{"id":2100927,"date":"2026-08-19T11:59:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T08:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2100927"},"modified":"2026-08-19T11:59:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T08:59:42","slug":"the-next-binding-of-isaac-game-is-going-up-against-grand-theft-auto-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2100927","title":{"rendered":"The next Binding of Isaac game is going up against Grand Theft Auto 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">The next Binding of Isaac game is going up against Grand Theft Auto 6<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Biblical.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/the-binding-of-isaac-repentance%2B-screen-1.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"the-binding-of-isaac-repentance%2B-screen-1.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"364\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Edmund McMillen, Nicalis.<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sherif Saed avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/IMG_1950_Uy1XomJ.JPG?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1638\" height=\"1346\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Sherif Saed avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"IMG_1950_Uy1XomJ.JPG\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1638\" height=\"1346\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/sherif-saed\">Sherif Saed<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Senior Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\n<p>Published on   <time datetime=\"2026-08-19T11:59:42+00:00\" data-auto-time-zone=\"true\" data-year=\"numeric\" data-month=\"short\" data-day=\"numeric\" data-hour=\"numeric\" data-minute=\"numeric\">Aug. 19, 2026, 11:59 a.m.<\/time>\n              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-binding-of-isaac-repentance-plus-online-date?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          11 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"d27ffde6-1bc5-4d94-a878-0a4058a00a09\" data-name=\"The Binding of Isaac\" data-follow-text=\"Follow The Binding of Isaac\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following The Binding of Isaac\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow The Binding of Isaac\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following The Binding of Isaac\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow The Binding of Isaac\" title=\"Follow The Binding of Isaac\"><br \/>\n  Follow The Binding of Isaac<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-binding-of-isaac\">The Binding of Isaac<\/a>: Repentance + Online has revealed a release date and it&#8217;s one you probably have marked on your calendar. The package, a collection of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-binding-of-isaac-rebirth\">The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth<\/a> and all previously released add-ons, arrives 19th November on consoles -exactly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gta-6-everything-we-know-so-far-9357\">the same day as Grand Theft Auto 6<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Repentance+ has been out on PC since 2024, with online play available in beta, which allows players to host a Friend Match and start a run with up to four other players. The beta also offered public matchmaking. Those features, alongside all other DLC &#8211; Afterbirth, Afterbirth+, Repentance and Repentance+ &#8211; have now been given the title Repentance + Online, and that&#8217;s the edition coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X\/S and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Nintendo Switch 2<\/a> on 19th November. A physical copy will also be available on Switch 2.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"The Binding of Isaac: Repentance + Online Teaser\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d-xVnzs-b6Y?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/d-xVnzs-b6Y\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">The Binding of Isaac: Repentance + Online Teaser<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=d-xVnzs-b6Y\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gta-6-release-date-black-hole\">Major publishers have been trying to avoid Grand Theft Auto 6&#8217;s November release date <\/a>as best they can. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/fable-reboot-delayed-2027-amid-reported-gta-6-worries\">Games such as Fable got pushed out of 2026<\/a>, but most shuffled into September or October, crowding that period with a number of high profile releases.<\/p>\n<p>That super-crowded September period created problems of its own, resulting in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/valor-mortis-new-release-date\">a number of games shuffling their dates once again,<\/a> as with<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/onimusha-way-of-the-sword-new-release-date\"> Onimusha: Way of the Sword<\/a>, leaving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/phantom-blade-zero-delay-release-date-closer-to-gta-6\">Phantom Blade Zero as the only major release fairly close to GTA 6<\/a> &#8211; though that is a good three weeks away. But apparently The Binding of Isaac is unafraid.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-binding-of-isaac\">The Binding of Isaac<\/a>: Repentance + Online has revealed a release date and it&#8217;s one you probably have marked on your calendar. The package, a collection of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-binding-of-isaac-rebirth\">The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth<\/a> and all previously released add-ons, arrives 19th November on consoles -exactly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gta-6-everything-we-know-so-far-9357\">the same day as Grand Theft Auto 6<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Repentance+ has been out on PC since 2024, with online play available in beta, which allows players to host a Friend Match and start a run with up to four other players. The beta also offered public matchmaking. Those features, alongside all other DLC &#8211; Afterbirth, Afterbirth+, Repentance and Repentance+ &#8211; have now been given the title Repentance + Online, and that&#8217;s the edition coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X\/S and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Nintendo Switch 2<\/a> on 19th November. A physical copy will also be available on Switch 2.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"The Binding of Isaac: Repentance + Online Teaser\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d-xVnzs-b6Y?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/d-xVnzs-b6Y\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">The Binding of Isaac: Repentance + Online Teaser<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=d-xVnzs-b6Y\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gta-6-release-date-black-hole\">Major publishers have been trying to avoid Grand Theft Auto 6&#8217;s November release date <\/a>as best they can. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/fable-reboot-delayed-2027-amid-reported-gta-6-worries\">Games such as Fable got pushed out of 2026<\/a>, but most shuffled into September or October, crowding that period with a number of high profile releases.<\/p>\n<p>That super-crowded September period created problems of its own, resulting in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/valor-mortis-new-release-date\">a number of games shuffling their dates once again,<\/a> as with<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/onimusha-way-of-the-sword-new-release-date\"> Onimusha: Way of the Sword<\/a>, leaving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/phantom-blade-zero-delay-release-date-closer-to-gta-6\">Phantom Blade Zero as the only major release fairly close to GTA 6<\/a> &#8211; though that is a good three weeks away. 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