Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kenny Sun and Friends’ Ball x Pit was among Eurogamer’s favourite games of 2025, so imagine our excitement when it was confirmed free content drops were set to arrive this year. Now, the wait for the first major update is almost over. Read more Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1468895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[132,18854,8712,617,75,86,54],"class_list":["post-1468893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer","tag-arcade","tag-ball-x-pit","tag-bird-view-isometric","tag-devolver-digital","tag-indie","tag-shooter","tag-single-player"],"yoast_head":"\n
2025 breakout indie hit Ball x Pit to get two new characters, loads of new balls in new update | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kenny Sun and Friends' Ball x Pit was among Eurogamer's favourite games of 2025, so imagine our excitement when it was confirmed free content drops were\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2025 breakout indie hit Ball x Pit to get two new characters, loads of new balls in new update | Arcader News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kenny Sun and Friends' Ball x Pit was among Eurogamer's favourite games of 2025, so imagine our excitement when it was confirmed free content drops were\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-20T16:32:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"headline\":\"2025 breakout indie hit Ball x Pit to get two new characters, loads of new balls in new update\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-20T16:32:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":63,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Arcade\",\"Ball x Pit\",\"Bird view \\\/ Isometric\",\"Devolver Digital\",\"indie\",\"Shooter\",\"single-player\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Eurogamer\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update\\\/\",\"name\":\"2025 breakout indie hit Ball x Pit to get two new characters, loads of new balls in new update | Arcader News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-20T16:32:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"description\":\"Kenny Sun and Friends' Ball x Pit was among Eurogamer's favourite games of 2025, so imagine our excitement when it was confirmed free content drops were\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":270,\"caption\":\"2025 breakout indie hit Ball x Pit to get two new characters, loads of new balls in new update\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"2025 breakout indie hit Ball x Pit to get two new characters, loads of new balls in new update\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"description\":\"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Arcade News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cricketgames.tv\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/author\\\/arcade-news\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"2025 breakout indie hit Ball x Pit to get two new characters, loads of new balls in new update | Arcader News","description":"Kenny Sun and Friends' Ball x Pit was among Eurogamer's favourite games of 2025, so imagine our excitement when it was confirmed free content drops were","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"2025 breakout indie hit Ball x Pit to get two new characters, loads of new balls in new update | Arcader News","og_description":"Kenny Sun and Friends' Ball x Pit was among Eurogamer's favourite games of 2025, so imagine our excitement when it was confirmed free content drops were","og_url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update\/","og_site_name":"Arcade News","article_published_time":"2026-01-20T16:32:09+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Arcade News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Arcade News"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update\/"},"author":{"name":"Arcade News","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"headline":"2025 breakout indie hit Ball x Pit to get two new characters, loads of new balls in new update","datePublished":"2026-01-20T16:32:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update\/"},"wordCount":63,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update.jpg","keywords":["Arcade","Ball x Pit","Bird view \/ Isometric","Devolver Digital","indie","Shooter","single-player"],"articleSection":["Eurogamer"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update\/","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update\/","name":"2025 breakout indie hit Ball x Pit to get two new characters, loads of new balls in new update | Arcader News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update.jpg","datePublished":"2026-01-20T16:32:09+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"description":"Kenny Sun and Friends' Ball x Pit was among Eurogamer's favourite games of 2025, so imagine our excitement when it was confirmed free content drops were","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update.jpg","width":480,"height":270,"caption":"2025 breakout indie hit Ball x Pit to get two new characters, loads of new balls in new update"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"2025 breakout indie hit Ball x Pit to get two new characters, loads of new balls in new update"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/","name":"Arcade News","description":"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839","name":"Arcade News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Arcade News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/cricketgames.tv"],"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/author\/arcade-news\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1468893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1468893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1468893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1468895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1468893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1468893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1468893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2025-breakout-indie-hit-ball-x-pit-to-get-two-new-characters-loads-of-new-balls-in-new-update.jpg\")
<\/p>\n