its official! the binding of isaac rebirth will release on Xbox 1 on July 23rd!

it will obviously not release with the upcoming afterbirth dlc, because it isnt finished yet, but it will eventually make its way to the ol bone.

here are some videos of it running on said system… 

2 consoles down, one to go! this will be my first ever universal release (even more universal now that it’s also going to be on all current gen handhelds) makes me really happy to see something so freaking weird releasing on EVERYTHING. the Nicalis team have done such an amazing job with these and have dealt with my design nazi diva ass quite well :).

but all you steam kids are screaming who cares!? we want afterbirth info! we want more! give us blood and politically correct violence! 

well here, an item for your troubles

More options is a play on one of the more interesting passive items in rebirth that allows the player to choose from one of 2 boss items. to me these slight options are probably the things that make an isaac run the most interesting, giving the player some slight amount of control over what “build” they want to play as is something that makes the d6 so appealing and something id love to explore more in a sequel for sure. sadly i couldnt explore it much more in rebirth due to things getting too broken too fast due to some items being way too OP.. but if i was able to balance items better, more options all the time could be quite fun.. but that’s a whole other post, many years away.

anyway, More Options give you more options in treasure rooms! (and can be found in stores)

and this leads me to the new very rare room type in isaac… double treasure rooms! 

there is always a tiny chance that the treasure room may become a double treasure room, luck will also play a role in this. 

but not all treasure rooms will be like the one in the gif.. some you may need to work for, but ill let you see for yourself when you actually find one in game.

tune in next week!