{"id":70797,"date":"2025-01-22T06:35:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T06:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/balatro-sells-5-million-copies-encourages-players-to-play-amazing-indie-games"},"modified":"2025-01-22T06:35:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T06:35:04","slug":"balatro-sells-5-million-copies-encourages-players-to-play-amazing-indie-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/balatro-sells-5-million-copies-encourages-players-to-play-amazing-indie-games","title":{"rendered":"Balatro Hit Major Sales Milestone Selling 5M Copies, Encourages Players To Play &#8220;Amazing&#8221; Indie Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2024 was a huge yet impactful year for the independent video game industry that saw several releases from talented developers and studios find their way to consoles, PCs and mobile devices, catching the attention of players around the world. 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