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2025-05-31

Playdate Season 2 review: Fulcrum Defender, Dig! Dig! Dino! and Blippo+

Playdate Season Two is here, bringing with it two new games for the quirky yellow handheld every week until July 3. And if the first two titles are any indication of what this season will be like, it's sure to be a great one. Season Two kicked off on May 29 with the arcade action game Fulcrum Defender — from the studio behind FTL: Faster Than Light and Into the Breach — and the delightfully chill Dig! Dig! Dino!. The two games couldn't be more different from each other, but they're both bangers in their own right.


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Destination

2025-04-24

Subset Games co-founder Jay Ma went through hell to make Fulcrum Defender

Every video game is a miracle. Long hours, extraordinary technical and artistic requirements and cross-disciplinary collaboration: the very act of making games is difficult, and leaves room for catast [...]

Match Score: 337.06

Destination

2025-06-08

Playdate Season 2's Blippo+ TV simulator is coming to Nintendo Switch and PC in color this fall

We've been getting a real kick out of the offbeat cable TV parody that is Blippo+, which arrived with Playdate's Season Two, and now it's looking like non-Playdate owners will be able t [...]

Match Score: 278.56

Destination

2025-06-07

Playdate Season 2 review: The Whiteout and Wheelsprung

Panic is not messing around with Playdate's second season. After starting off Season Two on the right foot with Dig! Dig! Dino!, Fulcrum Defender and the surprise rollout of Blippo+, the team has [...]

Match Score: 263.30

Destination

2025-04-17

Playdate Season Two includes an action arcade game from Into The Breach studio Subset

The long-awaited second season of weekly Playdate game drops commences on May 29. During a showcase on Thursday, Panic revealed that players will get two fresh games on their console every seven days [...]

Match Score: 225.95

Destination

2025-06-02

Video Games Weekly: I still don't miss E3

Welcome to Video Games Weekly on Engadget. Expect a new story every Monday, broken into two parts. The first is a space for short essays and ramblings about video game trends and related topics from m [...]

Match Score: 221.90

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2025-06-21

Engadget review recap: Switch 2, Playdate games and a Framework laptop

The Nintendo Switch 2 has been all the rage around the Engadget HQ for the last few weeks. Even the editors who didn't write the official review have had their hands glued to their new toys. Of c [...]

Match Score: 215.20

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2025-06-07

Engadget review recap: VW ID.Buzz, Weber Smoque, Fujifilm GFX100RF and more

We're really covering all the bases with our latest slate of reviews. We've got everything from an EV family hauler to a smart pellet grill. Wireless earbuds, a unique camera and a GPU that& [...]

Match Score: 196.60

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2025-04-10

Panic will showcase the second season of Playdate games on April 17

Panic has set a date for when it will share more about the second season of Playdate games. The company is hosting a Playdate Update event on April 17, at 1PM ET / 10AM PT where it plans to cover the [...]

Match Score: 183.06

Destination

2025-05-31

Playdate Season Two, Spray Paint Simulator and other new indie games worth checking out

One of the many beautiful things about the indie gaming scene is that there's always something to check out. So if you don't fancy playing Elden Ring: Nightreign this weekend, there are plen [...]

Match Score: 171.42