Balatro's first few hours generated over $600,000, "far more money" than the roguelike's creator had ever made: "It is the most surreal day of my life"
Balatro's creator LocalThunk wasn't expecting his hit roguelike to be an instant success or a slow-burning sleeper hit, but ...
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Balatro's Creator Didn't Expect the Game to Be a Hit
Balatro’s creator LocalThunk shares details about his experience during the game’s development revealing that he didn’t ...
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Balatro: Best Cards For Straight Hands, Ranked
Create a tarot card if the poker hand contains an Ace and a Straight. Generating modifiers and duplicating cards are ...
Surprise! Balatro has shadow dropped on Game Pass
Balatro, the highly-acclaimed card-based roguelike from developer Local Thunk, is now available via Xbox Game Pass. It ...
Balatro creator intentionally avoided roguelikes but did eventually play and "steal from" Slay the Spire anyway: "Holy s***. Now that is a game"
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Balatro and others re-rated by PEGI after successful appeal, prompting a rule revision
The popular deckbuilding game has won its most important hand yet with a victory over the European ratings board, which objected to its content.
Everyone, put your cards down.
Localthunk, the developer behind breakout roguelike poker game Balatro, has stepped in to resolve a bit of a scrum in the Balatro subreddit over a mod's statements on AI art.
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The 50 Best Nintendo Switch Games
Like, Disco Elysium, one of our favorites of 2019, and, if anything, a game we actually underrated at the time, has found what might be its ideal home on the Switch. And Balatro, the surprise ...
Balatro dev says solitaire exists "at the peak of game culture" and was debatably "the most important" inspiration for his poker roguelike
Balatro solo dev LocalThunk has given a bit more insight into the inspirations behind his hit "poker roguelike," which he ...
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After junking Balatro's 18 rating, PEGI will develop "a more granular" rating system for gambling themes
Sorcerous cardgame Balatro and slot machine RPG Luck Be A Landlord have been reclassified as fit for people aged 12 ...
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Balatro's Confusing Rating Finally Changed, Leads To Europe Changing How It Rates Gambling Games
The PEGI board has announced that it has reversed its decision to classify Balatro with a PEGI 18 rating and will instead ...
Assassin’s Creed, Fallout, Dead by Daylight, and more join 2024’s smash hit indie game as DLC
New card art includes Assassin’s Creed and Slay the Princess (Spades), Critical Role and Bugsnax (Hearts), Fallout and Dead by Daylight (Clubs), and Civilization 7 and Rust (Diamonds). Like previous ...