Farming Simulator 19 is free on the Epic Games Store until February 6, 2020, at 8:00am Pacific. While I still have your attention – don't go! – I also need to point out that next week's freebie is a tabletop trio. Starting Febru...

Cuphead isn't the only indie darling that you can play in a Tesla. With an impending "holiday software update," Tesla owners are getting a Stardew Valley port and a "[full self-driving] sneak preview." Honestly, it's not that weird. No weir...

A lot is going on in Stardew Valley's 1.4 update, so much so that it's easy to overlook some of the new content and tweaks even if you run down the whole list. After several late nights spent toiling away on my neglected farm, I figured it ...

XSeed Games has announced that its exciting-looking platform brawler Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin is the latest game in a long line to miss its winter 2019 release date, and will now be with us sometime in 2020.Developed by Edelweiss, Sakuna is...

This morning, my eyes wanted to stay permanently shut. I stayed up late playing Stardew Valley again, this time thanks to version 1.4, a wide-reaching update that breathes new life into the game. My main save file isn't even on PC – I...

Stadia has revealed two new games that will be free to Pro users next month. These are Square Enix rock-climbing, throat-slashing adventure Tomb Raider: The Definitive Edition and Focus Home's horticultural management title Farming Simulato...

The so-called "everything" update for Stardew Valley is now playable on PC and Mac, and after reading the 1.4 patch notes, I feel like I need to hire a personal assistant and tell them to "clear my schedule." I've sunk an unreasonable amoun...

And there it is. The Xbox One version of Stardew Valley now supports online multiplayer. Update 1.3 has slowly but surely made the rounds across PC, Nintendo Switch, and PlayStation 4. After a few false starts with certification, Xbox One ...

Enter our contest for your chance to win a PS4 or Switch physical copy of Forager! I know I say this every time, but giving away limited physical editions of games is my favorite thing to do. There's nothing quite like having something sitt...

If you're worried that the day-to-day farming-life gameplay loop of Doraemon Story of Seasons might not live up to its charming painterly aesthetic, well, I'm right there with you. That's what demos are for! The game released today on Steam...

Bandai Namco has pinned down a release date for Doraemon Story of Seasons, a quaint new farming game I've had my eye on even as someone who never got into the Doraemon manga (or anime, for that matter). Here in the west, the Nintendo Switch...

Re:Legend has been on the tip of my tongue for much too long, but thanks to a newly-confirmed Steam Early Access launch date – it's due out August 30, 2019 – I now have the game back on my radar where it belongs. It's a JRPG abo...

Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town is making a comeback later this year. As reported by Famitsu, Marvelous is remaking the Game Boy Advance title for Nintendo Switch. The plan is to incorporate elements from More Friends of Mineral Town ...

After making a splash on Steam, Forager now has immediate plans for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. HopFrog and publisher Humble Bundle are bringing the cheery game to consoles on July 30, 2019. This is one of those times where I'm than...

I'm not typically an Xseed sorta guy, but every so often the publisher picks up something that clicks with me on a profound level. That's how I feel about Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin, a rice-growing, baddie-slashing action game from Edelweiss,...

As part of a recent broadcast of the Rune Factory channel, publisher Marvelous spoke a little about the new features coming to Nintendo Switch remaster Rune Factory 4 Special. The revamped edition of the Nintendo 3DS title will now include ...

Stardew Valley is calling my name. In a preview on Twitter, game creator Eric Barone offered a glimpse of the 1.4 update which, among other things, will bring new features for multiplayer sessions. As it currently stands, money is shared be...

It continues to be a good time to be way the heck into farming simulators. Bandai Namco is adding a new Story of Seasons game to the list, and it's something of a wildcard. Later this year, the publisher is bringing Doraemon Story of Season...

Farming sims are usually all realistic tractor physics and amber waves of grain. This one finds a weird intersection between shoot-em-ups and farming simulator. It's something of a farm-em-up. F 'em up, if you will. Atomicrops is a ne...

For a limited time, the otherworldly farming adventure sim Slime Rancher is free to claim from the Epic Games Store. If you're looking for a chill PC game to unwind with, Monomi Park has your back. The developers have continued to expand a...

Stardew Valley first launched on PC three long years ago, and its creator hasn't slowed down since. The farming life sim is now gearing up for another release: the Android version is due out March 14, 2019 for $7.99. If you're the type of p...

Indie developer ConcernedApe has announced that you can now pre-register for the Android device port of excellent farming/life sim Stardew Valley. The mobile port, already available on iOS, is expected to arrive on Android in the very near ...

[Update: Rune Factory 4 Special will launch in Japan July 25. Rune Factory 5 will launch in Japan in 2020. No western dates have been confirmed as of yet.]During today's Nintendo Direct presentation, Marvelous! announced two editions of the...

If you saw a little update pop-up notification for Stardew Valley on Nintendo Switch and wondered what that was all about, here it is: it's a performance patch intended to help smooth out the frame rate. This concise but much-appreciated m...

Ah, the farm-life sim. It's become something of a staple in my gaming diet. You might remember me checking in with My Time at Portia back when it first entered Early Access. That was almost a year to the day, and the post-apocalyptic t...