Stardew Valley 1.6 Finally Has A Release Date

thegamer.com:

Stardew Valley's long-awaited 1.6 update finally has a release date. Announced in April of last year, update 1.6 will go live on PC on March 19. There's currently no release date for other platforms, but developer ConcernedApe says it will be made available everywhere else "as soon as possible".

This announcement marks Stardew Valley's eighth anniversary, following its launch on February 26, 2016. Even after all this time, ConcernedApe says that the game is "thriving more than ever", having sold more than 30 million copies since launch.

"Today I am announcing the PC Release date for the 1.6 update: March 19th," says ConcernedApe. "Console & Mobile will follow as soon as possible."

He continues, celebrating Stardew Valley's ongoing success. "With a new update on the horizon, a worldwide concert tour underway, an official cookbook coming soon, and now over 30 million copies sold, Stardew Valley is thriving more than ever," he says. "As always, I'm eternally grateful to the players for making all of this possible."

He then jokes that he's getting "back to the grind" to get the 1.6 update ready for launch, and will see us again on March 19.

It's not surprising to see that 1.6 will go live almost a year after it was announced. Last month, ConcernedApe said that the update ended up being "larger in scope" than what was initially planned. He only recently finished working on all the new content that will be added, and has since been bug-fixing to make sure it's all ready to go in March.

We already have a decent idea of what will be included with the update, with ConcernedApe previously announcing new festivals, recipes, late-game content, dialogue, farm types, and much, much more. PC players will also exclusively receive support for up to eight-player multiplayer.

This date of March 19 only applies to anyone playing Stardew Valley on PC. Anyone else playing on the other platforms that it's available on - PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and mobile - is in for a wait,