Balatro looked like an overnight indie miracle, but the game's success took planning, strategy, outreach, and a little luck.

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Balatro picks up the top prize at the 2025 Game Developers Choice Awards. Balatro was the big winner at the 25th annual GDC Awards. The roguelike deck builder developed by LocalThunk secured four ...

From the initial glimpse in the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal trailer, Star Wars Outlaws appeared to be an ambitious and somewhat unlikely port. On one hand, it was exciting to see Ubisoft showcasing its ...

Can Pokémon ever truly reinvent itself? Pokémon Legends: Z-A makes a compelling case that it can. Having played 2022’s Pokémon Legends: Arceus to completion, and now having toiled away on the streets ...

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door returns to the Nintendo Switch, bringing a classic RPG back into the limelight. Conventional wisdom has it that the Paper Mario series is a shadow of its former ...

Pokémon Legends: Arceus clears a compelling path forward for an often conservative franchise. Despite its continued success, the Pokémon RPG series frequently struggles to satisfy its most vocal fans.

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Consume Me wins the Grand Prize at the 27th annual Independent Games Festival (IGF) Awards. The IGF awards, held as part of the 2025 Game Developers Conference, celebrated the most innovative and ...

Cocoon, A Highland Song, and Venba lead the nominations at this year’s Independent Games Festival awards. At Thumbsticks, we don’t focus much on news these days. However, we always appreciate the work ...

Heading to GDC 2025? Here are our top picks from a packed lineup of panels, talks, and tutorials. The Game Developers Conference (GDC) returns to the Moscone Center in San Francisco next week, ...