Shacknews Game of the Year 2024 - Balatro
In a grand achievement, Balatro has become the first game ever to win Mobile GOTY, Indie GOTY, and overall Game of the Year at Shacknews.
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In a grand achievement, Balatro has become the first game ever to win Mobile GOTY, Indie GOTY, and overall Game of the Year at Shacknews.
In all of this year's fantastic indie gaming, it was a humble card game that threatened to devour all of our free time in 2024.
Each of these games gets their own deck in Balatro's free Friends of Jimbo 2 update on PC, consoles, and mobile devices.
LocalThunk and Playstack have officially announced that Balatro will officially make its way to iOS and Android devices at the end of this month.
The latest update for Balatro is available in an experimental state on Steam as LocalThunk works out the final kinks for a full release.
LocalThunk thanked fans for supporting Balatro and promised exciting things are on the way for the game.
Developer LocalThunk answered fan questions in a recent Reddit AMA in which they revealed they hadn't played deckbuilders before they developed Balatro.
We're playing our cards right and making friends with the joker in Balatro on today's episode of Indie-licious.
A roguelike game of Poker hands sounds outlandish, but do Balatro's rule-changing jokers make this more than your usual card game?
LocalThunk and Playstack are working to get Balatro back onto stores after allegations that the game promotes gambling.