Stardew Valley developer Eric Barone, aka ConcernedApe, has lastly introduced the hotly anticipated launch date for replace 1.6 on console and cellular.
The developer behind the 30 million-selling farm life simulation sport mentioned in a tweet that 1.6 hits console and cellular on November 4, 2024. That’s for all console and cellular 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 cellular gamers can nonetheless expertise virtually the whole lot new with their present save, “however in case you have any curiosity in beginning a brand new farm it might be splendid to start out contemporary.”
“Among the new issues, for instance, are completely different in 12 months one than in 12 months two plus,” ConcernedApe continued. “Moreover, it is enjoyable to start out a brand new farm proper?”
Final month, ConcernedApe mentioned the console and cellular 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 contemporary 10/10 Stardew Valley assessment from IGN, launched on PC in March, which suggests console and cellular gamers can 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 printed final 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 kind of a ‘beta take a look at’ to verify there aren’t any important (e.g. save-destroying) bugs, that are a a lot greater deal on consoles as a result of they can not 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 possible Stardew Valley crossover with Fortnite.
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