"I know many of you are wondering about a release date. Developers who are a lot more experienced than I have advised me not to set a release date until the game is completely finished. I’ve made some foolishly optimistic predictions in the past, and even recently I said the game will “definitely be released this year”. I don’t think a full release will happen this year. I wish the game was ready, but it’s not. As I’ve said in the past, it’s just so hard to predict how long game development will take. I’m working my hardest to get the game finished and it’s so very close, but the last thing I want to do is rush the game to release and have it be sloppy. I’ve been working on this thing for too long to do that."

We've covered Stardew Valley a bunch on the site here and I wanted to update everyone that it seems like we are in the final stretch before launch next year. In a world of unfinished Early Access games that leave you ultimately unsatisfied I respect the "ship it when it's done" philosophy.

http://stardewvalley.net/dev-update-31/