Eric Barone, the sole creator and constant developer for Stardew Valley, announced via Twitter (see below) that the co-op patch for his game has been delayed on the Xbox One due to failing the certification testing. He further notes that he is unsure why this happened, but that he was working with the porting team to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. On the bright side, the co-op update is now available for the PlayStation 4 version as well as the previously added PC and Nintendo Switch.

We've all been there.  You spend hour upon hour toiling away in the fields, mines, and rivers of Pelican Town, only for your "teammate" to hop on down to the local hat emporium and spend all your hard-earned cash in one fell swoop.  That'd be pretty infuriating in any game, but even moreso in Stardew Valley, a game focused around planning and (mostly) not being frivolous.

In a blog post earlier this week, Eric Barone (aka ConcernedApe) spread the good word that the co-op update for the Nintendo Switch version of Stardew Valley would be available to download on Wednesday, the 12th (i.e., yesterday). Well yesterday arrived and with it, the co-op patch. Now you and up to three friends can all work a farm together, romance the local populous, and explore some caverns.

Polish your shears and rev up those watering cans, cause Stardew Valley's four player online co-op mode is getting an official PC release on August 1st!  No longer must you cultivate barren fields into bountiful gardens all by your lonesome.  In just one week, you can rope up to three unsuspecting online friends into helping you accomplish said cultivation.

After being teased for month, the co-op beta for Stardew Valley is now available on the PC via Steam. Follow the instructions provided below to opt-in to the beta and get to farming with your buddies!

In a recent tweet from Eric Barone, the developer of the wonderful Stardew Valley, Co-Op is set to find its way into the game officially in ‘About a month’. But that tweet does note that the release of the update is based around ‘all going well’.

One of the big hits of 2016 was the "open-ended country-life RPG," Stardew Valley. This labor of love from one-man development team ConcernedApe let players own and operate their own farm while also engaging in other activities like romancing the local townsfolk and throw some festivals. While it is a single-player only affair, there's some good news on the way: co-op will be implemented sometime next year.