Mr Balatro himself, developer LocalThunk, is being consumed by the very beast he unleashed on the world. He's currently ...

LocalThunk, the Canadian one-man studio behind the hit digital card game Balatro, has won in the “Delight and Fun” category at the 2025 Apple Design Awards ahead of Apple’s Worldwide Developers ...

How mysterious is he? Well, the developer managed to play Balatro at GDC earlier this year without anyone actually clocking who he was. As for getting the game's Platinum on PlayStation ...

PC Gamer vindicated by Swen Vincke: Larian boss calls Balatro his personal GOTY as it sweeps top prize from devs at GDC awards 'You must have played this before!': Balatro's creator impressed ...

But also, when stuff like Balatro and Minecraft and so many of the ... and we feel very grateful that we're here [at GDC] – but at the same time, we’d love for us not to have to come here.

Balatro won several awards at GDC's Game Developers Choice Awards, including Game of the Year, Best Design, Best Debut, and Innovation Award. As a result of the nominations, the game had a booth ...

While at GDC, Totilo met with Naman Budhwar, head of video marketing at Balatro publisher PlayStack. According to Budwar, Balatro developer LocalThunk pronounced the game 'BAH-luh-trow'.

GDC 2025 also introduced the first annual GDC ... including the Game Developers Choice Awards with Balatro taking home the most accolades including the Game of the Year Award.

GDC also introduced the first annual GDC Nights ... At the Game Developers Choice Awards Balatro was awarded the highly-coveted Game of the Year award, as well as Best Debut, Best Design and ...

He was at GDC, but his identity remains a mystery. Jay Peters is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Balatro just ...

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA), which is comprised of the leading gaming, entertainment tech and publishing giants, announced its latest venture, the Accessible Games Initiative.