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Solve a mountain mystery via the medium of creepy cards in Hillthorn, which has an excellent demo
Attention, dusty creeps who want to play poker with the Wickerman! I found one, a videogame you might enjoy. That game is Hillthorn, a spooky investigative cardgame from Fool Moon and Finnegan Motors - the latter also known for beaming corpo thriller Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination....
High Stakes Poker returns for seven straight nights of eye-watering cash games
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Kyle Chandler says Lanterns won't be a "slow burn" after Hal Jordan's episode 1 cliffhanger: "It's an exciting poker game"
Exclusive: Kyle Chandler talks about what's to come after *that* cliffhanger
2024’s Greatest Roguelike Is a Must-Play on Xbox Game Pass
Balatro may look like a simple riff on poker, but beneath its simple pixel-art surface lies an engine for boundless experimentation.
Slots & Daggers sees you leaving things up to chance in this dark fantasy Balatro-like
Ever since Balatro combined the roguelike with poker, it seems that many developers have tried their hand at coming up with a similar combination. And the RPG has been a favourite to try and put a twist on, as you can see with the newly released Slots & Daggers for iOS and Android! Already...
Slots & Daggers is a chance-based adventure from the publishers of CloverPit
Ever since Balatro first transformed poker into an exciting roguelike deckbuilder, we've seen plenty of other developers put their own spin on everything from slot machines to scratchards. And Slots & Daggers is hoping to offer a similar twist on the format, with a roguelike adventure where what...
Heroes of Magic & Cards slated for Nintendo Switch
Forever Entertainment is partnering with First Day Games to bring Heroes of Magic & Cards to Nintendo Switch, the publisher shared today. We’ll be getting launch timing a bit later. Heroes of Magic & Cards is deckbuilding poker roguelike. Players can choose a class, upgrade their deck, collect...
Gambling-Themed Video Games Continue to Gain Momentum in 2026
Card tables and casino floors have always made good source material for game designers, but something has shifted this year. Instead of straight simulations, studios are stripping the rules out of blackjack, poker and dice games and rebuilding them as roguelites, bluffing simulators and even...
GTA Online In-game Gambling Suddenly Disabled in Australia
Rockstar has unexpectedly blocked in-game gambling features in GTA Online for players accessing the game from Australia. Australians are no longer able to activate gambling mini-games in GTA Online’s Diamond Casino, including blackjack, slots, poker, roulette, or the Inside Track horse racing mode....
GTA Online in-game gambling is now blocked in Australia
ustralian GTA Online players are reporting they've been blocked from in-game gambling features, meaning they can no longer play blackjack, roulette or three card poker in the Diamond Casino, among other mini-games. Users attempting to access these mini-games are now hit with a "this feature is not...
Splendor Duel: The Counterfeiters Expansion Review
Splendor, designed by Marc Andre, crashed into the boardgaming scene in 2014 as a fantastic gateway-level game that’s a straightforward engine-building race made extra appealing due to its poker-like chips. It is currently ranked 53rd as a family-weight game, and 243th overall on BGG. Though the...
World’s biggest poker tournament is using AI to expose bluffs
The World Series of Poker has introduced a new AI-powered feature that can predict when players are bluffing, giving viewers a new look at what may be happening behind the poker face.
The Golden Caravan – Beta Sign Up
The Golden Caravan is a noir roguelite set in a smoky 1930s underworld where you play as Charlie Colombo, a pigeon fighting through a casino controlled by sharp-suited birds using poker battles to rescue his kidnapped grandfather. In The Golden Caravan you engage in poker-based combat playing hands...
Uh Oh: This Coin Pusher Roguelike Could Be 2026's Balatro on PS5
I'm in trouble. Poker isn't for everyone, but maybe the old arcade classic, the coin pusher, is more up your street? If that's the case, I have some good news for you (or bad, depending on your perspective): Raccoin, a roguelike coin pusher game, is coming to PS5 later this year. Read the full...
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