Developing your own strategy is part of the fun, but it’s nice to have a good place to start. Developing your own strategy is part of the fun, but it’s nice to have a good place to start. In Balatro, ...

William Parks is a Game Rant editor specializing in puzzle-driven games, detailed walkthroughs, and collectible-focused strategy guides. After graduating from the University of Southern California’s ...

Publisher Playstack and developer LocalThunk have released a free update for Balatro titled “Friends of Jimbo,” which features collaborations with The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Vampire Survivors, DAVE THE ...

Balatro is one of the intoxicating games to be released in 2024. Many players (ourselves included) sunk an ungodly amount of time into the pre-release demo, and even more time once it finally hit ...

Poker isn’t the most exciting game to play alone. Even against computer players in a video game, poker isn’t much fun. Balatro—out now on Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, and PC—understands this. Instead of ...

This review was previously published during Balatro’s February launch. We’re resurfacing the story in honor of its Game of the Year nomination at The Game Awards. I’m not a poker guy, but I am ...

No matter how closely you watch the games industry, there's always something that suddenly blows up and makes you ask "wait, ...

Last week, I downloaded a game called Balatro for a few casual turns on Steam Deck. I haven’t been able to think of much else since I am one of those people who feels like crying when the rules of a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet. When Balatro landed one of the extremely coveted Game of ...