Stardew Valley News

May I have the envelope, please? Stardew Valley will add Clint and Sandy as marriage candidates in its 1.7 update

Happy birthday, Stardew Valley. Today Eric 'ConcernedApe' Barone's beloved farming sim celebrated its 10th anniversary with a short half-hour retrospective and the long-awaited reveal of its upcoming marriage candidates. That's right, you're getting two new singles to woo when Stardew Valley 1.7 adds romances for Clint and Sandy...
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As Stardew Valley turns ten, ConcernedApe's life game still holds a personally important record

Everyone has their own reasons for loving Stardew Valley: the coziness, the music, the romance, the mods. Sure, I'm deeply appreciative of all those elements too - despite all the challengers that came after its launch ten years ago today, and the many more that will spring up in the future, Stardew remains one of the best life games ever made. However, there's an even more important reason why Eric 'ConcernedApe' Barone's masterpiece is one of my all-time favorites - it still holds the record as the game I've played the most with my wife.

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It's been 10 years since the release of Stardew Valley, and these are the 10 best updates the game has released in that time

It's been 10 years since Stardew Valley was released, which is hard to believe, but when you look back at the update log for the game as a whole. It certainly feels like we've been through a lot in that time. Going back to the original version makes you realise just how much has been added over the last decade, and I couldn't fathom going back to play the initial version and missing out on all the features we now know and love...
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Only expert farmers will harvest a high score in our Stardew Valley quiz sown for Pelican Town veterans

Can you believe it? Stardew Valley celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, and we're still talking about free updates to the farming sim that don't involve overpriced DLC or unnecessary sequels. I've learned to simply not listen when creator Eric Barone insists he's done working on the valley, but I'm not complaining...
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10 years later, I still can't believe Eric Barone thought Harvest Moon fans would hate Stardew Valley

If there's one thing I'm always saying as a PC gamer, it's "I really hope nobody takes a console-exclusive series I loved as a kid that's rarely if ever been replicated on the platform I now predominantly use as an adult and creates a modern homage to it." You know, like we said about Final Fantasy Tactics for years. More stuff like that formative thing I loved? No thank you!..
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