The first major content update for last year's breakout indie hit, Balatro, has been delayed. The game's solo developer, who goes by ‘Localthunk', has announced that the 1.1 update will no longer be released in 2025 and has been pushed back to an indefinite date to allow for a healthier …
Read More »This month’s PlayStation Plus lineup includes Balatro, Ark and Warhammer
PlayStation Plus subscribers have some interesting new titles coming their way in May. Leading the lineup for this month are the hugely popular Poker/roguelike hybrid Balatro, the retro-styled shooter Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, and the ambitious survival title Ark: Survival Ascended. All three games will become available to add to your …
Read More »Halo, Balatro and more join GeForce Now this week
The next wave of games heading to GeForce Now have been announced. This week will see seven games joining the library, including the PC Game Pass version of Halo: The Master Chief Collection, and the deck-building rogue-like hit, Balatro. Balatro was one of the best games of 2024 and has …
Read More »PEGI board finally removes 18+ rating for Balatro
Following appeals by the publishers, both Balatro and Luck Be a Landlord have now had their PEGI board ratings reduced from 18+ to 12.
Read More »Balatro update crosses over with 8 more franchises
During the ID@Xbox Showcase, Balatro was announced to be coming to Xbox Game Pass, alongside new crossovers with 8 different gaming franchises.
Read More »ID@Xbox showcase announced, featuring over a dozen indie studios
Microsoft has announced its next ID@Xbox showcase. Set to go live later this month, the stream will feature over a dozen indie studios.
Read More »Balatro hits new sales milestone of over 5 million copies
Just one month on from its last major milestone, Balatro has already reached another big sales record, having now surpassed 5 million copies.
Read More »Balatro has officially sold 3.5 million copies
With the 2024 Game Awards set to go live in under 24 hours, developer LocalThunk has revealed that the GOTY-nominated Balatro has sold over 3.5 million copies.
Read More »GOTY nomination helps push Balatro on mobile past launch week sales
Following its nomination for 'game of the year' at the 2024 Game Awards, Balatro has seen a surge in sales on mobile platforms.
Read More »Balatro dethrones Minecraft on mobile app stores
Balatro has launched on mobile and it has swiftly gone on to be a huge success, knocking Minecraft out of the No.1 spot on the App Store.
Read More »Balatro is available now on iOS + Android
Developed by a single person, Balatro is a unique poker-themed rogue-like deckbuilder which launched back in February to a wave of success – selling over 1 million copies in just a month. Thanks to its relatively simple controls, the game is perfectly suited to a mobile port. Finally, Balatro is …
Read More »Popular Poker-themed rogue-like ‘Balatro’ comes to mobile this month
Developed by a single person, Balatro is a unique poker-themed rogue-like deckbuilder which launched back in February to a wave of success – selling over 1 million copies in just a month. Thanks to its relatively simple controls, the game is perfectly suited to a mobile port. Finally, Balatro is …
Read More »Poker-themed rogue-like ‘Balatro’ has sold 1 million copies
Developed by a single person, Balatro is a unique poker-themed rogue-like deckbuilder which launched just under a month ago. In this time, the game has seen a wave of success with universal critical acclaim – leading Balatro to having now sold over 1 million copies, Making the announcement on Twitter, …
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