Electronics Panic halts development of Playdate Stereo Dock amid challenges Pulling the plug on a problematic peripheral By Shawn Knight, October 28, 2024, 1:19 PM
Gaming Panic somehow recovered $400,000 of stolen Playdate handhelds after botched delivery Company employees rooted out the robbers with old fashioned "detective work" By Cal Jeffrey, May 31, 2024, 2:04 PM 8 comments
Download of the Week Software FFmpeg 6.1 adds numerous codec and filters FFmpeg 6.1 is a major release that includes Vulkan decoding for H.264, HEVC and AV1, extended support for RivaTuner, Playdate, Microsoft RLE, as well as numerous filters. By Erik Orejuela, November 27, 2023, 11:21 AM
Gaming Playdate handheld sales top 53,000 units in fruitful first year Wait times for new orders are still lengthy By Shawn Knight, April 18, 2023, 2:38 PM
Gaming Panic is increasing the Playdate handheld price again, now $199 There's still one month to lock in the lower price By Shawn Knight, March 7, 2023, 4:38 PM
Gaming Electronics Playdate is finally shipping, but only if you ordered last summer New orders won't start shipping until 2023 By Shawn Knight, April 18, 2022, 3:16 PM
Electronics Gaming Panic delays Playdate handheld until 2022 over faulty batteries The bad batch of batteries were spotted before any customer orders shipped By Shawn Knight, November 11, 2021, 4:32 PM
Gaming Electronics iFixit's Playdate teardown reveals magnetically-powered crank that shouldn't wear out Don't expect any problems like JoyCon drift By Daniel Sims, August 24, 2021, 4:25 PM
Electronics Gaming Panic sells its initial batch of 20,000 Playdate handhelds in under 20 minutes Another gaming system that'll be virtually impossible to buy By Shawn Knight, July 30, 2021, 11:42 AM
Gaming Electronics Playdate pre-order details, and what early reviewers have to say One of four new handhelds expected to launch by the end of the year By Shawn Knight, July 23, 2021, 12:36 PM
Gaming Electronics Playdate handheld pre-orders open in July with new speaker dock, protective case in tow Season one will include 24 complementary games By Shawn Knight, June 8, 2021, 1:41 PM
Gaming Panic increases the price of its upcoming Playdate handheld, but is doubling the storage and game count Panic's Playdate will be $30 more expensive than originally anticipated By Shawn Knight, June 4, 2021, 2:47 PM
Gaming Panic adds screen mirroring to its retro handheld Playdate It will feature two-way communication with Windows, macOS, and Linux via a cable and app By Cal Jeffrey, March 25, 2021, 11:58 AM
Gaming Playdate, the retro handheld with a crank, won't ship until 2021 A curious blend of old and new school By Shawn Knight, November 2, 2020, 12:20 PM
Tech Culture Gaming Watch Doom running on the Playdate, a handheld with a crank controller See the crank being used to fire the chaingun By Rob Thubron, June 3, 2020, 9:27 AM
Gaming Electronics Retro-inspired Playdate handheld will be shipping to developers soon More akin to old-school LCD handhelds By Shawn Knight, December 20, 2019, 11:33 AM
Gaming Check out the Playdate, a retro-style handheld that features a crank controller From the publisher of Firewatch By Rob Thubron, May 23, 2019, 5:20 AM 10 comments