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DARK SECRETS: 2 - The Real Truth

'Stardew Valley' Update 1.7, Nintendo Switch 2 Port Confirmed by Creator ConcernedApe

ConcernedApe finally addresses new information regarding Stardew Valley, including update 1.7 and the Switch 2 port.

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Eric Barone doesn't want to 'reveal much yet,' but Stardew Valley's 1.7 update is starting to sound like another big one

Apparently adding a new farm type is now a tradition.

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Eric Barone says he doesn't want 'too much hype' for Stardew Valley's 1.7 update, which is a bit like showing the internet a big red button marked DO NOT PRESS

We demand wild garlic!

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Eric Barone says he wants to "take a more 'creative director' role" on Stardew Valley 1.7 so that he can "focus the vast majority" of his attention on Haunted Chocolatier, but he'll eventually have to spend more time on his "1st game"

"I need my hand to touch every piece of new content"

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Stardew Valley's Eric Barone is in the Hollow Knight: Silksong credits for voicing a mystery character

Future EGOT winner Eric Barone?

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Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone voices somebody in Hollow Knight: Silksong, but he won't say who "so as not to spoil any surprises for anyone"

ConcernedApe has a new gig

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Yes, Stardew Valley's newly announced update will probably slow down work on Haunted Chocolatier, 'but not as much as you might think'

Eric Barone says he's trying to be less hands-on with the Stardew Valley 1.7 update, so he can keep his focus on Haunted Chocolatier.

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ConcernedApe: 'Stardew Valley' 1.7 Update Is Coming, Will Not Hinder 'Haunted Chocolatier' Development

ConcernedApe announced Stardew Valley's 1.7 update, with the development not being a hindrance to the work being done for Haunted Chocolatier.

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Bless him, Eric Barone cannot stop updating Stardew Valley, has announced version 1.7 is coming

The free update train rolls out of the station once again.

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Haunted Chocolatier: all the key details on the followup to Stardew Valley

Stardew Valley's creator is working on another life sim, and it looks just as sweet as his first.

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ConcernedApe Shares New 'Haunted Chocolatier' Screenshot: Is the Game Close to Releasing?

Stardew Valley's ConcernedApe has shared a new screenshot for Haunted Chocolatier, featuring a brand-new look for the game.

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‘Stardew Valley’ Is Getting An Unexpected Crossover With Another Massive Cozy Game

Two cozy gaming giants are getting a crossover in a new update, but how exactly their worlds will collide is still unclear.

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Eric Barone says he doesn't get paid for Stardew Valley collabs, and that's the way he likes it: 'I wouldn't want to make money from a collaboration'

The Stardew Valley creator's strategy for collaborations is pretty simple—he works with games he likes.

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Where Eric Barone used his indie bucks to buy a proper PC, creator of Stardew Valley-inspired hit Rusty's Retirement says he's got the same $1,000 rig after selling half a million copies: "We've literally done nothing else differently"

How Jordan Morris of Mister Morris Games balances games as an art and business

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Saving Hytale isn't something Stardew Valley's ConcernedApe is "thinking about too much" thanks to Haunted Chocolatier, but "If something were presented to me, I would be open to entertaining the idea"

Eric Barone isn't saving Hytale, but he's not ruling it out either

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Eric Barone clarifies he's just 'open to entertaining the idea' of saving Hytale, but he's not pursuing it himself because he's completely focused on Haunted Chocolatier

Barone said earlier this year that he's now fully committed to Haunted Chocolatier, and I'm starting to think that maybe he was serious.

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Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone receives the highest honor possible: Big ConcernedApe, a gigantic in-game portrait one fan made with 20 hours of painstakingly arranged items

"I'm good with numbers so that wasn't hard, the tough part was figuring out what to use," the artist says

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Haunted Chocolatier will be bigger than Stardew Valley, but that's all I can tell you because Eric Barone literally only said 10 words

There's nothing like a one-sentence update to keep you on your toes.

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"It was not 'one guy', look at the dang in-game credits": Balatro's Localthunk joins team size discourse after Geoff Keighley fumbled it at Summer Game Fest by saying Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was made by "under 30" people

For many reasons, no

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Toby Fox urges streamers to "PLEASE dispute" any copyright claims they get over Undertale and Deltarune content, because his RPG music is so popular "it hit a threshold for increased copyright strike aggression. Not kidding"

Fox wants streamers to know his popular tunes should not be subject to copyright strikes

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Stardew Valley creator can only say "interesting, thanks for the info" as he's presumably stunned, as I am, by one fan's devotion to accurate trains in games: "PLEASE add a tender to the locomotive in Stardew Valley"

Sometimes you just gotta get four posts about trains out of your system

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'Haunted Chocolatier' May Be Releasing Later Than Expected, Says Concerned Ape—How Long Is the Wait?

ConcernedApe's latest interview shines light on the Haunted Chocolatier's release date, and it is later than expected.

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Eric Barone says he 'might eventually make a Stardew Valley 2,' but not because it'd make a zillion dollars: 'I honestly don't care about money that much'

Barone doesn't want to "just be the Stardew Valley guy," but a sequel isn't out of the question.

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Eric Barone can't say if Haunted Chocolatier will be out by 2030, but "that's the goal" and "it has to be better" than Stardew Valley

"There's a lot that still needs to be done"

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Eric Barone says "if there was gonna be another" Stardew Valley update after 1.6, he wouldn't announce it until it was "completely finished" on all platforms

If Stardew Valley 1.7 is ever a thing, it sounds it'll release on PC, console, and mobile at the same time

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