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Balatro is getting its first big, free gameplay update in 2025

The brilliant poker-inspired roguelike Balatro is getting its first major gameplay update in 2025. The game has also now sold more than 2 million copies.

Balatro, the terrific card game that pushes you to break most of the rules of poker to achieve ever-higher scores, is in line for its first major gameplay update. Some players might be a little nervous about the developer tinkering with a stupendously well-balanced title — which is surely going to end up on many people's game of the year lists — but LocalThunk has probably earned most fans' trust at this point given how exquisitely designed and tuned Balatro is already. The developer says he's been approached by several parties over the last few months to license the intellectual property, "presumably to make Balatro-themed gambling games like slots or video poker."

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