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Binding of Isaac creator Edmund McMillen's cat game Mew-Genics is back from the dead

Resuming after a long paws.

Binding of Isaac creator Edmund McMillen says he's resuming work on his long-dormant "cat lady simulator" Mew-Genics.

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ now available on Nintendo Switch

Born again.

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ is now available on Nintendo Switch in Europe in physical and digital versions.

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ sets sail for European Switches in September

PS4 version planned next.

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ made its console debut on Switch in March for our North American friends, but its European release was delayed. Now it finally has a release date of 7th September.

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ Switch retail release confirmed for Europe

Will cost €39.99, due in Q2.

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ missed the Switch launch window, but still managed to make it to North America by 17th March on both the eShop and as a retail release. The European and Australian releases, however, were MIA. Now we've got confirmation on a release window, a physical version, and a price.

The European and Australian releases will cost €39.99 (or your local equivalent) and a physical edition will hit retailers via publisher Headup Games, who has partnered with the game's North American publisher Nicalis.

The pair announced that this PAL version will launch sometime in Q2.

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ will no longer be a Switch launch title

But it's still coming in March, and includes a 20-page instruction booklet.

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ is still coming to Nintendo Switch in March, but it's not going to be ready for the console's 3rd March launch, as previously announced.

The good news is that every first print of the retail game will include two limited sticker sheets, a reversible alternate cover, an Isaac face sticker, and a full-colour 20-page instruction booklet.

Remember when games came with instruction booklets? Oh how fun those were to whet one's appetite on the ride home from the store. This one even hearkens back to the days of yore with its Zelda-referencing cover. Fitting as pretty much everyone who buys is a Switch is going to gorge on Zelda for the first few weeks after the console's launch anyway.

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ will be a Switch launch title in North America

Costs $40 at both retail and the eShop.

Nothing says wholesome family fun like Edmund McMillen's creepy roguelike The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+, which is now slated to launch alongside the Nintendo Switch in North America.

So far its release has only been announced for North America, but publisher Nicalis, Inc. is campaigning for a European launch too. It's currently asking for retweets on Twitter.

Price-wise, The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ will cost $39.99 on both the eShop and retail. You can already pre-order it from Amazon and GameStop.

After Apple initially rejected it.

Super Meat Boy creator Edmund McMillen's creepy action roguelike The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is out now on iOS.

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ Steam release date set just after New Year's

Console release slated for spring.

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth's seconds DLC expansion, Afterbirth+, is coming to Steam on 3rd January, developer Edmund McMillen has announced.

A console release is slated to follow in the spring.

The expansive add-on will typically go for $9.99 (about �8), but will be discounted to $6.66 (about �5.30) in its first week for people who own the first DLC, Afterbirth.

Afterbirth+ DLC slated for PC this year, along with an iOS port.

The Binding of Isaac is almost definitely coming to Nintendo Switch, based on a pretty strong hint from its creators.

The Binding of Isaac dev teases new game

UPDATE: Described as "a Mega Man / Isaac-like, but a platformer with really tight controls."

UPDATE 27/07/2016 2.43am: Edmund Mcmillen has confirmed to Eurogamer that this untitled game will be on PC and Mac for sure. Consoles are "a big possibility", but it's too early to confirm anything at this stage.

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth arrives on PS4 next week

Brings Daily Runs, Greed Mode and a whole lot more.

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth's Afterbirth DLC is coming to PS4 on 10th May.

The Binding of Isaac dev announces The Legend of Bum-bo

UPDATE: Mew-Genics is "not gunna happen" in the next few years.

UPDATE 24/02/2016 12.12am Edmund McMillen has confirmed to Eurogamer that Mew-Genics has been put on hold indefinitely. Here's his status update on the project in his own words:

"I'm unsure of its future but there is a chance we will attempt to revamp it in a few years with a new design of mine that will push it in a new direction that will hopefully make it more exciting for both of us to work on."

"But sadly till then it's not gunna happen."

"C'mon, wtf... Apple."

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth has been rejected by Apple due to its depiction of violence towards children.

The Binding of Isaac to receive mod tools DLC

Will add a Room Editor, Animation Editor and Lua support.

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is getting a level editor in the newly announced DLC expansion Afterbirth †.

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth's Afterbirth DLC unlikely for handhelds, Wii U

"The Wii U is not much more powerful than a PS Vita."

It's looking very unlikely that The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth's Afterbirth DLC will ever appear on Vita, 3DS or Wii U.

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth patch nerfs items, will be fixed

Dev claims fan speculation about missing content was off the mark.

The Binding of Isaac's latest patch for its new DLC, Afterbirth, has nerfed a few of the game's items in a way the developer hadn't intended.

As spotted on Reddit by user Ashmedai1, "Azazel's damage is almost halved and charge time increased. Box of Friends is four charges which makes the item kinda bad. Glass Canon destroys spirit hearts so it's completely unusable."

These changes may not sound like much to those who've not played Edmund McMillen's comically gory action-roguelike, but they make a big difference.

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth's meaty Afterbirth expansion pushes out a release date

Includes new gameplay mode, challenges, 1000 more rooms.

Indie hit The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth receives its hefty Afterbirth expansion via Steam on 30th October.

Afterbirth is set to add another 100+ hours to the game, according to a new blog post by developer Edmund McMillen.

A new Greed Mode rebalances the game with a fresh risk/reward mechanic, new endings and final boss.

Afterbirth's unique take on an arena survival mode.

The Binding of Isaac creator Edmund McMillen has detailed the upcoming Greed mode coming to the to-be-dated Afterbirth expansion.

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth due this month on Xbox One

Wii U and New 3DS versions set for North America, submitted to Nintendo Europe.

Comic horror roguelike The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is coming to Xbox One and the North American Wii U and 3DS eShops on 23rd July, publisher Nicalis, Inc. has announced.

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth to receive Daily Challenges

Also details new items.

Action roguelike The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth will receive one of Spelunky's best features with Daily Challenges being included in the upcoming Afterbith DLC.

The Binding of Isaac's original DLC gets a hard mode

New details from Afterbirth emerge.

Earlier this year The Binding of Isaac programmer Florian Himsl said he would add more difficult "eternal" versions of bosses to the original game. As it turns out, he went one step further and added an entire optional hard mode in an update that recently went live to those who own the Wrath of the Lamb DLC on PC.

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth confirmed for Xbox One, Wii U and New 3DS

But not old 3DS.

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth has been confirmed for Xbox One, Wii U and New 3DS. But not the older models of 3DS (i.e. 3DS XL, 2DS, and regular vanilla 3DS).

The announcement was originally made by the game's creator, Edmund McMillen, on the official The Binding of Isaac site, but it went up on 1st April and McMillen made a lot of jokes about how he was censoring the game to fit Nintendo's family-friendly sensibilities. Things like changing god into a dog, adding a leaf to Isaac's groin, and recalibrating all the Christian imagery to satirise Scientology instead. But in the cold light of 2nd April he and Tyron Rodriguez, who's handling the ports at Nicalis, have clarified that the game is in fact coming to the aforementioned platforms and "is not censored in any way."

Rodriguez credited Nintendo's former indie game chief Dan Adelman for getting the darkly comic action-roguelike on Nintendo platforms. "If one (former) Nintendo employee deserves all the credit for Isaac Rebirth on Nintendo consoles, it's based @Dan_Adelman," Rodriguez tweeted.

The original game is getting a free Hard mode.

The Binding of Isaac creator Edmund McMillan has detailed the DLC coming to his recent "Rebirth" remake of his horrific action roguelike.

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is getting a massive expansion

Dev wants the community to suggest item effects.

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is getting an expansion "that will almost double the amount of things you can do," developer Ed McMillen has announced.

"Once the holidays end, the Nicalis gang will be jumping back into the abyss and digging into the very large design doc I have ready for 'em," said McMillen on the game's official blog. "I have big plans for this expansion, I hope to add a very huge chunk of gameplay in the form of a new game mode that will almost double the amount of things you can do. I'm very proud of this new design."

"Aside from this new game mode the expansion will feature a ton more enemies, bosses, new areas, endings and a new playable character as well as a slew of new unique items to play with," he added.

After Nintendo rejected it due to "questionable religious content" in 2012.

The Binding of Isaac's remake, subtitled Rebirth, just came out last week on PS4, Vita and PC, and it now looks very likely that it's heading to Nintendo platforms as well.

PlayStation Plus' free November offerings revealed

Includes The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, SteamWorld Dig and Luftrausers.

November's free offering on PlayStation Plus have been revealed (via IGN) and PS4 owners will receive The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth and SteamWorld Dig.

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth developer teases Wii U release

Here's six seconds of it running on Nintendo hardware.

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth developer Nicalis has posted a video showing six seconds of the game running on Wii U.

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth release date set for November

New trailer is the best (worst) kind of nightmare fuel.

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is set for a 4th November release on PS4, Vita and PC via Steam, developer Ed McMillen revealed in a new, horrifying trailer.

While the trailer was removed from YouTube, we've found it elsewhere and are sure it will be reinstated shortly, as publisher Nicalis teased its impending announcement on Twitter. [Editor's note: and now it's up!]

This remake will include all the content from the original The Binding of Isaac with a huge host of added goodies like 150 new items, three new playable characters, 16 new bosses, and a two-player co-op mode.

"A great majority of my games were made with him laying his head on my right arm."

It's no secret that The Binding of Isaac creator, Edmund McMillen, really loves cats. His feline obsession is well chronicled in the documentary Indie Game: The Movie, while he and his Team Meat partner, Tommy Refenes, have been collaborating on a "cat lady simulator" called Mew-Genics for the last couple of years. So it's with a heavy heart that McMillen reported last night that his fluffy pal Guppy passed away.

Watch eight minutes of The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth's co-op mode

Hell is other people.

The Binding of Isaac developer Edmund McMillen has released eight minutes of co-op footage for the upcoming PlayStation port and enhanced PC edition of his horror comedy action-roguelike.

Mew-Genics' first gameplay footage teased in gif

Shows the miracle of childbirth.

Team Meat has shown off a few seconds of gameplay from its upcoming "cat lady simulator" Mew-Genics in the following gif. (Click on to watch.)

While the brief animation clearly portrays the miracle of kitten childbirth (kittenbirth?), Team Meat's Edmund McMillen explained on the game's development blog what's going on here in more detail.

Apparently the father, Manchester, is a rather pervy fellow who knocked up his mate, Dr. Butts, on the first go-round, suggesting that he's a potent feline. The first kitten born, Fanky 2, shares traits from both parents with his father's head shape, body and tail, but his mother's markings. Apparently in the world of Mew-Genics, these spots are considered a sign of being a pure bred, and rate higher in the cat show biz.

Don't Starve due in "early January."

Action roguelikes The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth and Don't Starve, along with isometric gunslinging shooter Secret Ponchos, will launch as free bonuses for PlayStation Plus members upon their various releases in early 2014.

The Binding of Isaac has surpassed 2 million sales

The de-make's unlockable Mystery Man detailed.

Team Meat co-founder and crazy cat man Ed McMillen revealed that his horrific child abuse-themed roguelike The Binding of Isaac has surpassed 2 million sales. Last we checked in June 2012, the game had sold 700K copies since its October 2011 release.

McMillen released this statistic in an interview on the Northernlion Youtube podcast (thanks, Destructoid) where he discussed the game's upcoming PS3, Vita and PC de-make, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth.

He noted one of the main appeals to the de-make would be that he could escape from the constraints of Flash and enhance some performance issues like the framerate and file size. This means more stuff, like the already announced second expansion that will be exclusive to Rebirth.

Will feature local only co-op.

The Binding of Isaac creator Edmund McMillen has updated his blog with loads of new info about the upcoming console version of his religious-themed horror roguelike.