PEGI Won't Budge on Balatro's Ridiculously Bloated European Age Rating
"This sucks".Balatro has been a huge success for solo developer LocalThunk, but it's not been completely clear of issues. Shortly after its release, European ratings board PEGI suddenly changed it to an 18, and it's been a sore spot for the developer ever since.LocalThunk recently called out the ridiculous rating — which over-eggs the point that it has poker themes — pointing out that games which do feature and encourage gambling, such as EA Sports FC 25, are rated a 3.Read the full article on pushsquare.com
"This sucks".
Balatro has been a huge success for solo developer LocalThunk, but it's not been completely clear of issues. Shortly after its release, European ratings board PEGI suddenly changed it to an 18, and it's been a sore spot for the developer ever since.
LocalThunk recently called out the ridiculous rating — which over-eggs the point that it has poker themes — pointing out that games which do feature and encourage gambling, such as EA Sports FC 25, are rated a 3.
Read the full article on pushsquare.com
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