Balatro isn’t just a standout deckbuilding roguelike, it’s easily going to be one of the best games of 2024. It takes the rules of poker and completely twists them into something hypnotic, seeing you wake from an hours-long stupor where…
Indie hit Balatro is currently holding all the cards and, in a masterful flourish, is releasing the game physically on PS5 and PS4. There is no word on a release date yet, but punters can expect each Special Edition to come with a pack of…
The creator of the viral Poker game, localthunk, confirmed via a note posted to the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that fans will soon be able to pick up a physical copy of the game on PS5, Switch, Xbox Series X/S, and…
The popular poker-themed deck-building roguelike Balatro is getting a physical release. The game’s creator LocalThunk announced the news on X, along with a photo of the physical Switch version. The physical editions will be released on…
In some surprise news, the Giant Bomb team has revealed Balatro will be getting a physical "special edition" release across multiple platforms including the Nintendo Switch.
Balatro is the smash hit poker-themed roguelike that damaged global productivity when it released earlier this year, but it could've been a much smaller deal with a less catchy name like, let's say, Trial of the Fool, or one of the other…
I have a confession to make: I am one of the three people on this planet who didn’t love Balatro. This is, admittedly, not Balatro’s fault. Traditional card games have never sparked any particular joy within me. The red-and-white…
In poker roguelike Balatro, poker isn't poker for very long. After a few rounds your standard deck will be anything but, filled with glass cards and gold cards and a dozen or so aces of spades, while your bizarre collection of jokers…
Wake up babe, a new positively absurd genre mashup just dropped. Texas Hold ‘Em Poker. RPG mechanics. Witchcraft. Anime girls. This is All in Abyss: Judge the Fake, and despite the mouthful of a title, it sounds like the perfect card game…
Four of the top seven best-reviewed games on Metacritic in 2024 so far, not counting remakes, are indies, including Animal Well and Balatro in the top three — Halfway through 2024, four of the top seven best-reviewed games, not counting…
You sometimes forget just how many great games have been released during the last 12 months. Helldivers 2 has become one of the best multiplayer experiences in recent years, Baldur’s Gate 3 will go down in history as the RPG that…
There was a time earlier this year where we had two states: playing Balatro, or thinking about playing Balatro. Our daily hours played may have begun to drop in the months since, but there's no denying that it has permanently set up shop…
A big Balatro patch has just arrived for all players, making sweeping changes to the best roguelike game of 2024. Surprise mega-hit Balatro has won hearts and minds with its clever blend of playing cards, poker hands, and Slay the Spire…
Balatro is the addictive rogue-like card game we can't get enough of, and it just got a huge game-changing patch. Here's all the changes you can expect in Balatro patch 1.0.1f
Balatro, the poker-themed twist on the roguelike deckbuilder that's become one of 2024's many unexpected indie sensations, has sold one million copies. But its solo developer thought he'd be lucky to shift a tiny fraction of that figure,…