Balatro. BAH-luh-tro. Ba-LAH-tro. Millions of us have said it once or twice over the last year, but we’ve also often caught each other off-guard with our own myriad pronunciations of the game ...

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 how to deal with this revelation, it's left me rather flush-ed.

various joker cards in balatro As far as developers are concerned, LocalThunk tends to be a pretty private person. Despite the game’s massive success over the last year, the developer remains ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. The folks working on Balatro have let us know how to properly pronounce the game's title, even though there's no real "wrong" way to do so.

And then there’s Balatro: the fiendishly addictive poker game that has dominated the awards discourse this year. In addition to winning several coveted Game Awards — for Best Independent and ...

We’ve had Harold Halibut, the sweet, stop-motion themed game about a mechanic on a far-away planet. And then there’s Balatro: the fiendishly addictive poker game that has dominated the awards ...

Last week, League of Legends shadow-dropped The Demon's Hand, an in-universe twist on poker-roguelike phenomenon Balatro. Interwoven with a few touches of narrative that build on the tentative ...

Totillo spoke to Naman Budhwar, head of video marketing at Balatro publisher, Playstack, and revealed that, actually: "He doesn’t really mind how people say it." Seriously, Game File has a ...

Ever since its release and subsequent success in 2024, indie hit Balatro has garnered attention for a somewhat surprising and amusing reason. That being how you're actually supposed to pronounce ...