Everyone’s favorite sort-of-poker game, Balatro, is set to cause another decline in global productivity levels. The roguelike game, which encourages players to bend and twist the rules of poker, is available on Game Pass Ultimate, PC, and Standard, as well as Apple Arcade, where subscribers have access to it at no additional cost.

A recently released trailer during Monday’s ID@Xbox showcase revealed the latest batch of cosmetic crossover card decks available on all platforms. The new decks feature tie-ins with popular games, including Critical Role, Dead by Daylight, Assassin’s Creed, Fallout, Bugsnax, and Rust. These new decks follow previous collaborations with games like the likes of Cyberpunk 2077, Stardew Valley, The Witcher 3, and Vampire Survivors. It seems that many game developers want to partner with Balatro developer LocalThunk.

On Monday, it was announced that PEGI, the organization responsible for the age rating system for games in Europe, has reclassified Balatro as suitable for players aged 12 and older. The board initially increased the age rating from 3+ to 18+ shortly after the game’s release due to its “prominent gambling imagery and material that instructs about gambling,” according to publisher Playstack. As a result, the game was temporarily removed from digital console storefronts in some markets.

Playstack argued that “Balatro does not allow or encourage gambling.” After an appeal, PEGI’s complaints board reduced the age rating to 12+, citing “mitigating fantastical elements” in the game. “Although the game explains the various hands of poker, the roguelike deck-building game contained mitigating fantastical elements that warranted a PEGI 12 rating,” the complaints board concluded.

Following the appeal and a separate successful appeal for Luck Be A Landlord (now also rated 12+), PEGI plans to revise its guidelines for games with gambling-related elements. Currently, any teaching or glamorization of simulated gambling automatically leads to a PEGI 18 rating. According to a statement on Monday, the PEGI Experts Group will develop more detailed classification criteria to handle gambling themes and the simulation, teaching, and glamorization of gambling in different age categories, including 12 and 18.