There are few cozy games as successful and beloved as Stardew Valley, so it’s no wonder it has received regular updates since its 2016 release.
The 1.6 update for Stardew Valley was released back in March 2024 for PC, adding new festivals and events, NPC dialogues, farm types, more pets, and much more. Unfortunately, the update did not immediately release on consoles, leaving farmers playing on smartphones, Switch, Xbox or PlayStation waiting for all the new content.
It’s been quite a long haul, but the 1.6 update is finally here for console and mobile players. Here’s what you should know.
The Stardew Valley 1.6.9 update for Consoles, Mobile, and PC will start releasing at 10am PST. The exact time that it will be available may vary from platform to platform. Patch notes: https://t.co/kHyd0L9PIw
— ConcernedApe (@ConcernedApe) November 4, 2024
The 1.6 update finally came to consoles on November 4, 2024. The update activation on these platforms is apart of a larger 1.6.9 update launching on PC at the same time. You can read the 1.6 update patch notes here and check out the 1.6.9 patch notes here.
Responding to fans on Twitter earlier this year, ConcernedApe confirmed that you can experience all the new content in 1.6 with an existing save, but stated that “it would be ideal to start fresh. Some new things, for example, are different in year 1 than in year 2+. Besides, it’s fun to start a new farm right?”
You should also be keeping an eye out for Haunted Chocolatier updates now that it looks like ConcernedApe will have the bandwidth to focus on it.
The Call of Duty franchise has held a special place in my heart ever since I played my first Black Ops game back in 2010. That game's campaign was something else, with twists and turns that culminated in a mind-blowing finale. We can all admit that compared to those older campaigns, the recent CODs have been lackluster at best, and a complete and utter disappointment at worst. The reboot of Modern Warfare did give me some hope, as the first two installments were actually quite good, but the third game left such a bad taste in my mouth that I wasn’t exactly expecting much from Modern Warfare 4.
After recently finishing the campaign, I can say that this installment is nothing like the recent releases and instead feels closer to the franchise’s roots. For the first time in a long while, the campaign comes across as well-crafted rather than rushed to hit a release date. It arrives three years after MW3, and you can see exactly where all that time went. It seems the studio finally made listening to player feedback a priority.
Epic Games has just announced the 2026 Epic AI MegaJam, which is looking to see how much game development can be squeezed into a very short window. This is running from November 12 through November 15.
Participants can work alone or in teams of up to five people, build in Unreal Engine or Unreal Editor for Fortnite, and bring along “as many AI agents as you want.” Epic explicitly encourages coding agents, AI-generated assets, audio tools, writing tools, and other AI systems. The official event page literally says "Vibe your way to $50k.”
It’s turning into a pretty good time to be a Monster Hunter fan who plays on a phone. Capcom has confirmed that Monster Hunter Outlanders will launch on Android and iOS on October 29, giving the series a new mobile-first game just as Monster Hunter Rise is also preparing to make the jump to smartphones through Netflix.
Outlanders is being developed by Tencent subsidiary TiMi Studio Group under license and supervision from Capcom. Unlike Rise, which appears to be the full console and PC game adapted for mobile, Outlanders is a free-to-play survival hunting game made specifically for phones.