Stardew Valley dev splits with UK publishing partner Chucklefish

Stardew Valley developer, Eric Barone, has split from his publishing partner, Chucklefish.

In a blog post on the official website (thanks, Polygon), Barone - aka ConcernedApe - announced he would be self-publishing Stardew Valley on PC, PlayStation 4 and Vita, and Xbox One, whilst Chucklefish retains publishing duties on Nintendo Switch and mobile platforms.

"When I first released Stardew Valley, I was a complete novice to the video game industry," Barone writes. "Chucklefish, as my publisher, oversaw the distribution, console ports and translations of the game. They set up the official wiki and helped me redesign the website, to great effect. And of course, Tom Coxon did amazing work adding network code to the game, making multiplayer a reality.

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