Stardew Valley developer Eric Barone, aka ConcernedApe, has lastly introduced the hotly anticipated launch date for replace 1.6 on console and cell.
The developer behind the 30 million-selling farm life simulation recreation mentioned in a tweet that 1.6 hits console and cell on November 4, 2024. That’s for all console and cell variations of the sport, together with the Nintendo Swap model, and contains the 1.6.9 replace.
In a follow-up tweet, ConcernedApe mentioned that following the discharge of 1.6, console and cell gamers can nonetheless expertise virtually every part new with their present save, “however when you have any curiosity in beginning a brand new farm it will be supreme to begin contemporary.”
“A number of the new issues, for instance, are completely different in 12 months one than in 12 months two plus,” ConcernedApe continued. “Apart from, it is enjoyable to begin a brand new farm proper?”
Final month, ConcernedApe mentioned the console and cell ports of 1.6 had been proving troublesome — a lot in order that he hadn’t labored on his follow-up recreation “in a very long time.”
The free 1.6 replace, which sparked a contemporary 10/10 Stardew Valley evaluate from IGN, launched on PC in March, which implies console and cell gamers could have waited eight months for it to launch on their platforms. ConcernedApe initially anticipated the ports could be launched a month later.
In a tweet revealed final month, a clearly annoyed ConcernedApe apologized to disgruntled followers, and promised to not return to work on his subsequent recreation, Haunted Chocolatier, till Stardew 1.6 was finalized. Haunted Chocolatier, revealed in 2021, doesn’t have a launch window.
Tweeting over the weekend, ConcernedApe defined: “I’ve at all times launched on PC first, as a result of it is form of a ‘beta check’ to verify there are not any crucial (e.g. save-destroying) bugs, that are a a lot greater deal on consoles as a result of they cannot be patched out as shortly. Nonetheless, I by no means meant for the delay to be this lengthy.”
Additionally final month, ConcernedApe defined why he actually desires Pam in a possible Stardew Valley crossover with Fortnite.
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