"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 ...

Developers and creatives close to LocalThunk finally settled a question of how to say 'Balatro', but it's kind of a 'we're ...

LocalThunk was at the Game Developers Conference this week meeting with other developers, but van Halderen and Cheng-Moore ...

Hideo Kojima, LocalThunk, and Masahiro Sakurai, a game developer who's worked on Kirby and was the director for Super Smash ...

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 ...

The publishers of Balatro have offered an official explanation for how to pronounce the game's title, for anyone still ...

A recent interview reveals the real reason why Balatro's creator LocalThunk has decided to remain anonymous despite the ...

The anonymous creator of Balatro impressed passersby at last month's Game Developer Conference with his card skills, but nobody recognised him.

Balatro is one of GameSpot's best games of 2024, and it has received numerous awards and nominations at shows like the 2025 ...

You see, while we've all been raving about how great "ba-LAH-tro" is, it turns out, Localthunk, perhaps drunk on his newfound ...

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 ...

LAH-trow' this whole time. So, chances are you've been getting it wrong, but don't fret, because Budwar says that LocalThunk ...