Playdate, the quirky new handheld with a black-and-white display screen and a crank on its facet created by Panic and co-designed with Teenage Engineering, can be out there for preorder beginning Thursday, July twenty ninth at 1PM ET / 10AM PT. You’ll have the ability to safe a unit by means of the positioning play.date for $179. It’ll begin delivery later this 12 months in choose international locations, although the corporate nonetheless doesn’t have a concrete launch date for the moveable machine. You too can preorder the Playdate Cowl accent that may defend the machine for $29. In case you preorder, you’ll be charged instantly, however Panic says you’ll be able to cancel at any time for a full refund.
Panic co-founder Cabel Sasser shared final month in a video replace that “the earlier you order, the earlier you’ll get one, however we’re not going to shut the door on you.” So, even when you’re a bit late to ordering, a minimum of you gained’t need to panic to get Panic’s Playdate. In accordance with Panic, the primary 20,000 or so items will ship towards the tip of 2021, and orders after that can ship in 2022.
In case you’re not aware of this irresistibly cute handheld, it was introduced in Might 2019, and we simply put up some in-depth impressions of the console and some of its video games. It’ll get new, unique video games in waves referred to as “seasons,” kind of like a TV present. For the primary season, you’ll get two video games each two weeks over a 12-week interval. Panic is being cagey about sport particulars (it hasn’t introduced three of the 24 complete video games), however yow will discover some thumbnails under to considerably get a way of what’s coming.
