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It has been a triumphant month for Balatro with several wins at The Game Awards 2024 and the milestone of 3.5 million sales being passed – but the Pan-European Game Information (PEGI)’s change of ...

If you’ve played Balatro, you’d know that the game includes poker hands, because they are the hands you can play in order to score points, and playing hands specific to the Joker cards you have active ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Earlier this year, Balatro was rated 18+ by PEGI, the classification board in charge of game ratings across Europe. Developer LocalThunk has ...

It’s clear that PEGI don’t understand the industry at all. Balatro was a big surprise winner in this year’s The Game Awards. It was certainly the one small game that got nominated for GOTY, and some ...

Balatro seemingly can't stop scoring victories. The indie hit from developer LocalThunk revealed another round of cosmetic content packed with prestigious crossovers ranging from Assassin's Creed to ...

Balatro has successfully appealed for its 18+ age rating to be reduced to 12 across Europe. Back in March, publisher Playstack said its roguelike card game Balatro ran into a ratings problem resulting ...

Roguelike indie card game Balatro has been rated 18+ by the European video game content rating system PEGI. The game's anonymous solo developer, LocalThunk took to X (formerly Twitter) to share his ...

European videogame rating system PEGI has officially rescinded its 18 label for Balatro, after complaints were lodged with the board concerning its relationship to gambling. PEGI now says the ...

Roguelite indie card game Balatro has been reclassified by European video game content rating system PEGI from 18 to 12. Balatro was rated 18+ by PEGI in December after the ratings board said it ...

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Balatro developer LocalThunk fires back at PEGI for giving Balatro an 18+ rating, claiming the game teaches players how to play poker and includes gambling.