Ball x Pit is one of those games that, once you play it, makes you wonder how it took this long to be made. It takes the classic gameplay of 1976’s Breakout and adds modern roguelite mechanics to ...

Balatro and Vampire Survivors are just two of the indie games that became phenomena in the last few years, and I wouldn't be surprised if Ball x Pit followed in their footsteps. It's just recently ...

Early on, Ball x Pit creator Kenny Sun hadn’t found the secret sauce yet. It wasn’t until one huge pivot that he felt it was just right.

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Though my love affair with Ball X Pit earlier this year was relatively short, it was intense—I ended up giving it 80% in our review, and I'd definitely count it as one of my most memorable roguelike ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Video games have been exploiting players’ brains since the halcyon days of the arcade where every ...

What is the Ball x Pit evolutions tier list? As bullets fly by and balls bounce in battle, weighing up the worth of new balls and passives can be a big ask. Especially if you forget to turn on the ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

Callum is a seasoned gaming managing editor for a number of publications and a gamer who will always try to shine a spotlight on indie games before giving AAA titles the time of day. He loves nothing ...

I have a new, all-consuming obsession, and that obsession is Ball x Pit. I didn't set out to replace all my free time with grinding its roguelite take on Breakout, but its reliance on strategy (with a ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Nearly 50 years ago, Atari published Breakout, a spin on the ball-bouncing gameplay of Pong where your opponent wasn't another player but rather an ...