The big brains behind TimeSplitters and GoldenEye are breaking into the Balatro business with Beyond Words

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Original TimeSplitters and GoldenEye developers David Doak and Steve Ellis have reunited to make - oh, those scalliwags, you're going to love this - a roguelike word puzzler called Beyond Words, which is being billed as "Balatro meets Scrabble".

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Original TimeSplitters and GoldenEye developers David Doak and Steve Ellis have reunited to make - oh, those scalliwags, you're going to love this - a roguelike word puzzler called Beyond Words, which is being billed as "Balatro meets Scrabble".

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Original TimeSplitters and GoldenEye developers David Doak and Steve Ellis have reunited to make - oh, those scalliwags, you're going to love this - a roguelike word puzzler called Beyond Words, which is being billed as "Balatro meets Scrabble". Read more

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Original TimeSplitters and GoldenEye developers David Doak and Steve Ellis have reunited to make - oh, those scalliwags, you're going to love this - a roguelike word puzzler called Beyond Words, which is being billed as "Balatro meets Scrabble".

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Original TimeSplitters and GoldenEye developers David Doak and Steve Ellis have reunited to make - oh, those scalliwags, you're going to love this - a roguelike word puzzler called Beyond Words, which is being billed as "Balatro meets Scrabble".

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