In terms of Xbox Play Anywhere, Balatro does not have the Play Anywhere tag on its Xbox Store page right now, and you can't filter it that way either, but we've checked that our console copy is appearing as an "owned" title on the PC app.

Xbox Game Pass expands the options for fans of Balatro, making the popular deckbuilder available to enjoy on yet another tier.

Xbox Game Pass confirms three more day one titles that will be released for Microsoft's popular subscription service in April 2025.

There's one major game hitting Game Pass this week, but if Avowed isn't your style we have plenty of other excellent new Xbox games you can play this weekend.

Subscribers to Xbox Game Pass — Microsoft's all-you-can-eat gaming service that gives its members access to hundreds of games in exchange for a monthly fee — will be happy to hear that one of 2024's best and most popular games is now available to play on it.

The poker roguelike that took the world by storm last year is now free if you subscribe to Game Pass, or just $12 to try out if you don't.

Balatro was selected as CNET's Best Game of 2024, and if you haven't played the addictive poker-themed deckbuilding game now's your chance. On Monday, Microsoft added the game to Xbox Game Pass. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate -- a CNET Editors' Choice award pick -- offers hundreds of games you can play on your Xbox Series X,

Balatro has been added to Xbox Game Pass, for subscribers of Ultimate, Standard and PC Game Pass. The devilishly addictive card game has won multiple awards and can be played for free right now. Xbox Game Pass subscribers will be extremely happy to learn that one of the best games of last year has surprisingly been added to the service.

Microsoft's latest ID@Xbox Showcase has been and gone, stuffed with updates and announcements from some of the best indie games around, including Balatro, which shadow-dropped onto Xbox Game Pass yesterday,