

The best mods will be rounded up and released for free as monthly "Booster Packs", which will make them officially part of the game. Afterbirth+ adds new items, enemies, unlockables, achievements, endings and an extra playable character, but what makes it extra special is it also adds mod tools and supports user-made mods.Īlthough this is officially the end of The Binding of Isaac development (McMillen may weaken and come back), there will be new content. Now here comes Afterbirth+, and you need both The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth and the Afterbirth expansion to play it. During this time, The Binding of Isaac has transformed from a free Flash project to a commercial release, got a DLC expansion called Wrath of the Lamb, was remade as The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, and received another expansion pack called Afterbirth. If you're only sort of tangentially aware of the whole The Binding of Isaac thing, now is a really good time to get on board: Afterbirth+ is the final, definitive version of a game with a complicated history.Īs Edmund McMillen wrote on The Binding of Isaac blog, Afterbirth+ will "close the book on a five year journey".

Look for it on consoles in northern spring. Go get it, tiger - if you own Afterbirth, it's 33% off until January 10. If you're a big fan of The Binding of Isaac, you don't need to read this article - you already know what you need to. The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ is an expansion to the Rebirth remake that shares a name with previous expansion and oh gosh why is this so complicated.
