Pssh, who'd be interested about a boy who cries tears at manifestations of his abusive relationship with his zealously religious mother? Not Nintendo, certainly. But The Binding of Isaac has sold jolly nicely on PC, recently hitting two million sales according to Edmund McMillen. The co-developer has also spoken more about plans for its remake, Rebirth.
The remake of indie darling The Binding of Isaac is being appropriately dubbed: "The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth."
If you've already played the game and its expansion, you'll still have reason to check out the remake. McMillen promises it will feature another Wrath-sized expansion, a new final chapter and ending, two more playable characters, and a ton of other goodies. It will also bring some cut content from the Flash version, including 2-player local co-op, a 16-bit styled graphical demake, and some new music and remixes.
Read more: Talking to Nintendo and Microsoft, looking into iOS version »
The grim and grisly game The Binding of Isaac has moved a whopping 700,000 units, according to developer Edmund McMillen. The revelation came amid some thoughts on the struggles of the recent Wrath of the Lamb downloadable content, which he says left "a bad taste in my mouth."
There's surely no better place to spend your Memorial Day holiday than a dank basement, so slap down $3 for The Binding of Isaac's DLC expansion Wrath of the Lamb. Out today, it adds five new chapters along with new enemies, bosses, room types, items, and a new final (final) boss.
The Binding of Isaac downloadable content "Wrath of the Lamb" finally has a release date. The "mega expansion" will hit on May 28 for $3, indie developer Edmund McMillen announced today. Accompanying the announcement are more details on the expansion's features, as well as a new trailer.
The Binding of Isaac's large-scale expansion pack is coming in late May for the price of $3, according to Team Meat. It will contain 50 percent more content in all, so that seems like a pretty good deal for the price.
Read more: More than 10 new bosses, 100 items, and 20 enemies »
The Binding of Isaac has been blocked by Nintendo, purportedly on grounds of religious content. So instead, developer Edmund McMillen says the team is looking into Sony platforms. That's "platforms," because if all goes well, Team Meat hopes to bring it to more than one.
Indie game The Binding of Isaac won't be coming to the Nintendo 3DS after all. Indie developer Edmund McMillen says that the game was considered by Nintendo, but was ultimately rejected due to "questionable religious content."
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Indie developer Edmund McMillen is working hard at the first downloadable content for The Binding of Isaac, along with the 3DS port of the game. He's shared some more details now on the current status of the port, new items coming in the DLC, and how the deliberate pace of the game is so important to its design.
Read more: Longer plays will be 'boring, drawn out, or too hard' »
A "mega expansion" is in the works for Edmund McMillen and Florian Himsl's punishing RPG shooter The Binding of Isaac Due in the first half of the year for $3, "Wrath of the Lamb" will bring "more of everything plus a few new extras here and there."
With all of the high-profile, must-play, AAA releases coming out this time of year, it's pretty easy to miss out on some extraordinarily cool indie games. We've talked about the most recent Humble Indie Bundle this past week, but I figure a more in-depth look is in order this week. Past Humble Bundles have been pretty stellar, across the board, but I found the most recent clutch of games served up in "pay-what-you-want" format to be extra compelling, due to their old-school bents.
Humble Bundle's latest 'pay what you want' deal, The Humble Voxatron Debut today graduated to bundle status with the addition of The Binding of Isaac and Blocks That Matter. Joining Voxatron, they make for a mighty fine bargain.
I'd like to kick things off this week by recommending one of this year's IndieCade finalists, called Loop Raccord (see top image). Developed by Plural Games (Nicolai Troshinsky), it's a game centered around manipulating a number of brief (and completely disparate) video clips in such a way that the action from one flows seamlessly into the next. I can't say I can remember ever playing another game about video editing, nor did I expect that the notion of meticulously tweaking animated .gifs could be so rewarding. The clips themselves are as strangely esoteric as they are brief, which adds to the enjoyment.
The Binding of Isaac--the latest game by indie developer Edmund McMillen (Super Meat Boy) launched this morning exclusively on Steam, along with a spanking new gameplay trailer. As previously reported, the action-based, roguelike RPG-shooter tells the story of a small naked boy trying to escape the murderous inclinations of his mother. God told her to kill Isaac, you see, and she's not one to argue with the Almighty. Not dark enough for you? Well, the game takes place in the cheery locale of Isaac's mother's basement.
Edmund McMillen, one half of Super Meat Boy developer Team Meat, has announced that his shooter action-RPG The Binding of Isaac will be released next Wednesday, September 28. The Roguelike-ish game's been developed with frequent collaborator Florian Himsl.
"That is awesome, I'm glad it was successful. I thought it was a great game."
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