A helpful PEGI rating is apparently even better than botox, as Balatro exudes youthfulness one year after its release. The deck builder would undoubtedly have a much more sickly aura had it not been ...

The PEGI system continuously evolves in line with cultural expectations and the guidance of independent experts who support our assessment process. PEGI strives to apply ratings criteria fairly ...

Like film and music, video games receive an age rating to inform consumers whether or not they are suitable. In Ireland, we ...

European videogame rating system PEGI has officially rescinded its 18 label for Balatro, after complaints were lodged with the board concerning its relationship to gambling. PEGI now says the ...

Balatro has been hit with an 18+ rating by PEGI, a European age rating system that's used in more than 35 countries, over its allusions to real-world gambling. The game's developer, LocalThunk ...

PEGI acknowledged that the Balatro situation highlights the need for it to change its rating system and has consequently decided to develop more granular classification criteria to account for ...

Roguelite indie card game Balatro has been reclassified by European video game content rating system PEGI from 18 to 12. Balatro was rated 18+ by PEGI in December after the ratings board said it ...

Balatro, the hit roguelike with poker imagery and poker hands but no actual gambling, no longer has a PEGI 18 rating in Europe following an appeal, PEGI announced today. PEGI is also changing the ...

The slot machine-themed Luck Be a Landlord’s rating was also downgraded today via appeal by publisher Fangamer. Moving forward, PEGI promises to “develop a more granular set of classification ...

It is future-proof and has been developed as part of the PEGI age ratings system which is featured on all boxed products released across Europe. “For us, the UN’s commitment to PEGI Online is ...

Oh, Balatro, you beautiful beast. Wrongly maligned as a gambling game and temporarily pulled from the PS Store after its PEGI rating was inexplicably raised to 18, creator Localthunk, who really ...

About a year ago, developer Localthunk commented on PEGI's perceived mishandling of the game's rating after it was pulled from sale in some countries due to a "mistaken belief that the game ...