"Controversy Surrounds Balatro's Removal from Stores Over Rating Issues"
Playstack Games defends its poker roguelike game Balatro after it disappears from certain stores, attributing the removal to a sudden change in its age rating from 3+ to 18+ due to concerns about gambling imagery. The publisher insists that the game does not encourage gambling and is working to resolve the issue, while the developer, LocalThunk, also asserts that the game does not contain gambling. Balatro's availability on different platforms remains uncertain, but Playstack is confident it will return to PC storefronts and possibly with a temporary 18+ rating.