The Daily Populous Friday November 1st, 2024 evening edition
Authored by theverge.com and submitted by AliTVBG

When the Playdate first launched, one of the hooks was that the little yellow handheld came with a “season” of 24 games from notable developers like Keita Takahashi and Zach Gage. And now Panic has confirmed that a second season is coming at some point in 2025.

As for what will be included, we don’t have a lot to go on right now. Panic says that “details on price, the exact number of games, and the developers behind the games of season 2 will come in 2025.” But during a livestream today, the company said it would probably feature “about a dozen games” and will also include a “really cool surprise.”

Last year Panic launched a Playdate store called Catalog where developers could release games outside of the season structure, and during today’s presentation the company said that the shop had surpassed 200 available games. We also got a glimpse at some titles in development, including the adorable word game Bwirds (launching November 26th), a grappling hook-powered platformer called Owlet’s Embrace (later 2025), the cozy puzzle adventure Comet (listed as coming soon), and the self-explanatory Office Chair Curling (also coming soon).

You can check out the full presentation for more on these games:

There’s also some good news on the hardware front: Panic said that the hard-to-find handheld is available to order now with an expected shipping date of December.