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 ...

Indie hit Ball x Pit takes a major turn when you find the blueprint for the Matchmaker building. Constructing it in New Ballbylon lets you bring two Ball x Pit characters into a single run, combining ...

Ball x Pit is one of those games that gets better the more you play it. With each subsequent run, you'll find yourself stumbling upon new synergies and strategies, with the game's upgrade system ...

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 ...

Anthony Taormina is an original member of the GameRant team, having been part of the publication for 15 years. He coordinates content for all facets of the site and manages its social media, PR, and ...

Video games have been exploiting players’ brains since the halcyon days of the arcade where every cheap Shao Khan shoulder charge or blast from Krang’s ship was designed for maximum quarter extraction ...

I first laid eyes on Ball x Pit at a presentation given by its publisher, Devolver Digital, in London back in January. I knew instantly that I had to play it. I was reasonably (or perhaps, ...

The genre-blending roguelike feels like a hyper-extreme version of Breakout with a base-building game attached. The genre-blending roguelike feels like a hyper-extreme version of Breakout with a ...

Each character in Ball X Pit comes with their own starting ball and unique perk to tackle the game's eight levels. While each character can be made to work depending on your current build, some ...

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 ...

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 ...