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 ...

When a video game has lots of success right off the bat, sometimes things get weird — strange breakdowns in communication with the audience, for example, or hitches in the code that put people off of ...

Made by a single former information technology worker, a spiced-up version of virtual poker has become the video game surprise hit of the year. “Balatro,” whose developer only goes by the screen name ...

John Bonelli is a news writer for Game Rant who's been writing about video games since 2017. He fell in love with gaming upon playing Fallout 3 for the first time in 2013; it's still his favorite ...

In a year filled with massive open world RPGs and AAA live service games with ambitious season passes, it’s incredible that the title that truly captured the hearts (and free time) of players in 2024 ...

LocalThunk's Balatro arguably became the defining indie game of 2024, chewing through its players' available hours with a novel yet incredibly deep roguelike spin on playing poker hands. The game ...

Balatro’s 1.1 update has been delayed indefinitely, with creator LocalThunk explaining they’ve returned to working on the game "as a hobbyist." In a post titled "I’m Slow" published on the developer’s ...