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NewsBalatro creator shares the GOTY love with other indie games while giving out a "very prestigious Golden Thunk award"
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NewsAfter 10 months, 3 Game Awards, and the downfall of global productivity, roguelike hit Balatro reaches a new all-time Steam peak
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NewsAfter winning big at The Game Awards and taking hours of our time in 2024, Balatro creator reveals their "most productive night" resulted in one of the game's most satisfying features
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Unhinged outtakes from live-action Balatro trailer reveal we could have seen Final Fantasy 16's Ben Starr gobble down a banana too many ways
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Year in ReviewI'm proclaiming 2024 to be the year of outstanding indie puzzle games
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NewsBalatro's creator hits out at EA Sports FC as the roguelike gets rated 18+: "I should add microtransactions/loot boxes/real gambling to lower that rating"
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Best ListFrom Balatro to Animal Well, here's the best indie games of 2024
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Year in ReviewAfter an unbeatable year for Balatro, we asked a professional poker player to break down what makes the indie roguelike so good
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NewsJust like Tetris, someone's found Balatro's "true ending" by chasing a score so high that it actually crashes the game
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NewsBalatro creator says the business aspect of making his hit roguelike is something he's still "learning the ropes" of
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NewsIndie phenomenon Balatro is one of the most-played games on Steam Deck this year, beaten only by Stardew Valley and previous GOTY winners Elden Ring and Baldur's Gate 3
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After winning two awards, Balatro dev reveals they only started making their hit roguelike "because I had a few weeks of vacation to burn" and only thought it would be "a fun little project"
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NewsPoker roguelike Balatro wins the Critics' Choice Breakthrough Award at the Golden Joystick Awards 2024
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Opinion
2024 has quietly become the year of cheap masterpieces
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Balatro creator reacts to The Game Awards noms by telling you to play other indie games that weren't nominated: "I just happen to be the lucky one to be propped up"
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Now playingI've never played Balatro mobile during a meeting – but if I had, I would love it almost as much as I love my job
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Balatro creator added extra Jokers to the hit roguelike because someone at its publisher "mentioned something about '150 Jokers' and instead of correcting them I just made 30 more"
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Balatro creator admits his attempt to 100% his own roguelike game before the mobile port was doomed, and now he has "some words for John Balatro"
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You would not believe how low the Balatro creator's expectations were for the roguelike: "My actual production project folder is called 'CardGame' and is still in my 'Learning' directory'"
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Before Balatro took over the world, the roguelike's creator considered naming it Fool's Gambit - "obviously not a great name," but it had a killer main menu
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