Somehow, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth celebrates its tenth anniversary this week, and to mark the occasion, developer Edmund McMillen has announced the poopy roguelike’s long-awaited online co-op mode will be getting its full release on 18th November.
Online co-op for The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth (that’s the 2014 remake of McMillen’s origins, if you’re unfamiliar), was initially announced in September last year. A number of beta sessions for the mode have been held for owners of Isaac’s Repentance since then.
But now, a little over a year since online co-op was confirmed, Edmund McMillen has announced the mode will fully launch for all players on 18th November. It’ll support 2-4 players online (and features its own completion markers) and will arrive for free as part of a “considerable” balance update.
According to McMillen, the update will “heavily focuses on buffing items [players] believe are lacklustre/bad.” And while no additional details have been shared as yet, McMillen has been posted some design documents – including ending storyboards, boss designs, and enemy treatments – over on social media.
But if that’s still not enough to get you into the celebratory spirit for The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth’s tenth anniversary, the game and all its expansions are currently discounted on Steam until 11th November. There’s 50% off the base game, and 41 percent off the Complete Bundle, which you’ll need to get if you want the DLC.
As for what’s next for McMillen, his long-in-the-works cat-breeding roguelike adventure Mewgenics (initially announced all the way back in 2013) is expected to arrive next year.
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