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