Balatro solo developer LocalThunk clearly takes his responsibility as the defacto champion of the indie genre seriously; his response to his own game receiving five nominations at The Game Awards is ...

Game of the Year. I don’t think it will bring home the coveted trophy, but there are plenty of reasons why it should. Balatro ...

"I feel like my game just happens to be the current face of this beautiful and passionate corner of the industry." ...

Even Balatro’s developer, LocalThunk, is having a hard time completing Balatro, the roguelike card game he designed. LocalThunk posted on Twitter that he tried getting every achievement before ...

In a divine act of people-pleasing that resonates with me to an uncomfortable degree, Balatro creator LocalThunk has revealed the game was only meant to release with 120 jokers but a publisher ...

The talkative, taunting Joker head will soon become a marketable plushie in a gamble for your shelf space. Since Balatro first came out in February 2024, Jimbo has been the de facto face of the game.

Balatro creator LocalThunk has been trying to 100% the poker-themed roguelike deck-builder, and, well, it's proving a challenge. "Been trying to 100% Balatro for the first time since mobile ...

And now, Balatro developer LocalThunk is doing it all again with the free Friends of Jimbo Pack 2, featuring cameos from The Binding of Isaac and Slay the Spire, alongside Cyberpunk 2077 and ...

Developer Localthunk shared the details of Balatro’s Friends of Jimbo 2 update in a post on the studio’s social media channel this week. There, they revealed the details of the update.

The Balatro party is getting bigger: Two months after surprising everyone by adding Geralt and Dave the Diver to the game in the Friends of Jimbo "collaboration pack," LocalThunk and Playstack ...

LocalThunk still has the Orange Stake to clear as well to claim another special deck, and that one’s even more devious. After five rounds, your Joker might inflict a debuff on you.