Balatro creator impressed onlookers with his card skills at public event, without being recognised
The anonymous creator of Balatro impressed passersby at last month's Game Developer Conference with his card skills, but nobody recognised him.
'You must have played this before!': Balatro's creator impressed bystanders with his Balatro skills at GDC, and nobody knew who he was
Balatro developer LocalThunk is notoriously private. It's not some kind of put-on: Wout van Halderen, communications director ...
Balatro Creators Answer the Question Everyone’s Been Asking
The publishers of Balatro have offered an official explanation for how to pronounce the game's title, for anyone still ...
Balatro creator LocalThunk stays so anonymous, a GDC attendee couldn't believe how he "crushed" the roguelike's base difficulty: "'Wow you must have played this before…
"One of my fav moments from GDC," LocalThunk says in a series of posts on Bluesky. "They had a booth set up to play Balatro ...
I've been pronouncing Balatro wrong this whole time, have you?
So, it turns out that I've been pronouncing Balatro wrong all this time, and now feel like a total spade. I really don't know ...
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Here's How To Pronounce Balatro, Because You've Been Saying It Wrong (Sort Of)
Balatro is one of GameSpot's best games of 2024, and it has received numerous awards and nominations at shows like the 2025 ...
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League of Legends' take on Balatro is one of its best mini-games yet – and it's also exactly what's wrong with this era of League of Legends
It's an effective twist, even if The Demon's Hand doesn't really offer the same deckbuilding depth as the games that have ...
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Balatro's devs finally settle pronunciation of the game's name
Developers and creatives close to LocalThunk finally settled a question of how to say 'Balatro', but it's kind of a 'we're ...
Balatro: Everything you need to know about the breakout game of the year
Balatro is based (very loosely) on poker, and has a simple premise: play a game of poker, using a standard deck of playing ...
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How do you pronounce Balatro? The official answer has been confirmed
The official way to pronounce Balatro has been confirmed. It’s not immediately clear from the way the game’s name is spelled whether people should pronounce it as ‘ba-LAH-tro’ (as in ‘tomato’) or ‘BAH ...
Random: Chances Are You've Been Pronouncing 'Balatro' Wrong
LAH-trow' this whole time. So, chances are you've been getting it wrong, but don't fret, because Budwar says that LocalThunk ...
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Random: You've Been Pronouncing Balatro Wrong (Probably)
You see, while we've all been raving about how great "ba-LAH-tro" is, it turns out, Localthunk, perhaps drunk on his newfound ...