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Playdate @play.date · 09/09/2026

Season 3 CONFIRMED, starts October 8. Pre-order now! 🛼 play.date/s3

🟨 Playdate Catalog Drop Post! 3 more great games are waiting for your Playdate. Just open Catalog on your Playdate, or visit play.date/games to grab them 💫 Enjoy!

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Playdate @play.date · 24/09/2026

The Sequel to the hit game by @scenicroutesoftware.com, Post Hero: Bedbeard’s Revenge, is now available on Catalog! 🦾 play.date/games/post-hero-2/

A red title image of Post Hero, Bedbeard's Revenge. Out now on Catalog!

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Game Devs of Color Expo @gdocexpo.com · 21/09/2026

PIGSquad & Panic Inc. are hosting the Portland watch party for Game Devs of Color Expo 2026! Speakers from around the world have gathered to share their vast knowledge across a range of topics including gripping game design, marketing deep dives, satisfying sound design, & much more.

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Playdate @play.date · 21/09/2026

📩 Post Hero: Bedbeard’s Revenge from @scenicroutesoftware.com comes to Catalog this Thursday! Set a year after the events in Post Hero, it’s a laugh-out-loud parody of artificial intelligence and the arrogance of big tech. 🦾 play.date/games/post-h...

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Playdate @play.date · 16/09/2026

🚨Fresh Catalog Drop! Head on over to Catalog, our Playdate games store that lives inside your Playdate, or play.date/games/ to check out the latest and greatest. Crank On 🤘

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StephanRewind @stephanrewind.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

New Atlantic ‘41 devlog at last. Going over the various in game reports. Hydrophone contacts, crew and boat status, weather…all in one place. stephanrewind.itch.io/atlantic-41/...

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Playdate @play.date · 14/09/2026

Imagine yourself playing Soggy Froggy, the new game from the team behind Root Bear……… This dream can come true, if you preorder Season Three ⬇️ play.date/games/seasons/three

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Playdate @play.date · 11/09/2026

Playdate + Panic will be at Portland Retro Gaming Expo this year! One of our favorite shows to attend. And yes, we've set aside some Playdate units to sell in person! 🗓️ October 9–11, 2026 📍 Oregon Convention Center, Portland OR 👋 Booth # 1001 ➡️ retrogamingexpo.com

Playdate-the handheld video game system with a tank. Available at our PRGE booth! Panic Games. Booth 1001.

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Playdate @play.date · 08/09/2026

Hello! Join us TOMORROW for our next Playdate Update to get the scoop on some of the games and details of Playdate Season Three, as well as some other fun news! 📆 Premieres Wednesday, Sept 9 at 9:00 AM PT ➡️ live.panic.com

Looping text saying Playdate Update, September 9, 9 AM PT

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Playdate @play.date · 03/09/2026

pssst. iam8bit booth #208 at PAX West will have Playdates for sale. pass it on.

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Playdate @play.date · 01/09/2026

🚨6 new Catalog games are here! Check them out on your Playdate, or head to play.date/games 💫 And have a look below! 🆕⤵️

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Playdate @play.date · 19/08/2026

🆕 NEW! in Playdate Catalog today ⬇️ Sit back, relax, crank-in, Sit back, relax, crank-in, and check out the latest at play.date/games 🟨

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stonerl @stonerl.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Kirby’s Tilt ‘n‘ Tumble running on the #Playdate #retrogaming #gameboy

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Playdate @play.date · 14/08/2026

This is what it looks like when migrating your entire network exposes a surprise Playdate crasher that affects some (but not all?!) customers when checking for games, updates, etc. We're working on it right now! Hang tight, apologies, thank you!

A chart showing a sharp increase in received stack traces from Playdate systems.

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Panic @panic.com · 13/08/2026

Who has two thumbs and just rebuilt their entire network design after a really annoying and significant DDoS attack*? This corporate entity! 😮‍💨👍👍 Anyway! All Panic websites and services are now BACK ONLINE. We’re hoping it sticks. Thank you for your patience during that time. (*They wanted money.)

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Playdate @play.date · 06/08/2026

3 delightful new games have joined Catalog! Check out Catalog on your Playdate, or visit play.date/games for these sweet new games!

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rae @rae.wtf · 01/08/2026

augustravaganza 2026 is live NOW! #playdate it's a nice big community sale to ring in the new month. 2024 and 2025 went great, and we have over 80(!) games participating this time! if you wanna see all the participating games, visit catalog on your playdate, or head to: 🟨 play.date/games/tags/o...

Key art for Augustravaganza 2026. It's a top-down view of a beach, with a wave breaking over the top. Inside the wave, there's some text: "2026 Augustravaganza! Playdate Community Sale. Over 60 games on sale! Runs from August 1st through August 7th, pacific time. On the beach, key arts of various Playdate games are buried in the sand. There's text that reads: "Visit Catalog on your Playdate! Or, head to... play.date/games/tags/on-sale"

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Luke S @lukesanderson.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

🏔️ 🏔️ 🏔️ Turnip Mountain is OUT NOW!! 🏔️ 🏔️ 🏔️ 🎮 Play it on PC, Switch, PS4/5 and Xbox! 👥 Go it alone, or bring a friend in local co-op! 🎶 Banger soundtrack by IsabelleChiming!

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Synaptic Sugar @synapticsugar.games · 27/07/2026

#playdate now supports Japanese! Despite not being in the video, our story-driven rhythm game Agents of Groove has supported Japanese and four more languages since launch. If your Playdate system language is set to Japanese, the game will automatically mirror that setting on your first playthrough!

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Playdate @play.date · 27/07/2026

Playdate。日本語になりました。 Playdate. Now in Japanese. Settings > System > System Update 3.1

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Cristina Ramos @saffroncr.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I was told you couldn't do 3D on the Playdate, so I did it. Then I was told there was no way I could create exterior levels like those in Mirror's Edge, so I proved them wrong again.

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Playdate @play.date · 22/07/2026

🆕 NEW! in Playdate Catalog today: 🟨 Waiting for Odysseus 🟨 ROTOLLA MONO 🟨 Hahakigami 🟨 Sugar Cookie Mountain Check them out here play.date/games or in your Playdate! ✨

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Playdate @play.date · 21/07/2026

No crank? No problem. Playdate originals reimagined for Steam 💫 Featuring... 📺 Blippo+ 🛸 HEXA 🥌 office chair curling 👾 Ratcheteer DX ☄️ Suborbital Salvage Grab the Beyond the Crank bundle at 10% off ⬇️ 🛒 store.steampowered.com/bundle/7499...

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Donald Bubbins Fraser @guv-bubbs.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Comet has some new key art, and I LOVE IT! It was a lot of fun to work with @mekadow.bsky.social to explore Stella's design again and make some new art that represents her and the mood of the game a little more closely. This was spurred on by a push from @spaceindie.bsky.social...

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Serrotonin @clap-clapp.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Excited to see The Odyssey this weekend?? While you’re waiting for the show to start, why don’t you check out Eye to Eye, a Playdate exclusive action-platformer directly inspired by The Odyssey’s story of a man fighting to make his way back to his love of his life?!

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Playdate @play.date · 09/07/2026

small handheld. big ben.

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small handheld. big ben.

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Playdate @play.date · 08/07/2026

👋We've got 4 wonderfully chaotic Catalog games to share with you today. All available in the Catalog app on your Playdate, or via the web at play.date/catalog 💛

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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 08/07/2026

it is very wild to me that this is possible (via www.reddit.com/r/PlaydateCo...)

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Playdate @play.date · 28/06/2026

Heads up! We’re about to make some shifts to Playdate’s production — no, none to Playdate itself — which means a factory pause. Soon, Playdate will be temporarily "sold out”. Once we're back up, more stock will start to arrive later this year. But if you want a Playdate soon… now's the time to buy!

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Playdate @play.date · 24/06/2026

Small addition to the Catalog website: developers can now make Studio pages, showing all their Playdate titles. Check out some heavy hitters: 🐈‍⬛ play.date/games/studios/com.scenicroute 🐰 play.date/games/studios/wtf.rae ✋ play.date/games/studios/com.amano

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Playdate @play.date · 24/06/2026

It's a great day to be a Playdate owner. This week's Catalog Drop has something for everyone 💛 Have a look below and check out play.date/games or see it all right inside of your Playdate. Enjoy!!

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Gareth Williams @gareth.pw · 20/06/2026

I launched the first multiplayer RPG for @play.date, PointlessQuest a week ago. The response has been kinda mindblowing: - 270 players have scored at least 1XP - Average of 80 returning players a day - Lots of community stories of grouping up and helping each other. #playdate #indiegame #mmorpg

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Luke S @lukesanderson.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Check out this custom Playdate!! Last year, I released Tiny Turnip - it won Game Of The Year and Best Adventure Game in the Community Awards, and the swag's just come in the post. @play.date even bundled a new Playdate with a custom decal! #gamdev #indiedev

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Donald Bubbins Fraser @guv-bubbs.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

This month, ☄️Comet got a big visual upgrade! guv-bubbs.itch.io/comet/devlog... In this blog post we share how we made our light feel more organic and add a bit of sparkle. As well as a brief retrospective on all the previous lighting systems comet has had. #playdate #1bit #Indiegames #gamedev

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rae @rae.wtf · 16/06/2026

hello! all of my #playdate games are on sale in catalog! • rowbot rally — my loving, experimental story game — is just $10! • HEXA — an addicting match-six logic puzzle game — only $5! • cloudburst — an on-line weather app?! — just $3! and more!! running until 06.30.2026. play.date/games/search...

Playdate store page showing game listings for "Labsylle", "Cloudburst", "Mission LunaTrix", "Traffic Jam", "Bona Fido", "RowBot Rally", "HEXA", and "First in... Line?".

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Playdate @play.date · 17/06/2026

Good news: 5 more games 🛬 in Catalog.....last week but we're posting them here, today, okay?! Play.date/games

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stonerl @stonerl.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

The CrankBoy main dev is pleased with the swag he received from the @play.date Community Awards and wants to thank everyone involved in the awards.

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Playdate @play.date · 27/05/2026

Magical Spells ✅ Mystical Mazes ✅ Rubber Duckies ✅ an Unexpected Jukebox ✅ Pottery for Playdate ✅ What doesn't this Catalog drop have?! See for yourself at Play.date/games and/or crank over to Catalog on your Playdate 🟨 💫

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Brett Makes Games @brettmakesgames.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

My book Make Games for @play.date with Lua is finally done after 18 months of writing and revising! It's now available on all ebook retailers. The book is written for beginners, covering the key concepts of game programming, Lua, and the Playdate SDK. pdbook.net

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Make Games for Playdate with Lua

A fun introduction to game programming with Lua and the Playdate SDK by Brett Chalupa.

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Jurge Cruz-Alvarez @jurge.site · 15/05/2026

did you know @play.date recently got a full-speed Game Boy emulator on its store and the community is ROM hacking some games to add Playdate specific features and updates? 🤯 (video by @bb.wavelengths.online youtube.com/shorts/xAXg7...)

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rae @rae.wtf · 13/05/2026

🔼 HEXA is OUT NOW on #steam! the best thing since the hexagon (maybe) is here...a cosmically-good match-six puzzle game. with addicting gameplay, bundles of modes, & dozens of "missions" (you can even make your own!) + achievements, leaderboards, & more! YAY! store.steampowered.com/app/4581230/...

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Cristina Ramos @saffroncr.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

I tried something different: I made the first devlog for my Playdate game prototype, starting all the way back at the beginning. I hope you like it. Let me know if you’d like me to keep using this format, and I’d love to hear any feedback you have. saffroncr.itch.io/katavatis/de...

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Hello World!

A few months ago, I got a Playdate handheld. What's a Playdate, you may ask? This thing: After playing around with it for a bit, I started thinking about ideas for a small, fun prototype. Since it use...

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Playdate @play.date · 12/05/2026

Hello!! Come get your Catalog Drop!! Have a look at the 5 games that just joined Catalog — the Playdate games store that lives inside your Playdate — Enjoy 👋 Play.date/games 👾

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StephanRewind @stephanrewind.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

New Atlantic ‘41 devlog about depth charges and sound effects. stephanrewind.itch.io/atlantic-41/...

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Your Cool Uncle Marisa @marisamoureau.com · 08/05/2026

Watch my latest video and discover some incredible @play.date games. Huge thank you to every dev who shared their work with me!! I can't believe I went from being tentative about this Kickstarter to not being able to keep up with the sheer number of quality games 🫣

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Cool Uncle's Corner: 13 Playdate Games to Check Out!

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Playdate @play.date · 07/05/2026

Out now on Catalog..... Crankboy: a high performance Game Boy emulator for your Playdate! Plus! 4 specially included titles: 👻 Life's Too Short GB 🦖 Dashosaur DX 👾 GBBS95 🎶 Lo-Fi GB, a music album (but for your GB (but really for your Playdate)) ✨ play.date/games/crank...

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