The Binding of Isaac: Repentance+ free DLC update is finally here, I am delighted to confirm. This is a story that I’ve been covering throughout the year, after the open beta was taken offline earlier this year.
The beta was taken down after a hacker got into parts of the game that they shouldn’t be seeing, and Nicalis decided to pull the plug and do their testing behind closed doors. That work is now complete and the studio is ready to share the fruits of the labour.
The headline details as shared over on Steam are as follows:
- Up to four players can tackle the game on Normal, Hard, Greed, Greedier, and there are Challenges, daily and seeded runs.
- Co-op can support four players, both in a group or with strangers.
- Achievements can be unlocked in co-op, but only for those who start a match.
- Bosses drop items for each players.
- Players who join late will get a care package to help them get up to speed.
- There’s a revive machine in the starting room of each floor, although it gets more expensive the deeper you are into a run.
- You’ll have to turn your mods off to play online co-op.
- There are loads of item changes and these tweaks carry over across into the single-player portion of the game.
If you’ve been eagerly awaiting the return of Isaac’s online co-op modes, then I reckon the above will all be music to your ears. Head over to Steam for all the details, including the item changes that affect both single-player and co-op.
