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Assassin's Creed Shadow's latest update adds in collabs with Dead by Daylight and Balatro, of all things


A new Assassin's Creed Shadows update is here, version 1.0.5, with this one mostly having a focus on parkour improvements. There are, however, a couple of collaborations that have arrived in the game too, one with Dead by Daylight, and another with Balatro. We'll get to those in a second, for now let's take a look at those parkour tweaks.


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Localthunk quells AI art civil war started by Balatro erotica subreddit mod

Today in "news that will get you banished from society if you try to explain it to anyone who doesn't live on the internet," the owner of an erotic Balatro subreddit has had their moderator status revoked from the main subreddit after a brief civil war surrounding AI generated art culminated with developer LocalThunk intervening. Cheers to Garbage Day for the spot.


Many threads lie dead and buried in the bloody wake of all this, but the brief rundown is that moderator DrTankHead - who also runs r/balatromance - waded into the following thread:


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After junking Balatro's 18 rating, PEGI will develop "a more granular" rating system for gambling themes


Sorcerous cardgame Balatro and slot machine RPG Luck Be A Landlord have been reclassified as fit for people aged 12 years and over by the Pan European Games Information board, after they were initially slapped with an 18 rating for "glamorising... the simulation of gambling".


PEGI have made the change following a successful appeal against the 18 rating by Balatro's European publisher Sold Out and Luck Be A Landlord's Switch publisher Fangamer. They're also going to develop "a more granular set of classification criteria" for games that reference gambling, to distinguish jingling parodies of rentier capitalism from the one arm bandits found in actual casinos.

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Welcoming Friends of Jimbo 4!

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Customise your decks with stunning new cosmetic card skins featuring fan-favourite characters like Vault Boy, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, Percival Fredrickstein von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III and more!

This update is now available on PC, Consoles & Mobile.

Balatro Turns 1 – Thank You for an Incredible Year!

One year ago, Playstack and I launched Balatro, and what a journey it has been!

I often said that I made this game for myself and that I wasn't expecting anything to become of it. Seeing so many people connect with Balatro has overwhelmingly filled this year with joy, so from the bottom of my heart thank you to all players that decided to give this game a shot. Your love and support have kept Balatro thriving, and it wouldn't be possible without you.

I am hard at work and I hope this next year will do Balatro fans proud. I appreciate you all naneinf!


- LocalThunk