{"id":336390,"date":"2025-12-26T10:43:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T10:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/336390\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T10:43:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T10:43:10","slug":"surprise-stardew-valley-nintendo-switch-2-edition-is-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/336390\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprise! Stardew Valley – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Is Now Available"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Update [Fri 26th Dec 2025, 8am]: Following last week’s update from ConcernedApe, Stardew Valley – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition<\/a> is now officially available. Once again, it’s a free upgrade for owners of the existing version of Stardew Valley<\/a> on Switch.<\/p>\n

Note: This upgrade is currently live in the US, so if it’s not available on your local eShop yet, you can download it from there.<\/p>\n

Original Story: [Thu 18th Dec, 2025 04:30 GMT]:<\/p>\n

\"Stardew<\/a> Image: ConcernedApe<\/p>\n

In September, the Stardew Valley<\/a> creator Eric ‘ConcernedApe’ Barone lifted the lid on a Nintendo Switch 2 Edition<\/a> of his farming and life sim. During the Nintendo Direct reveal, it was noted how this version would be arriving in “Fall 2025”<\/a>. We’re now just weeks out from the end of the year, so what’s the status of it?<\/p>\n

If you have been wondering where the Switch 2 version is (and the free upgrade for existing Switch players), apparently, there is going to be “something” announced “very soon”<\/a>. Barone also apologised to fans for the wait \u2013 here’s what he had to say on social media:<\/p>\n

Eric Barone: “I’ll announce something very soon sorry about the long wait”<\/p>\n

\"Stardew<\/a> Image: ConcernedApe, Nintendo<\/p>\n

As for the game’s anticipated 1.7 update, the creator has now shared<\/a> details about some of the content fans can expect, and there’s “lots more” planned:<\/p>\n

“There will be some more character\/social stuff, it’s also traditional to add a new farm type. Lots more but I don’t want to reveal much yet”<\/p>\n

In case you missed the original announcement, the Switch 2 Edition of Stardew Valley will come packed with mouse controls, four-player split-screen and eight-player online multiplayer. There’ll also be GameShare support, so Switch and Switch 2 users without a copy of the game can join in on the fun.<\/p>\n

Do you think we’ll see the Switch 2 Edition of this game before the year is out? What else would you like to see added in the 1.7 update? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n

[source x.com<\/a>, via gamesradar.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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\tSee Also<\/p>\n

\"Liam<\/p>\n

Liam is a news writer and reviewer across Hookshot Media. He’s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of many iconic video game characters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Update [Fri 26th Dec 2025, 8am]: Following last week’s update from ConcernedApe, Stardew Valley – Nintendo Switch 2…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336391,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,137,376,50965,1106,86,56,54,55,1232,5958],"class_list":["post-336390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-nintendo-switch","tag-nintendo-switch-2","tag-stardew-valley","tag-switch-eshop","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-updates","tag-upgrades"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}