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 sport 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 Change model, and consists of 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 current save, “however when you have any curiosity in beginning a new farm it could be best to start out recent.”
“A few 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 start out a new farm proper?”
Final month, ConcernedApe mentioned the console and cell ports of 1.6 have been proving troublesome — a lot in order that he hadn’t labored on his follow-up sport “in a very long time.”
The free 1.6 replace, which sparked a recent 10/10 Stardew Valley evaluation from IGN, launched on PC in March, which suggests console and cell gamers may have waited eight months for it to launch on their platforms. ConcernedApe initially anticipated the ports can be launched a month later.
In a tweet published last month, a clearly annoyed ConcernedApe apologized to disgruntled followers, and promised to not return to work on his subsequent sport, 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 all the time launched on PC first, as a result of it is type of a ‘beta take a look at’ to ensure there aren’t any essential (e.g. save-destroying) bugs, that are a a lot larger deal on consoles as a result of they cannot be patched out as shortly. Nevertheless, I by no means meant for the delay to be this lengthy.”
Additionally final month, ConcernedApe defined why he actually desires Pam in a potential Stardew Valley crossover with Fortnite.
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