April Fools' Day. My Favourite. When your job is writing news, and the annual day of w-w-w-wackiness rolls around, it's frankly a pain in the ass. This is especially true of recent years, when companies have taken to revealing very real pro...

Reviewing Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town has been an interesting couple of weeks, to say the least. When I first got my review code, I was told there would be a day-one patch that would aim to alleviate many of the issues that hav...

In today's contest you can win a Steam Early Access copy of Cartel Tycoon! Management sims stress me out. My day job is essentially a management sim -- I sure as hell don't want to continue to manage things in my free time, as well! Drugs a...

We're a week away from the launch of Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town in North America, and if you've been following it all in Japan, you know things haven't been going so well. The game released there with a slew of issues tha...

When's the last time you genuinely struggled to get a rare drop in a game and put in hour after hour only for your unlucky streak to persist well beyond reason? What stopped you from calling it quits? I'm trying to hatch an ostrich egg in S...

After a few weeks of playing Stardew Valley 1.5 on Nintendo Switch, I'm at the point – 60-some hours into the game, and a bit into Year 3 – where I'm prioritizing Ginger Island now that I'm cool with most of the villagers and th...

We're seeing a resurgence of farming sims, as indie developers chase the success of Stardew Valley and extend the life of the genre beyond Story of Seasons. Littlewood recently came out on Switch, and now, we have confirmation of ...

I'm pretty into the idea of a Stone Age farming sim, even if the game in question, Roots of Pacha, has a lot left to prove and won't be ready for Nintendo Switch and PC until 2022 at the earliest estimate. The game recently reached its bas...

The hard-to-put-down farming sim Stardew Valley has been reinterpreted as a board game – officially, I mean! The project is a collaboration between game creator Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone and designer Cole Medeiros, and after two and ...

After its PC debut in December, Stardew Valley has rolled out the substantial 1.5 content update today on consoles. If you're a Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, or Xbox One player, today's the day. It's huge. Update 1.5 includes a ton of ne...

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Bokujo Monogatari/Story of Seasons franchise, and Marvelous is doing what it can to keep players hooked to its upcoming release throughout 2021. The next entry in the series, Story of Seasons...

We're just a few weeks away from the launch of Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town, and Xseed Games wants to get you thinking about love. Specifically, which of the 10 eligible bachelors and bachelorettes you want your farmer to s...

I recently picked up a half-finished Stardew Valley save file to mess around with the 1.5 update, and it didn't take long for me to start flipping through the wiki to refresh myself. While the wiki is always going to have its place (barring...

"Can you imagine a world without cabbage, tomatoes, or even carrots?" reads a press release from Natsume, having not fully understood the state of post-Brexit Britain. Regardless, I'll at least be able to remember such rare delicacies via v...

[Update: The console versions of Stardew Valley got update 1.5 on February 11.] In case you missed it, Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone, developer of Stardew Valley, just put out a gigantic update for the game on PC. The operative phrase here: PC...

Stardew Valley added a whole new island to explore with update 1.5, and it's surprisingly fleshed-out. There's a lot to it! If you're looking for a straight-to-the-point starter guide, here goes nothing. I'll cover what you need to unlock W...

We only just learned about beach farms and a cool shakeup for Community Center bundles in Stardew Valley, and now there's even better news: update 1.5 is out today on Steam. Eric Barone finished it! As usual, PC players are up first, and ot...

Next year, the beloved Bokujō Monogatari/Story of Seasons franchise is celebrating its 25th anniversary, and it's doing so in a big way. Not only are we finally getting Rune Factory 5 sometime in 2021, but Switch owners will also...

Publisher Marvelous has proudly announced that Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin has successfully passed a milestone 500,000 shipments and digital sales. Edelweiss' charmin' farmin' adventure launched back on November 10 for PS4, PC, and Nintendo Sw...

Despite having only been toiling in the fields for a scant week, publisher Marvelous has already released the first update for the Nintendo Switch edition of the delightful and totes adorbs RPG farming sim Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin. Availabl...

Any game releasing next week that isn't a part of the big, shiny, new console generation faces the possibility of being forgotten as the industry focuses on the next-gen tech that everyone will be talking about. It would almost seem foolish...

We've been diligently tracking Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin for years on Destructoid because we enjoyed Edelweiss' last game, Astebreed, and we're into the idea of an action-game-meets-rice-growing-sim. I can't say I've played one of those be...

Zynga has announced that its era-defining Facebook app, FarmVille will be closing its barn doors for good in December, following almost 11 successful years of operation.Zynga revealed the news in a statement on its official website. "We&rsq...

As the seasons change, Ooblets is changing too. Err, growing actually. It's nearing a major update that will add the first new region since the game launched in Early Access in July. This new area is called Nullwhere, and it's Hallowee...

Stardew Valley is calling my name with each update 1.5 check-in, and today's screenshot – a laid-back beachside scene with ducks floating around some submerged trees – is about as cozy as they come. To an outsider, it's just a ...