The game had been rated PEGI 18 due to ‘prominent gambling imagery,’ but it will now be rated PEGI 12 because it contains ‘mitigating fantastical elements.’ The game had been rated PEGI 18 ...

The PEGI 18 rating covers "depiction of gross violence, apparently motiveless killing, or violence towards defenceless characters. The glamorisation of the use of illegal drugs and of the ...

Balatro's European age rating has been changed from PEGI 18 to 12 following a publisher complaint. The hit roguelike was initially hit with an adult-only classification due to its poker theme.

Since then, however, Balatro's Pan European Games Information (PEGI) rating remained at 18+, until an appeal published earlier today revealed both Balatro and Luck Be a Landlord had successfully ...

"The PEGI 18 rating for the game Balatro has been changed to a PEGI 12 following a successful appeal submitted by publisher Sold Out Sales and Marketing," the PEGI website now says (via Eurogamer).

European videogame rating system PEGI has officially rescinded its 18 label for Balatro, after complaints were lodged with the board concerning its relationship to gambling.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

Roguelike Games Balatro creator wins 18+ ratings battle with PEGI, accidentally producing limited edition copies: "I hope this change will allow developers to create without being unfairly ...

The words it says are iconic. "PEGI 18," you hear. Or maybe "PEGI 16" or "PEGI 12". It's such a well known phrase that when a man called Richard Wells popped up on TikTok to claim he was the one ...

Balatro, the hit roguelike with poker imagery and poker hands but no actual gambling, no longer has a PEGI 18 rating in ...