diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/bl/blockattack/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/bl/blockattack/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f0de4f2de8af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/bl/blockattack/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  SDL2,
+  SDL2_image,
+  SDL2_mixer,
+  SDL2_ttf,
+  boost,
+  cmake,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  gettext,
+  gitUpdater,
+  ninja,
+  physfs,
+  pkg-config,
+  stdenv,
+  zip,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "blockattack";
+  version = "2.9.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "blockattack";
+    repo = "blockattack-game";
+    rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-6mPj6A7mYm4CXkSSemNPn1CPkd7+01yr8KvCBM3a5po=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    SDL2
+    cmake
+    ninja
+    pkg-config
+    gettext
+    zip
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    SDL2
+    SDL2_image
+    SDL2_mixer
+    SDL2_ttf
+    SDL2_ttf
+    boost
+    physfs
+  ];
+
+  outputs = [
+    "out"
+    "man"
+  ];
+
+  strictDeps = true;
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    patchShebangs packdata.sh source/misc/translation/*.sh
+    chmod +x ./packdata.sh
+    ./packdata.sh
+  '';
+
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = gitUpdater { };
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://blockattack.net/";
+    description = "An open source clone of Panel de Pon (aka Tetris Attack)";
+    broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
+    changelog = "https://github.com/blockattack/blockattack-game/blob/${finalAttrs.src.rev}/CHANGELOG.md";
+    license = with lib.licenses; [ gpl2Plus ];
+    mainProgram = "blockattack";
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
+    inherit (SDL2.meta) platforms;
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/games/blockattack/default.nix b/pkgs/games/blockattack/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index d59b93ae600c..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/games/blockattack/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, stdenv
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, SDL2
-, SDL2_image
-, SDL2_mixer
-, SDL2_ttf
-, boost
-, cmake
-, gettext
-, physfs
-, pkg-config
-, zip
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "blockattack";
-  version = "2.8.0";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "blockattack";
-    repo = "blockattack-game";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-2oKesdr2eNZhDlGrFRiH5/8APFkGJfxPCNvzFoIumdQ=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    cmake
-    pkg-config
-    gettext
-    zip
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    SDL2
-    SDL2_image
-    SDL2_mixer
-    SDL2_ttf
-    SDL2_ttf
-    boost
-    physfs
-  ];
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    patchShebangs packdata.sh source/misc/translation/*.sh
-    chmod +x ./packdata.sh
-    ./packdata.sh
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://blockattack.net/";
-    description = "An open source clone of Panel de Pon (aka Tetris Attack)";
-    mainProgram = "blockattack";
-    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-    broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c335647c0ece..baccf09b9edb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -36264,8 +36264,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   ballerburg = callPackage ../games/ballerburg { } ;
 
-  blockattack = callPackage ../games/blockattack { } ;
-
   colobot = callPackage ../games/colobot { };
 
   corsix-th = callPackage ../games/corsix-th { };