The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth Coming to Consoles With Help From Nicalis

<p>In a postmortem written by <em>The Binding of Isaac<&sol;em> developer Edmund McMillen&comma; over at <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamasutra&period;com&sol;view&sol;feature&sol;182380&sol;postmortem&lowbar;mcmillen&lowbar;and&lowbar;himsls&lowbar;&period;php&quest;page&equals;1">Gamasutra<&sol;a>&comma; the creator went in depth with the creation of <em>The Binding of Isaac<&sol;em> and how it became a success on the PC and Mac among other things&period; But towards the end&comma; he mentions that Nicalis &lpar;who published <em>Cave<&sol;em> <em>Story and VVVVVV<&sol;em>&rpar; approached him with regards to a remake of the title specifically for consoles&period; Fans of Edmund McMillen&&num;8217&semi;s work may be happy to know that a remake is&comma; in fact&comma; in the works&period; With a release window of late next year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The remake&comma; set to be made in 16-bit&comma; will feature local co-op&comma; a second expansion that didn&&num;8217&semi;t make it to the original version of the game&period; McMillen will not be dealing with anything business related&comma; however&comma; a term that Nicalis accepted&period; Additionally&comma; consoles on which the remake will make its way to have not been detailed&comma; but Sony&comma; Microsoft and Nintendo platforms are being looked at&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p><em>&&num;8220&semi;It&&num;8217&semi;s still too early to tell for sure what consoles the game will end up on&comma; but both Microsoft and Sony feel like it would be a perfect fit for their digital platforms&comma; and we have a feeling the new look might soften up a few people at Nintendo for a possible Wii U&sol;3DS eShop release&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m wary about how the game might control on iPad&comma; but if they can make it work&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;m all for it&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Those that have more questions about the remake should turn to <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;edmundm&period;com&sol;post&sol;36750281624&sol;binding-of-isaac-postmortem-remake-officially">McMillen&&num;8217&semi;s<&sol;a> site&comma; as he&&num;8217&semi;ll be doing a FAQ soon&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamasutra&period;com&sol;view&sol;feature&sol;182380&sol;postmortem&lowbar;mcmillen&lowbar;and&lowbar;himsls&lowbar;&period;php&quest;page&equals;1">Gamasutra<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;edmundm&period;com&sol;post&sol;36750281624&sol;binding-of-isaac-postmortem-remake-officially">EdmundM<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;