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Some Pokemon And Nintendo Mobile Games Have Age Rating Raised In Europe In Gambling Crackdown
Having finally dealt with simulated gambling in Balatro, PEGI turns their eye on free to play and gacha. Europe's game rating authority PEGI is turning up the heat on gacha games beyond Belgium outright banning some of them. Five Nintendo or Nintendo-adjacent games now show a PEGI age rating of 16...
Nintendo World Report
Combolands will take away all your free time
Combolands blends together Balatro-styled score mechanics with a mini city-builder, that has you chasing scores and placing down tiles. It's delicious. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/combolands-will-take-away-all-your-free-time/
Steam NewsCombolands will take away all your free time
Combolands blends together Balatro-styled score mechanics with a mini city-builder, that has you chasing scores and placing down tiles. It's delicious. Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
GamingOnLinux
The Pocket Gamer Podcast Episode 99 - Balatro, Vampire Survivors, CookieRun: Kingdom…basically all about collabs
Do you have a favourite crossover on mobile? What do you think is the greatest or the most nonsensical collab of all time? It's all about combining what should and shouldn't be combined in this week's (New and Improved!) Pocket Gamer Podcast, where we once again add a sneaky little plug for the...
Pocket Gamer
Beyond Words puts a Balatro-style spin on Scrabble, now on iOS
It would seem that the constantly growing subgenre of Balatro-like games isn't slowing anytime soon. Beyond Words takes yet another tabletop classic and puts a roguelike spin on it. But with a pedigree including two of the minds behind hits such as GoldenEye 64 and TimeSplitters, it's well worth a...
Pocket Gamer
Burn With Me is a hand-drawn demon card game featuring the artist's own hand - and also, a refreshingly finite alternative to yer Balatro-likes
Burn With Me is a hand-drawn game in which the most prominent non-hand-drawn bit is artist Eva Manuilovich's own right hand. Excellent, no notes. Manuilovich's hand appears on the right throughout each match ritual, dealing cards with a flick of the index finger; when you beat the target score, it...
Rock Paper Shotgun
'I'm the type of player who loves to 100% a game': SungWon Cho on achievement hunting, why he doesn’t like multiplayer games, and the one Balatro joker that nearly drove him to despair
The actor and YouTuber guides us through the games on his PC.
PC Gamer
9 Best Seeds That You Need to Use to Succeed in Balatro
Learn how to be one step ahead of the most unpredictable card game with these Balatro seeds.
DualShockers
Bloons Blitz sees Ninja Kiwi take on the Vampire Survivors formula in new spinoff
While the Balatro-like genre is certainly proving especially popular with developers and players alike, the Survivors-like isn't slacking either. Now, Ninja Kiwi are joining the likes of Warhammer and My Hero Academia with their own take on the Vampire Survivors formula, in Bloons Blitz for iOS and...
Pocket Gamer
Drop Duchy is a puzzling take on the city builder that's just launched on iOS and Android
If you've been looking for a new and interesting way to assert your lordship on mobile, then Drop Duchy might be the game for you. Mixing Tetris, Balatro, Kingdomino and a sprinkle of Township about it, Drop Duchy offers a visually interesting and innovative new take on the puzzle format. Drop...
Pocket Gamer
Deckbane is a deckbuilding roguelike inspired by Balatro and Wildfrost, out now on iOS
Fittingly enough for Friday, we've got another interesting roguelike deckbuilder for you guys to check out. Inspired by the likes of Wildfrost and Balatro, Deckbane is a solo-developed roguelike deckbuilder that's available now on iOS, and apparently soon to come to Android. Deckbane is a roguelike...
Pocket Gamer