No matter how closely you watch the games industry, there's always something that suddenly blows up and makes you ask "wait, ...

Poker roguelike Balatro is nominated in five categories at the 2024 Game Awards, including the top spot — Game of the Year. Solo developer LocalThunk stands as the only indie developer in the Game of ...

Every so often, a run of Balatro, the hot new poker game with a roguelite twist, will click. The random number generator is on my side when I pull a series of buffs that perfectly align: It’s the Half ...

2024 is nearly over, and it’s time to take stock of our favourite games of the year. Independent game studios have seen a lot of breakout hits this year, such as LocalThunk’s addictive card game ...

Poker isn’t the most exciting game to play alone. Even against computer players in a video game, poker isn’t much fun. Balatro—out now on Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, and PC—understands this. Instead of ...

Balatro stands as one of the most successful indie games in recent memory, contending in the saturated world of roguelikes by combining the genre's usual gameplay formula with deckbuilding themes. By ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet. When Balatro landed one of the extremely coveted Game of ...

Made by a single former information technology worker, a spiced-up version of virtual poker has become the video game surprise hit of the year. “Balatro,” whose developer only goes by the screen name ...

LocalThunk's Balatro arguably became the defining indie game of 2024, chewing through its players' available hours with a novel yet incredibly deep roguelike spin on playing poker hands. The game ...

Balatro, a popular poker-inspired roguelike deck builder video game is coming to a mobile device near you (possibly the one in your hand). The highly praised video game is slated for a mobile release ...