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The Latest Breaking News from Balatro

Balatro's big 1.1 update is delayed to 2026, for a very good reason: 'I'm slow'

LocalThunk says he burned out on Balatro development in late 2024, and wants to ensure that doesn't happen again.

PC Gamer

Word Play is a spelling roguelike that feels like the final boss of Wordle and it made me feel like an angry genius

Indie Spotlight | I've traded sprinting around with sword and shield for spelling words in Word Play

GamesRadar

This Balatro-like take on Breakout trades a paddle for a revolver, and I've had a lot of fun combo'ing bullet configurations even if I wish this was more on target

Now Playing | Kill the Brickman is published by the Vampire Survivors studio, and has a similar moreish quality

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A new "chaotic roguelike" inspired by genre top dog Balatro quietly came out months ago, but still has 100% positive Steam reviews and its free demo totally proves why

Omelet You Cook has literally perfect user reviews

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'Silksong lol': CloverPit devs delay the slot machine Balatro-like by 23 days to escape the blast radius of Silksong's launch

"We poured our hearts into our little game so of course we want to give it the best possible shot."

PC Gamer

Steam has a sale celebrating small developers, and you can get my favorite post-Balatro deckbuilder for just $2

Save on games and support small dev teams at the same time, now through August 14th.

PC Gamer

New Pocketpair-published horror game turns Balatro's live-action Jimbo actor into a jester again, devs insist it's "accidental," really: "No one will believe that we genuinely didn't mean to do this"

The devs describe it as "the most incredible happy accident"

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The League of Legends Balatro homage I thought I'd never see again is back, thanks to a major MOBA preservation win

Riot's helped preserve old in-game content within LoL's community wiki

GamesRadar

Balatro creator gets 'a taste of my own medicine' as he struggles in vain to score the game's hardest achievement

"Well well well if it isn’t the consequences of my actions."

PC Gamer

Fighting his own roguelike monster, Balatro creator says he's "146/150 for completionist++ and getting a taste of my own medicine"

God speed

GamesRadar

Undertale creator Toby Fox has some indie recommendations while you wait for Deltarune Chapters 3 and 4, including a visual novel he "can't wait" to see more of

From Balatro to Soul of Sovereignty, here are his faves

GamesRadar

Eric Barone's been playing lots of chess and reckons Elon Musk's 'tech tree' idea isn't awful: 'What if someone did a Balatro treatment… a chess roguelike?'

"I'm not like a huge chess guy, it's just always been something that I've wanted to be decent at."

PC Gamer

Is Blue Prince on Xbox Game Pass?

Blue Prince looks like it could be the next Balatro-style sleeper hit, but is it coming to Xbox Game Pass?

Windows Central

Just like Tetris, someone's found Balatro's "true ending" by chasing a score so high that it actually crashes the game

"Now I can rest..."

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The Independent UK

Metaphor: ReFantazio, Dragon Age, Astro Bot and an indie wave lead the top AP video games of 2024

Associated Press writer Lou Kesten has chosen his top 10 video games of 2024

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The Game Awards 2024 winners: Astro Bot takes home the top prize

Astro Bot is the Game of the Year in 2024. See the full list of winners here.

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Cyberpunk 2077's new update secretly added a Balatro-based sidequest, among other unlisted changes

Fans uncover a few fun surprises that CDPR didn't tell us about.

TechRadar

You've got until later today to vote for your Ultimate Game of the Year at the Golden Joystick Awards

The Golden Joystick Awards Ultimate Game of the Year voting closes soon - here are all the nominees.

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Evening Standard

Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker warns of highly addictive mobile game that could spark a productivity crisis

Charlie Brooker says he is addicted to the hit indie game Balatro... and soon we will all be hooked on it, too

PC Gamer

Balatro's first big balance patch fiddles with Fibonacci and makes a mod to Odd Todd

No, I don't know what any of that means, but it's live now on Steam.

GamesRadar

A year of surprise hits continues as Balatro beats the peak player count of its greatest roguelike rival and becomes one of the highest-rated Steam games of all time

Balatro's concurrent player count is on par with Slay the Spire

PC Gamer

2023 has been an amazing year for roguelike deckbuilders—but the best one is this free demo about shamelessly cheating at poker

Balatro turns the classic card game on its head, and it's so good it's my GOTY even though it's not even out yet.

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