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2025 really is the year of the cozy game as the latest farm sim from the series that inspired Stardew Valley teams up with life JRPG mashup Rune Factory for a "special" collab DLC
News "Coming soon"
After a 12-year wait, Nintendo's weird life sim sequel Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream just got a spring 2026 release window with a new trailer showing off deeper Mii customization and more
News Yes, it looks just as ridiculous as ever
Stardew Valley is getting a major upgrade on Switch 2 with mouse controls, as well as 4-player co-op with just 1 copy of the farming sim thanks to GameShare
News Coming this fall
5 years after Animal Crossing: New Horizons, fans of the cozy sim want more – so naturally they're using a literal "summoning circle" to make it happen at today's Nintendo Direct
News "Please work…"
Nintendo legend Satoru Iwata "burst out in laughter" when he heard Animal Crossing would be translated to English: "I don't know how you're going to do this"
news Former Nintendo of America localization manager Leslie Swan admits, "it's true, just everything in that game was so specific to Japan"
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"
News "I need my hand to touch every piece of new content"
Stardew Valley guide to everything there is to know about life on the farm
Guide Our complete Stardew Valley guide will walk you through the essentials
How to get all trinkets in Stardew Valley
Guide Head to the mines to discover all of the wonderful trinkets in Stardew Valley
