Stardew Valley's next update will add 8-player multiplayer and more

It’s been over seven years since the release of Stardew Valley,and its fan base is as active as ever. This time, Stardew Valley fans have organized to ask for more inclusive pronoun options in the beloved farming sim. On Sept. 29, Canadian content creator Atmos Fierce started an online petition asking the game’s creator, Eric Barone, to add additional pronoun options as part of the upcoming 1.6 update. Since then, the petition has received over 3,000 signatures and revived a long-running conversation around how the game interacts with its queer fan base.

Oh to be a Stardew Valley fan, enjoying the stellar score in live concert, among an audience of fellow fans. For fans who score a ticket to the forthcoming Stardew Valley Concert Tour, this dream can be a reality.

It’s official — you’ll soon be able to experience the music of Stardew Valley in live orchestral form, as a real-life concert tour is set to kick off next year across the globe.

Tokyo, Japan, October 10th, 2023 – SOHO Live, the Tokyo-based live music company specializing in creating and presenting live concerts of the most memorable video game and anime music, is excited to announce Stardew Valley: Festival Seasons, an intimate and immersive concert produced in partnership with the game’s creator and composer, Eric Barone aka ConcernedApe. 

If you just can't get enough Stardew Valley in your life, here's a different way to indulge in its unrelenting life sim coziness: The Stardew Valley «Festival of Seasons» concert series, an international musical tour featuring a selection of music from the game performed by a chamber orchestra.

Arkane’s open-world vampire adventure Redfall had some issues when it launched earlier this year (to say the least), and unfortunately, fixes for a lot of the problems have been slow coming. Thankfully, it seems like some sort of salvation may have finally come for the game. The latest Redfall update, released today, finally delivers much-demanded features like a 60fps Performance mode on Xbox Series X/S (the console version of the game previously only offered a single 30fps mode), improved PC performance, more enemies in the overworld, revamped aiming mechanics, and a lot more. You can get a partial rundown on Redfall title update 2, below.

Stardew Valley's 1.6 update was supposed to be a relatively small thing, intended primarily to make life easier for modders rather than approaching the size of the feature-packed 1.5 update that once seemed like it would be Stardew Valley's send-off. 1.6 has grown significantly in scope since then, to include things like «a major new festival,» new late-game content, new items and crafting recipes, and support for eight-person multiplayer on Steam. But now creator Eric Barone has teased what is undoubtedly the most important part of the update, and it can be summed up in five words: «Hats on cats.»

Dave the Diver is already one of the most delightful success stories of 2023, as the fishing game and restaurant management sim splashed its way up the Steam charts and won the hearts and minds of players everywhere, including many of us here at PCGamesN. Now, developer Mintrocket announces that a free update landing in mid October will introduce plenty of new features to explore, giving plenty of reasons to pull your diving gear back out once more.

Rebel Moon, Zack Snyder's sci-fi epic based on an old Star Wars pitch, is hitting Netflix in two parts. 

The Stardew Valley 1.6 Update is finally coming to Mobile, but when? You can experience the joys of farming wherever you go with the enchanted Stardew Valley Mobile Edition. This magical game brings all the elements adored in from the PC release right to the convenience of your device and for a fraction of the price! With a new update teasing what’s to come, let’s discuss what’s been shared on 1.6 so far.

After teasing Stardew Valley players about the potential additions being made to the game as part of its upcoming update 1.6, developer Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone has taken to social media platform X to elaborate to confirm some of the new features coming to the game.

Bloodsucking build 'em up V Rising got its first major Early Access update earlier this year. Its next major update will be its 1.0 release and it will arrive sometime in "the second quarter of 2024", according to a new developer post which also details underway engine upgrades and details features-to-come.