When Balatro first came out, I didn’t touch it. I watched it dominate my social feeds. I saw my colleagues drop everything to ...

A minor kerfuffle in the Balatro subreddit has led developer LocalThunk to weigh in on the topic of AI-generated art, and his ...

Here’s how it works. In a recent Bloomberg interview with Balatro creator LocalThunk, the notably private, anonymous developer opened up a little bit about the roguelike card game's origins ...

The creator of Balatro explains why his viral poker game avoids microtransactions and ads, sharing his strong stance on user ...

Co-op Games Split Fiction and It Takes Two director still hates microtransactions: "I think it's a huge problem and it's stopping our industry from a creative perspective" Roguelike Games Balatro ...

Balatro creator reveals a little taste of home hidden in one of the game's many cards, specifically Regina Saskatchewan.

Games LocalThunk gave up making Balatro for 3 months but resumed because 'I was bored but the internet was out so I couldn't play Rocket League' Games Balatro scoops a BAFTA and Jimbo weirds it up ...

Produced by a single anonymous developer who goes by the name LocalThunk, Balatro is a game that defies simple explanation, one whose appeal falls squarely into the “you just have it play it to ...

“Balatro,” whose developer only goes by the screen name localthunk, bends the rules of poker the way only video games can, applying randomized powers to your deck that transform every ...

Only a scant 0.1 percent of players have managed to platinum Indie hit Balatro, and PlayStation architect Mark Cerny is one ...

The developer of Balatro has confirmed the reason his viral hit poker game doesn't have any microtransactions or ads is because seeing games with those types of things "makes me want to put my ...

LocalThunk, the Canadian one-man studio behind the hit digital card game Balatro, has won in the “Delight and Fun” category ...