"I sent him the video of the score, going, like, screw you. Yeah, I got it!" said Playstack's Wout van Halderen.

Balatro's 2025 gameplay update is still shrouded in mystery, but here's what we want for this highly anticipated patch.

Balatro publisher Playstack is undoubtedly thrilled with the success of the poker roguelike phenomenon, which recently zipped past five million units sold, and head of discovery Patrick Johnson ...

Ben Starr as 'Balatro' mascot Jimbo at the 2025 BAFTA Games Awards. CREDIT: BAFTA Breakout indie hit Balatro won big at the BAFTA Games Awards last night (April 8) – and their acceptance speech ...

That game is Balatro, an award-winning indie from solo developer LocalThunk that instantly took the gaming community by storm ...

Balatro might be poker-themed - as in, you score points by putting together poker hands - but it's definitely not a game that promotes or even simulates gambling. Though PEGI and, now, YouTube ...

LocalThunk’s Balatro, developed by Playstack, was deemed a royal flush as it was crowned Game of the Year at the 25th Game Developers Choice Awards. Handed out on Wednesday at the Moscone Center ...

We’ve had Harold Halibut, the sweet, stop-motion themed game about a mechanic on a far-away planet. And then there’s Balatro: the fiendishly addictive poker game that has dominated the awards ...

But that’s the exact premise of the Balatro-esque Cloverpit, which brings a huge range of modifiers, multipliers, and satisfying combos to the classic casino game. However, it’s a bit more ...

It was another big weekend for Balatro and developer localthunk as the game got another set of flowers at the BAFTA Game Awards, but localthunk didn’t just take in the praise. They also directed ...

Balatro Also Received Best Debut, Innovation Award and Best Design, with Astro Bot Also Showing a Strong Hand by Winning the Best Audio and Technology Awards SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The indie ...

It's last year’s break-out indie success. Developed by a lone, Canadian developer known only as LocalThunk, Balatro is a poker-inspired card game with a lo-fi appearance and fiendishly addictive ...