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News Play Texas Hold 'Em with Balatro's Physical Edition on PS5, PS4

Poker pun

Indie hit Balatro is currently holding all the cards and, in a masterful flourish, is releasing the game physically on PS5 and PS4. There is no word on a release date yet, but punters can expect each Special Edition to come with a pack of Joker/booster cards to play with, even when away from the game. Filthy rich solo dev and creator of...

• Mon 10th Jun 2024
• Playstack
• PS5
• PS4
• Balatro

Feature Push Square Readers' Top 10 PS5 Games of 2024 So Far

As voted by you

The first quarter of 2024 has been crazy, especially if you're a fan of Japanese games. The release schedule has been pretty much non-stop since January, and so earlier in the week, we asked the Push Square community to vote on their favourite titles of the last four months. Over 1,000 votes were cast, and users had to choose just...

• Sun 14th Apr 2024
• Features
• PS5

Talking Point What's Your Favourite PS5 Game of 2024 So Far?

It's been a wild few months

And just like that, the first quarter of 2024 is over. Done. Finished. But what a quarter it's been! The release schedule had us scrambling to review a crazy number of high profile titles, but now that we've emerged victorious, we'd like to take a moment to reflect on our favourite PS5 games of the year... so far. Now...

• Tue 9th Apr 2024
• PS5
• Talking Point
• Polls
• Features

News Indie Hit Balatro Ups the Ante with Over a Million Copies Sold

On fire

It's been on sale for just under a month, but Balatro has already reached a huge sales milestone. After reaching the 500,000 mark after only 10 days, the indie roguelike has now doubled that figure, now having sold over a million copies. The announcement came via the game's official social channels: Developed mostly by a single person,...

• Tue 19th Mar 2024
• Playstack
• PS5
• PS4
• Balatro

News Smash Hit Indie Roguelike Balatro Has Sold Half a Million Copies in 10 Days

Playstack's fastest selling game

The wonderful Balatro's rise to stardom has been fascinating to see. Relatively obscure until close to launch, the indie, poker-based roguelike quickly ballooned in popularity, becoming publisher Playstack's fastest-selling title in just a few days. Now, 10 days after release on PC and consoles, the game has reached...

• Wed 6th Mar 2024
• Playstack
• PS5
• PS4
• Balatro
• Sales

News Indie Hit Balatro Removed from Console Stores in PEGI Age Rating Dispute

On a different planet card

You may have heard about Balatro recently — it's the latest indie sensation currently doing the rounds, and it's truly excellent. The roguelike deckbuilder has you playing poker hands to score points, and using joker cards and other upgrades to amplify those points to potentially stratospheric levels — it's tremendous...

• Fri 1st Mar 2024
• Playstack
• PS5
• PS4
• Balatro

News Highly Acclaimed Poker Roguelike Balatro Out Now on PS5, PS4, Free Trial on PS Plus Premium

Not joking around

There's a lot of buzz surrounding Balatro right now, the poker-based roguelike deckbuilder. While this is a genre many balk at, the indie title has thus far proven to be a winner, with early reviews putting it in the 90s on Metacritic. It's now available on PS5 and PS4. Each run begins with a regular deck of standard playing...

• Tue 20th Feb 2024
• Playstack
• PS5
• PS4
• Balatro

News Roguelike Poker Game Balatro Raises the Stakes with PS5, PS4 Release in February

Hand it over

Now this seems like a match made in heaven, right? Balatro is an indie game that combines poker with roguelike elements and all the synergistic shenanigans of deck builders. It's just been confirmed for release on PS5 and PS4 as well as other platforms, and it's just around the corner, launching on 20th February 2024. Developed by...

• Thu 25th Jan 2024
• Playstack
• PS5
• PS4
• Balatro
• Release Dates