Balatro is getting its first big, free gameplay update in 2025<p>
Balatro, the terrific card <a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/">
game[/url] 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. You'll have to wait until next year for that, but developer LocalThunk <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="
https://x.com/BalatroGame/status/1821184855876804841">
promises[/url] it will bring "new ideas and strategies to the game." What's more, it will be a free update "as a token of huge appreciation to the game’s brilliant and passionate community."</p>
<p>This is the first of three
Balatro announcements/surprises LocalThunk and publisher Playstack are revealing this summer (one of them has to be a mobile version, right?) just after the game reached two million sales. 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 <a data-i13n="cpos:3;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/engadgets-games-of-the-year-2023-150053925.html">game of the year lists[/url] — but LocalThunk has probably earned most fans' trust at this point given how exquisitely designed and tuned
Balatro is already.</p>
<span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><div id="43dbbba615b34fe196659611a46f8d5f"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We're announcing this today as we officially celebrate TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD!
pic.twitter.com/oziwEqyL3a</p>— Balatro (@BalatroGame)
August 7, 2024 </div>
<p>Meanwhile, LocalThunk this week doubled down on a promise never to let
Balatro be used for gambling purposes. The developer <a data-i13n="cpos:4;pos:1" href="
https://x.com/LocalThunk/status/1821169682373861736">
says[/url] 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." That's something LocalThunk has firmly opposed though, to the point the developer has <a data-i13n="cpos:5;pos:1" href="
https://x.com/LocalThunk/status/1820752209765961746">
made clear in his will[/url] that "the
Balatro IP may never be sold or licensed to any gambling company/casino."</p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at
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Balatro is getting its first big, free gameplay update in 2025
