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Stardew Valley Is Getting Some Awesome Updates, Multiplayer, and Console Ports

Share one of the cutest farming sims around with others. 

Brittany Vincent

May 2, 2016 6:25 PM

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Stardew Valley is an impressive effort, especially when you consider it came from one special developer: Eric Barone, also known online as ConcernedApe. It's a friendly and relaxing farming sim that's certainly seen its fair share of success, with a whopping million sales under its belt. It's about to get a lot bigger, with the announcement that cooperative multiplayer, console ports, and more is coming down the pipeline.

Publisher Chucklefish will be handling the technical aspects of the upcoming updatessuch as multiplayer and porting, and ConcernedApe will take charge of any new content the game might feature. It's all "actively being worked on" for now, notes Barone. Marriage, new farm buildings, crops, and other advanced mechanics as well as "small, fun touches to the world."

Check out the full list of what's coming below!

What's planned?

• Version 1.1--A substantial content update
• Co-op multiplayer
• Localizing for non-English regions
• Mac/Linux ports
• Console ports
• Merchandise

Version 1.1 Details (subject to change)

• More late-game content
• New farm buildings
• New crops
• New artisan goods
• New advanced farming/producing mechanics
• Shane and Emily will be marriage candidates. They will also have more events and dialogue as a result.
• More marriage content for all spouses
• More events for the non-marriage NPCs
• Improvements/additions to mining and combat
• Ability to move buildings and other convenience features
• More bug fixes
• More secrets
• More small, fun touches to the world

Brittany Vincent

Senior Editor

Fueled by horror, rainbow-sugar-pixel-rushes, and video games, Brittany is a Senior Editor at Shacknews who thrives on surrealism and ultraviolence. Follow her on Twitter @MolotovCupcake and check out her portfolio for more. Like a fabulous shooter once said, get psyched!