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🛍️️ PLAYDATE CATALOG GAMES OF JANUARY 2024: 🛍️️CHESS, SOLITAIRE WITH A TWIST, A UNIQUE WORD GAME, AND MORE MAKE-UP THE CATALOG RELEASES FOR JANUARY 2024
'Chess' makes its move, along with a bunch of other new titles for the cranky console.
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January 30, 2024
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[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Game Developer and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press]
Panic :
PORTLAND, JANUARY 30, 2024 - A new year is upon us and the scrappy crew at Panic are back with a fresh batch of games arriving later today to Catalog - their curated on-device and web-based games store for Playdate - as well as recap the games that came to Catalog earlier in January.
This month has a treasure-trove of classic and innovative puzzle games that are perfect for short burst sessions in-between the bigger game releases of the year or to master and become the best on the leaderboards!
Out Today:
♟️ Chess - It’s Chess, on Playdate! WOW!
🔠 Diction - A word based puzzle game where you're given a starting word, and your goal is to turn it into a different word by adding, changing or removing only a single letter at a time.
🧪Easy Godding - A light-hearted alchemy game where you combine two elements to make a third, new element. Combine the elements to create the world!
🔼Medial - Sudoku meets Minesweeper in this unique little puzzle game. Fill the 5x5 grid with the 3 shapes, so that each row and column has one of the 3 shapes and 2 blank spaces.
🟧 SHIFT II - A sequel to 2022's award nominated puzzle game, Shift II takes the familiar and adds all new mechanics, strategy and ways to play.
Released on January 16, 2024
🚖 Taxi Trouble - A top-down arcade game where you take on the role of a taxi driver! Pick up passengers, take them to their destination, keep an eye on the timer, and don’t kill anyone!
🃏 Hermit - Hermit reimagines solitaire with new mechanics designed to enhance player choice and strategic depth while ensuring fully transparent gameplay! Wrapped in a nostalgic UI.
👁️ Flinger - A novel arcade space shooter! Move your ship with the Playdate's accelerometer (or D-pad if you prefer) to fling bullets at enemies while dodging them, collecting power ups and trying to keep your multiplier streak going.c
✈️ Paper Pilot - Guide a paper plane through a challenging, twisty obstacle course!
🎰 Crank Crawl - In Crank Crawl you will be facing monster after monster in fierce duels! Luckily you brought with you a… weird slot-machine-like device that magically creates items out of thin air?
Learn more about these games at play.date/games/catalog or on-device via Catalog.
Request the Catalog Games of January
Games for Playdate can also be sideloaded and purchased from sites like Itch.io. Playdate is available for pre-order for $199.
About Playdate
Playdate is a truly unique gaming handheld system that is a celebration of video games. It’s yellow. It fits in your pocket. It includes games from amazing creators, it has a beautiful black and white screen, and yes, it also has a crank.
Created with great attention to detail and affection by app developer and video game publisher Panic, Playdate hopes to capture the spirit of endless possibility and excitement that games have given us since the beginning. Playdate’s collection of games will delight players with their inventiveness and ingenuity. And in addition to introducing players to brand new games, Playdate also encourages people to create their own imaginative games and interactive software using a suite of easy development tools. In short, Playdate was made just for fun.
For hardware information, pictures, and more details on Playdate visit the Press Kit here: play.date/mediakit
Find Playdate on Twitter at @playdate and on their website at play.date
For special interview requests or any other requests, get in touch with [email protected]
About Panic Inc.
Founded in 1999, Panic is an ancient startup in Portland, Oregon that loves to make nice things and bring people everyday joy. Originally — and still — a Mac app developer, Panic has also become a highly-focused video game publisher that helped release Firewatch and Untitled Goose Game into the world. They now set their sights on even more games, starting with Nour: Play With Your Food and despelote. And in the ultimate spirit of creating products that bring joy, Panic has also created its very own handheld video game system: Playdate.
Visit their website: https://panic.com/
Find Panic on Twitter
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