The moment we have all been waiting for is finally (almost) upon us: Creator Eric Barone, aka ConcernedApe, announced today that the official Stardew Valley multiplayer update will be out on August 1.
Barone said that the release version of the update won't feature any "significant changes" from the beta that's currently underway. "Just a few last-minute bug fixes," he tweeted. He also clarified that split-screen or couch co-op will not be supported.
If you don't want to wait for those last-minute tweaks and fixes before jumping into the Stardew multiplayer (but for some reason haven't done it already), instructions for opting in to the ongoing beta are available on Steam. Once you've got that done, you might as well go whole-hog and dive into Community Farm, a 24,000-tile map with support for ten virtual farmers at once—Stardew Valley's native multiplayer only supports four.
