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New World will be kicking off Season of the Guardian in a few days and Amazon is giving players a glimpse of every reward on offer in both its free and paid season passes. Amazon is probably the only developer I know who gives a full rundown of season pass rewards, and it’s all in the name of the studio’s [...]

New World might not be getting an expansion this year but at least its still getting regular updates with Amazon poised to reveal something big in June. While waiting, you might want to check out the team’s latest dev blog which shares some interesting statistics from one of the open-world MMORPG’s most challenging Expeditions, the Empyrean Forge. Players were apparently [...]

There’s been quite a bit of grumbling from the New World community following the nearly month-long delay of Season of the Guardian and Amazon’s recent revelation that it won’t be releasing an expansion this year. Game director Scot Lane, senior gameplay engineer Scott Geiser, and live lead Katy Kaszynski address those concerns and the big reveal coming in June in [...]

The wait for New World’s next season is nearly over as the long-delayed Season of the Guardian finally gets a launch date of April 2. The new season and its accompanying update was initially scheduled to arrive earlier this month, but was pushed back to fine-tune the Upgraded Combat and Animation systems, a.k.a. the Slayer Script. Season 5 will also [...]

MMO players are going to be busy next week as some of the most popular MMOs prepare to roll out their respective updates. Unfortunately, that will no longer include New World’s Season of the Guardian as Amazon Game Studios pushes back the season launch indefinitely for more work and fine-tuning based on feedback gathered from testers. “To better address your [...]

Amazon Game Studios is gearing up for the start of a New World’s fifth season next week with a preview of its frosty new seasonal trial and the dangers and rewards waiting within. Season 5: Season of the Guardians will introduce the brand-new Winter Rune Forge Trial. Like the Hatchery, it will feature team-based puzzles that players will have to [...]

Season of the Guardian has been live on the New World test server for quite some time now and Amazon has taken time to address some of the major feedback it’s received. Once again, it mostly has to do with balance as the studio reveals in its latest Forged in Aeternum video. First up is the Slayer Script, a soon-to-be [...]

As one of the key endgame expeditions in New World, the Garden of Genesis is no walk in the park, or garden if you will. The garden is home to an army of hostile Angry Earth plant monsters that you’ll need to deal with as you make your way through the expedition’s maze of rooms and corridors to face off [...]

Amazon Game Studios will be adding a lot of things to New World when Season 5: Season of the Guardian begins on March 12. It’s also taking away a few things with a particular focus on cutting the open-world MMORPG’s cooking system down to more accessible bite-sized pieces. To streamline the cooking system, the team plans to reduce the number [...]

Amazon Game Studios has officially taken the wraps off New World’s fifth seasonal update and it’s chock full of new content, features, and in-game events for the open-world MMORPG. Season 5: Season of the Guardian arrives on March 12 and will unlock the gates to a new seasonal trial and will introduce new artifacts, a brand-new season pass, controller support, [...]