn about how the signal may be spreading to another device near you.
For those without a Playdate, there is still time to get one to experience the games of Season Two together with the Playdate community. Units are available to order at shop.play.date for $229, with refurbished units also now available for $179. All Playdate units come with Season One included with the purchase of a Playdate.
About Playdate
Playdate is a truly unique gaming handheld system that is a celebration of video games. It’s yellow. It fits in your pocket. It includes games from amazing creators, it has a beautiful black and white screen, and yes, it also has a crank.
Created with great attention to detail and affection by app developer and video game publisher Panic, in collaboration with Teenage Engineering, Playdate hopes to capture the spirit of endless possibility and excitement that games have given us since the beginning. Playdate’s collection of games will delight players with their inventiveness and ingenuity. And in addition to introducing players to brand new games, Playdate also encourages people to create their own imaginative games and interactive software using a suite of easy development tools. In short, Playdate was made just for fun.
Playdate is a truly unique gaming handheld system that is a celebration of video games. It’s yellow. It fits in your pocket. It includes games from amazing creators, it has a beautiful black and white screen, and yes, it also has a crank.
Created with great attention to detail and affection by app developer and video game publisher Panic, in collaboration with Teenage Engineering, Playdate hopes to capture the spirit of endless possibility and excitement that games have given us since the beginning. Playdate’s collection of games will delight players with their inventiveness and ingenuity. And in addition to introducing players to brand new games, Playdate also encourages people to create their own imaginative games and interactive software using a suite of easy development tools. In short, Playdate was made just for fun.
Find Playdate on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/play.date, and on their website at play.date
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For special interview requests or any other requests, get in touch with pr@popagenda.co
About Panic Inc.
Founded in 1999, Panic is an ancient startup in Portland, Oregon that loves to make nice things and bring people everyday joy. Originally — and still — a Mac app developer, Panic has also become a highly-focused video game publisher that helped release games like Firewatch and Untitled Goose Game into the world, with much more on the horizon including Blippo+, Big Walk, Herdling, and Time Flies. And in the ultimate spirit of creating products that bring joy, Panic has also created its very own handheld video game system: Playdate.
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