The Ushi No Tane websites specialize in information, FAQs, and guides about the Nintendo console versions of the Harvest Moon, Story of Seasons, and Legend of the River King video games. These game genres are created and published in Japan by Marvelous (JP). In other regions, you'll find Natsume, XSeed Games/Marvelous (USA), Marvelous (EU), and Rising Star involved in the series' release.

The latest version of the mainstream farming series that have been released in various regions of the world are:

• Japan: Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life (January 2023)
• North America: Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos (September 2023) and Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life (June 2023)
• Europe: Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos (October 2023) and Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life (June 2023)

The latest version of River King, in all regions of the world, is River King: Mystic Valley (JP 2007, NA 2008, EU 2009).

Since 2000, Ushi no Tane has been run by a grouchy old lady who happens to be fond of video game agriculture along with two feline helpers: Intern Captain Bootu and Intern Hondo Mewnaka. The website is not officially affiliated, sponsored, endorsed, or employed by the developers of Harvest Moon, Story of Seasons, or River King. This is simply a fan site.

Latest Farming Video Game News

Farm'n Joins the eSports Leagues! | Posted at 03:33 PM 25 January 2019Happy Farm'n Friday! We added some more RAM to my PC to try and get My Time at Portia to run, but it appears my issue is the inadequate on-board video chip. Though it seems that Portia isn't as complete as players expected it to be when it was launched last week, and has had several gameplay additions and bug fixes. So no hurry with getting a powerful-enough PC together if the game is still under development, I guess. I never did find my retractable 3DS/USB cable. Had to pick up an adapter to use a regular micro USB cable to charge my 3DS. I've been playing a lot of Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns lately!

Farming becomes an eSport

This week GIANTS Software, the developer of the popular Farming Simulator video game series, has announced an eSports Farming Simulator League (FSL) where elite teams of virtual farmers test their skills against competing farmer teams. There have been competitive FS Championships at video game conventions such as at the official Farming Simulator FarmCon that takes place each summer in Europe. The championship tournaments were a timed event where the teams compete to see which of them could harvest, bale, and stack hay the fastest. For example, here's the winner of the haybale stacking tournament at last year's HeroFest18, team ChaosCrew 2. They had to harvest the straw and stack the bales onto the trailer without the bales falling onto the ground, and managed to do it faster than the other teams. The new Farming Simulator League begins this summer, spanning 10 tournaments across Europe, with the finale taking place at this year's FarmCon. Each tournament will award points to teams as well as prizes, with the top teams competing for Farming Simulator Champion. The new league will promote 3-person farmer teams against each other in competitive modes. The game mode that players will challenge each other in will be announced by GIANTS Software later; it may be more than just loading hay bales! FSL will have sponsors, such as Logitech and Noblechairs, with a pool of cash prizes totaling 250,000 Euros (about $285,000 USD). Teams can also be sponsored by actual farm-tech companies to be named later. You can read more about FSL on the Farming Simulator website:

• Introducing the Farming Simulator League

Until next time! - Cher (58 days until spring!) Feedback: Add

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