I've been hearing about this game for over a year now. I finally took the plunge and now I can say: Help! I can't stop ...

Developer Localthunk has finally finished the last Balatro Completionist achievement, and is now better equipped to design ...

Balatro developer Localthunk has "100 percent completed Balatro", making him better "equipped" for the next update.

The developer said that accomplishing the incredibly difficult task has helped him brainstorm what to make next for the game.

Balatro, the deck-building poker roguelike that launched on February 20, 2024, became an instant favourite among players. Now ...

LocalThunk once again cited the Cantonese card game Big Two and the roguelike Luck Be a Landlord as major influences on ...

But LocalThunk welcomes the scrutiny, and is happy to see people openly wonder why Balatro was nominated, saying that it brought more attention to both his game and indie titles in general.

Dying Light 2's free Balatro themed bundle contains a charm with randomized buffs and a new weapon blueprint, but also a very ...

“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 game, ...

A minor kerfuffle in the Balatro subreddit has led developer LocalThunk to weigh in on the topic of AI-generated art, and his position is clear: It hurts artists, and it's not welcome. As ...

As Localthunk said elsewhere, "there's like a 95% chance that if the game is [free-to-play] then the main menu UI is more complicated than the actual game UI." ...

LocalThunk once again cited the Cantonese card game Big Two and the roguelike Luck Be a Landlord as major influences on Balatro, with development having begun at the end of 2021.