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The Binding Of Isaac: Afterbirth Expansion Arrives October 30
The Binding of Isaac’s disturbing and compelling lore expands next month. Nicalis has revealed the release date for the PC version of the expansion.
Afterbith arrives on October 30 for PC ($9.99, console release date coming soon), complete with a few new features. These include a variety of enhancements, new daily runs, and “greed mode” that pushes players into high risk/reward scenarios.
There’s also a new area at the end of the game with an additional boss and ending. This is in addition to more than 1,000 new rooms (with new types), 120 new items, new enemies and bosses, and a host of new achievements.
Afterbirth is the second reinvigoration of 2011’s The Binding of Isaac. Last year, developer Edmund McMillen released The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, which revamped the visuals and game engine, increased performance to boost frame rate, included a new soundtrack and sound design, and introduced “poop physics.”
Seriously, the Steam page says that there are “poop physics.” For more on The Binding of Isaac, check out our original review. Note that Afterbirth expands The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, which is a separate purchase on Steam from the original The Binding of Isaac release.
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