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\nPopular deck-building roguelike Balatro has now passed 2m sales and a major update is due next year.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe game was released across PC, Switch, PS5 and Xbox back in February and has proven particularly successful over the past six months.\n<\/p>\n

\nPublisher Playstack and solo developer LocalThunk has a series of three announcements it’s sharing across August and September, what it’s calling a “Three-of-a-Kind of Surprises” campaign.\n<\/p>\n

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