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![live action Jimbo the Jester from Balatro holding a playing card and addressing the camera](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/C7xNcA9RvDhM2Prz3aojAM-320-80.jpg)
LocalThunk had made hobby games in the past, but realized Balatro was something special when a friend revealed he had played it for '20, 30, or 40' hours
By Ted Litchfield published
news The most honest endorsement you can give to your friend's indie game.
![Close up of three people at a Christmas party in The Roottrees are Dead, with picture in picture close ups of each individual's head.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fXTso2Vdp4gj54kvvCkqvm-320-80.jpg)
The Roottrees are Dead review
By Tom Sykes published
root cause Solving a genealogical mystery, one ancestor at a time.
![The jester from Balatro, portrayed in unsettling detail in real life, wears an uncanny smile and stares at the viewer.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7rLhdeY98HgiFvbuhhxP3L-320-80.png)
Balatro 1.1 will include new jokers plus a revamp of a really confusing existing one
By Ted Litchfield published
news It also sounds like this might not be the end for Balatro.
![Pixel art peasants with rapturous looks on their faces in Skald: Against the Black Priory](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2HsKVe8wWR3NPAcsrDXKoL-320-80.jpg)
Skald: Against the Black Priory plays like a pixel art Larian game, and it was one of the best RPGs of 2024
By Ted Litchfield published
commodore-core Come for the fantastic retro RPG combat and exploration, stay for the utterly gripping cosmic horror.
![Straftat protagonist character pointing gun at other Straftat main character](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/E9gsy9knaDTLpYv2yxdvdA-320-80.jpg)
The best FPS of 2024 just got a surprise free update with 30 new maps, 9 new weapons, and just one cheeky cosmetic
By Ted Litchfield published
news Usually it's a very different ratio of cosmetics to maps is all I'll say.
![A cybernetic woman holds a silenced pistol](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZMCRF2sU2EEi5SFmyRGWQB-320-80.jpg)
The cyberpunk immersive sim I've been itching to play finally has a release date
By Jody Macgregor published
News Peripeteia will be out in early access next month.
![Close up of Mashina, the protagonist of Mashina, a little round robot with a tiny smiley face in a world of garbage](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2T9YVS8N32EfcUuBYr5a2J-320-80.jpg)
The team behind one of 2024's hidden gems is following it up with a stop-motion 'relaxed digging and discovery' game about a happy robot's underground adventures beneath a lake of slime
By Ted Litchfield published
news Pretty mainstream stuff.
![The titluar Cyberlich of Cyberlich surrounded by a smoky cloud and with a saintly halo behind his head](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cT3DaEQVsnBNfs5H9ajrUF-320-80.jpg)
I felt goodwill and hope for the future seeing Cybrlich and the Death Cult of Labor, an FPS that's 60% HUD and looks like an Adult Swim cartoon where you smoke 'deepweed' to restore your health and blow clouds that spell out 'doink' and 'loud'
By Ted Litchfield published
news I just think Cybrlich and the Death Cult of Labor looks really neat.
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