Localthunk disapproves of AI art in Balatro and clarifies that neither they nor Playstack support it. Some publishers, like ...

LocalThunk has now returned to flesh-out some parts of the timeline, including the moment in March 2022 when he abandoned ...

The creator of Balatro did not expect people to enjoy the game as much, and admitted his own review score would have been ...

Balatro was one of the best games of 2024, and yet, even its creator felt that it wouldn't be received well by reviewers.

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.

Create a tarot card if the poker hand contains an Ace and a Straight. Generating modifiers and duplicating cards are ...

Balatro developer Local Thunk has published an extensive history of the game's development to his personal blog, in which he ...

Microsoft has confirmed eight new titles will be joining Xbox Game Pass this March including a couple of big Day One releases ...

Xbox has just announced a number of indie games dropping on Xbox Game Pass in the first half of March 2025, including Enter ...

Oh, and totally unrelated, Balatro was also released on Game Pass, but I highly advise approaching it with caution simply because it can be extremely addictive. Outbound looks terrific out of the ...

Balatro solo dev LocalThunk has given a bit more insight into the inspirations behind his hit "poker roguelike," which he says, it could be argued, is "technically a solitaire game." In the first ...