Braid's long-awaited Anniversary Edition arrives next April

It’s been over three years since developer Jonathan Blow announced his critically acclaimed, time-manipulating platform-puzzler Braid was getting an Anniversary Edition, but, finally, a release is in sight; it’s coming to Xbox, PlayStation, PC, and Netflix mobile on April 30th, 2024.

Given that Braid initially launched for Xbox 360 all the way back in August 2008, its Anniversary Edition will be arriving squarely within its 15th birthday year, and a significant amount of work has been done on the original release to celebrate that milestone.

For starters, Braid’s gorgeous visuals have been “hand-repainted” by original artist David Hellman. Today’s press release doesn’t elaborate on that much, but when the Anniversary Edition was announced in 2020, Blow said his Thekla Inc. studio was working on enhanced foregrounds and backgrounds, increased level of detail in certain areas, plus extra animations and effects to improve the feel of movement.