Binding of Isaac developer Edmund McMillen has confirmed a few interesting details regarding the DLC coming to his game, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. The new content will be called Afterbirth and will launch sometime later this year, "hopefully around the middle". Here's some of the features confirmed in the blog post:
- 100+ new items
- a full new game mode that will totally change how you play
- 10 new challenges
- a new playable character
- a new alternate final chapter
- new alt floors
- new game endings
- new final bosses
- tons of new bosses and enemies
- new item pickups, cards, pills, etc.
- tons of new achievements and rewards for beating the game on hard
- new co-op babies
- new transformations
- and more... :|
McMillan also asks the community to post their thoughts on potential item combos and what they'd like to see in the game in the future (details here).
An update is also coming for those are still playing the original version of the game. The update will include "a few modded bosses that [the original Binding of Isaac programmer] then called "eternal bosses" white over powered bosses that play very differently."
McMillen continued: "He made so many I thought it might be cool to attempt to patch the old game with a new "hard mode" that will feature tons of new eternal bosses, enemies and a few other little features that will keep skilled players on their toes.
"This update will be free, but will only update for those of who own Wrath of the Lamb. Not sure when he will be done, but it's a very nice update for the 1000s of people who still play the classic game daily. This update will also feature tons of bug fixes that Florian hasn't been able to fix for a long time."