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,…
With 1 million copies sold, Balatro has cemented itself as the roguelike hit of 2024 - despite the fact that its underlying code is apparently "held together with hopes and dreams." After some examples of the game's beautifully nightmarish…
If you somehow haven’t fallen down the Balatro hole just yet, that slope is about to get a whole lot slippier. The mesmerising roguelike spin on poker is easy enough to lose an entire afternoon to by itself, but now it’s been combined with…
Balatro is the addictive rogue-like card game taking both Steam and Xbox by storm, and it's about to get a huge game-changing patch. You can try it out now on Steam, but here's why you should wait on Xbox.
One of the most popular releases of the year so far is the roguelike card game hit Balatro. Although it had some teething issues on the Switch with a temporary removal from the eShop, it's since returned and has gone on to sell more than…
Balatro, the acclaimed poker-themed rogue-like from developer LocalThunk, has just received its first big content update - officially known as Update 1.0.1c - with the patch currently in Steam public testing ahead of a full release "in…
The deck-fixing roguelikelike poker of Balatro is chuffing excellent, no doubt, but my main criticism has been that the higher difficulty modes are just a bit boring. Having beat them myself, I didn't find them a fun or interesting…
The first major Balatro patch is here, as 1.0.1 comes to PC in an experimental form for everyone who owns the game to test, if they want to. With plenty to sink your teeth into, the biggest changes in 1.0.1 come in the form of reduced…