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Even Balatro's publisher doesn't know when LocalThunk will be done with 1.1: "Maybe I should whisper in his ear, like, 'So how's those 200 new jokers coming?'"
News "I may hear it a couple days before everyone else"
"Balatro was a pain in the ass to market," but it started getting better once players started cracking open the demo so they could play forever
News Publisher Playstack "knew it was so good because we couldn't stop playing it internally"
Balatro's first big update is still on track for 2025, but it'll be "done when it's done, because it's got to be good before it's fast"
News The poker roguelike's first major gameplay update is still on track
When starting development on his hit roguelike, Balatro creator set out to recreate a made-up card game he played "thousands" of times with his friends
News It "had some pretty wacky rules and a lot of bluffing"
Despite new ownership's iffy history, Pokemon GO lead claims intrusive ads and playtime restrictions won't plague the game: "Not now, not ever"
News Games like Monopoly Go don't inspire much confidence, though
Pac-Man and Tetris are "the two most important games of all time," says Bethesda lead Todd Howard, with Doom and Super Mario Bros. standing as the most "influential"
News "For what they do for gaming"
A canon spin-off of beloved JRPG series Xenosaga was once feared to be lost media, but 21 years later, it's been preserved and is finally getting a fan translation
News Xenosaga: Pied Piper lives
Roblox CEO tells concerned parents not to "let your kids be on Roblox" even if it "sounds a little counter-intuitive"
News He calls the platform "the future of communication"
