stardew valley
The MOP Up: Aion reworks sieges, raids, and world bosses
NCsoft brought a sweeping raft of changes to many group activities in Aion this past week: "We are excited to reveal that we have...
The MOP Up: Stardew Valley’s secret mobile multiplayer mode
Stardew Valley developer Concerned Ape confirmed that the latest update added a "secret, experimental mobile multiplayer feature" for Android and iOS with the caveats...
Stardew Valley’s patch 1.6.9 brings the full 1.6 experience to console and mobile while improving life on PC
If you have ever played Stardew Valley and known the pain of having a tree fall over into the lake, good news: The game's...
Hands-on with Lynked Banner of the Spark, an adorable roguelite with base building, crafting, and co-op
I typically gravitate towards intense, heart-pounding, combat games that go in hard and never let up. But every once-in-a-while, a game comes across my...
Vague Patch Notes: The MMO world you don’t control
Last week in Vague Patch Notes, I attempted to lay out my thesis for what it means when we say MMOs require other people....
Spellfarers is a new Palia-esque indie cozy MMO, headed to early access July 29
It's not every day that a new MMO or pseudo-MMO drops in our inboxes and becomes a game I stick on my wishlist and...
The Stardew Valley x Baldur’s Gate 3 mod exists and is eyeing an initial release this winter
It's undeniable that one of the things that made Baldur's Gate 3 such a joy to play through was watching your party members and...
First impressions of ASKA, Sand Sailor’s brand-new colony-building survival sandbox
Thanks to the press preview hosted by Thunderful and Sand Sailor, I recently had the opportunity to play around with survival sandbox ASKA a...
Global Chat: FFXIV’s out-of-control cutscene scene
Here's a terrifying and fascinating fact: Did you know that Final Fantasy XIV's cutscenes now total up to 159 hours of non-interactive, viewable-only content?
Gamer...
The MOP Up: Stardew Valley’s creator can’t quit tinkering with the game
Stardew Valley's creator recently sat down for an interview in which he said, “Once I reopen the book on Stardew, I always have a...
Miracle-Gro asks gamers to film gardening in games from Stardew Valley to Minecraft
This is such a weird crosspromo that I literally dropped what I was doing to write it up because I know this is gonna...
Why I Play: Stardew Valley is still something special
I'd been saving this for myself for weeks now. It was late Saturday when I finally decided it was time to stop waiting and...
Farm Folks is a new multiplayer solarpunk cozygame headed for a second Kickstarter
If you haven't swung by Steam's front page this week, you might not realize that the platform is in the middle of Steam Farming...
Stardew Valley’s latest patch adds more mines, fairies, and fish frenzies
Stardew Valley isn't quite finished perfecting its cozy life sim world. This past week saw the release of Patch 1.6.4, and as usual, the...
Stardew Valley adds new festivals, a new farm, a mastery system, and eight-person multiplayer in 1.6 update
The single-player/multiplayer life sim RPG darling Stardew Valley has received one of its rare but absolutely loaded content updates, touching pretty much every aspect...
The MOP Up: Monster Hunter World sells a monster 25M copies
Capcom's Monster Hunter World is a force of nature unto itself, with the boss-slaying game topping 25 million units sold and setting a record...
Cozy co-op game Ikonei Island launches 1.5 overhaul on PC March 21 alongside console debut
It's been a tick since we peeked at cozy co-op Ikonei Island, a cutesy blend of Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing New Horizons that...
The MOP Up: Lost Skies gets downright cozy inside of its ships
Lost Skies' February dev blog showed off some UX work, early prototypes of its weapon damage system, and some super-cozy ship interior concepts. Also, the...
A fresh first impressions: Checking out Palia for the first time on Switch
Outside of MMORPGs, life sims are probably the most-played genre in my household. I originally bought Stardew Valley for my wife a few years...
Cozy sandbox My Time at Sandrock has launched – with online co-op multiplayer
If you're a fan of cozy survival sandboxes of the Stardew Valley variety but prefer the graphics of Palia, you're in luck, as this...
