Simply months after revealing there’d be no extra Stardew Valley updates till Haunted Chocolatier launched, creator Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone has confirmed that one other replace is coming to the fan-favourite farming sim.
Addressing followers on the Stardew Valley Symphony of Seasons live performance in Seattle, Barone himself took to the stage and revealed a “secret” to the excited attendees.
As posted to TikTok by jillbobagginz (thanks, FRVR), Barone mentioned: “After that [last 1.6] replace, I used to be pondering, ‘I do not know if I’m going to make one other replace’. However I needed to share one thing with you tonight, it is form of a secret… there’s going to be one other replace.”
We do not know any particulars but, in fact, not to mention timescales, however it’s nice information to Stardew followers nonetheless, given Barone revealed in April that Stardew “pulls [him] away from devoting all [his] time to Haunted Chocolatier,” the follow-up recreation he is additionally presently engaged on. Fairly how this new replace will impression the event of Haunted Chocolatier – if in any respect – stays to be seen, although.
Pixelated farming sim Stardew Valley first debuted nearly a decade in the past, and has since gone from power to power. Final yr, Barone launched Stardew Valley’s bumper 1.6 replace, which primarily boosted the sport to an nearly 2.0 standing, introducing an enormous variety of options to the bottom recreation similar to new NPC dialogues, dwelling renovations, and turtle pets.
As of December final yr, Stardew Valley had offered in extra of 41m copies throughout platforms. Of these 41m, over half are on PC, with 26m copies offered. In the meantime, the Nintendo Swap accounts for 7.9m Stardew Valley gross sales and although there’s been a handful of crossovers with different video games throughout that point, Barone lately revealed he is by no means made any cash immediately from in-game collaborations.
