Edmund McMillen offers a new trailer revealing March 31st as the Steam release date for The Binding of Isaac: Repentance, the upcoming "sequel sized final expansion" for the action/adventure (thanks ResetEra). Here's what to expect:

PRAY FOR REPENTANCE AND BE REBORN
Experience the modern classic, The Binding of Isaac, like you've never seen it before. It's a game too big to be called a sequel: Repentance takes Isaac to new heights of roguelike dungeon adventure, as the brave boy descends into the basement for his greatest challenge yet! Isaac's new quest takes him to unknown places he's never been, filled with horrible new enemies and bosses, weapon combos you've never synergized before and items he's never seen... unholy terrors from his wildest dreams and worst nightmares!

BIGGER THAN A SEQUEL
The Binding of Isaac: Repentance is so huge, so new and so feature-packed that it makes previous updates look like prequels. There are more features, improvements and new secrets, too many secrets, than most games would include in an official sequel! It's an immense amount of new content to explore, even if you're at 1,000,000%!

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Game Informer now offers gameplay footage from Hitman 3, the upcoming conclusion of IO Interactive's assassin-for-hire series. Any such video has the potential to spoil things, but be aware this covers the opening five minutes of the game's opening Dubai mission, so you may want to skip it if you are really looking forward to playing the game.

• January Humble Choice (Formerly Humble Monthly).* Includes all 12 games ($276.88 value).

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• IO Interactive On Walking Away From The Hitman Series - Game Informer. Thanks Neutronbeam.
• Good Game Nice Try: AtomicMari is a Real-Life Lara Croft on Apple Podcasts.

• The 2021 Dota Pro Circuit.

• New York City subway now supports tap-to-pay at all stations.

• It's game over for FarmVille, as Flash also buys the farm. Thanks Slashdot via Ant.
• After embracing remote work in 2020, companies face conflicts making it permanent.
• xQc was the most watched Twitch streamer of 2020.

Thanks Neutronbeam.

• Intel 12th gen Alder Lake-S desktop CPU platform’s “PCIe 5.0” configuration support reportedly spotted.
• Activist Firm Urges Intel to 'Explore Alternatives' to Manufacturing Its Own Chips.
• Cybenetics Announces The Easy PSU Efficiency and Noise Badges.
• FORESEE Introduces The P800 M.2 NVMe SSD.
• The Streacom ST-DB4 Fanless Chassis is Available For Purchase.

• Microsoft Says Group Behind Alleged Russia Hack Broke Into Its Internal Systems. Thanks RedEye9.
• Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge get major Windows 10 antivirus update.

Thanks Neutronbeam.

• CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15S chromax.black Review - APH Networks.
• Gaming Chair: Don't Buy a -Gaming Chair- - Office Chair vs. Gaming Chair Round-Up & Review - Gamers Nexus (video).
• Gaming Chair: I sat in Logitech's $1,500 gaming chair for two months, here's my story - TechRadar.
• Gaming Chair: Should You Buy A Gaming Chair? - The Gamer (video).
• Motherboard: ASUS ROG Maximus XII Extreme Review - TechPowerUp.

• How Tim Schafer made Double Fine a creative hotbed…
• The Massacre of M2-XFE: a Titan Graveyard Unlike Any Battle in EVE Online's History. Thanks Simon…
• The impossible quest to finish every CRPG in chronological order…

Happy New Year. I hope you and yours enjoyed last night and are not suffering too much today as a result. We had a pleasant evening at home with some Chinese food. We got a steak and some champagne for the occasion, but decided we'll end up having them today instead. We have another Zoom call with family and friends later, and plan to be a little drunk on the champagne by the time that comes around. As previously discussed there are a lot of reasons to be happy that 2020 is done with. And while it's not like unwrapping a new calendar will automatically fix everything, here's a sincere hope that the recently launch of COVID-19 vaccinations will help turn the corner on the pandemic and lead to better things after the terrible direction it's recently taken. But I also have reasons to be grateful. I want to thank you all for the tremendous support you've shown for Blue's News this year. The supporter program has gone a long way towards ensuring the site's viability, and I cannot express enough gratitude to those who have participated. And another huge thank you to Frans for another year of amazing friendship and support for the site as well. I've said it before, but you would not be reading these words were it not for him.

So here's hoping 2021 brings better things to all of you and that you stay safe and healthy. Cheers!

Obituary: MF DOOM, Illusive Bard of Hip-Hop, Dead at 49.

New Year Round-up
Thanks Ant and Neutronbeam.

Brunch Links
Thanks RedEye9.

• 8 things that didn’t suck in 2020.
• Feeling Lonely: 9 Ways To Fight Isolation This Winter.
• How to Open a Champagne Bottle Like a Boss. Easy-peasy. I've never spilled a drop.

Stories

• 'The Great Gatsby,' 'Mrs. Dalloway' And Other 1925 Works Enter The Public Domain. Thanks RedEye9.
• A Michigan Zoo Wants To Give Your Used Christmas Trees To Its Goats.
• Booze Fairies Flit Across America (may require registration or subscription).

Science

• Why Opioids Cannot Fix Chronic Pain. Thanks Max.

Image

• 2020 is messing with us still.

Media

• Locksmith Says My Videos Are BS... Loses $75 (Maybe).
• Delightful December records! - Guinness World Records.
• Cousin Eddy Clears The Driveway.

Follow-up

• Robin Williams's widow- 'There were so many misunderstandings about what had happened to him.' Thanks The Flying Penguin.

The Funnies

• Cartoon: To boldly go. Thanks RedEye9.