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New World gets a new high-level zone in the latest alpha update for the 17th century survival MMORPG. The new Ebonscale Reach zone is recommended for players level 51 and above and features a variety of East Asian-inspired locations, including a majestic pagoda inhabited by a fallen empress and her corrupted soldiers. “Ebonscale Reach is a fertile territory named for [...]

This month in New World, Amazon Game Studios will be focusing on improving the upcoming MMORPG’s crafting system. “This month brings a lot of changes to our crafting system, aimed at giving it immersive depth and meaningful impact on gameplay. Whether you’re gathering items as you run around the world slaying Corrupted or you’re the merchant-master of Brightwood, these changes [...]

Amazon Game Studios revealed a number of interesting facts about New World lore and the wide world of Aeternum for National Trivia Day. Yes, that’s a thing. These little tidbits of information have very little to do with the actual gameplay or the game’s development but should encourage players to explore the wide world of Aeternum to uncover its secrets [...]

The latest New World Alpha update, called Forge and Fury, which features the addition of the Legion-style Tower Shield and Great Axes. The Great Axe is a two-handed melee weapons that allow for large, sweeping attacks. The new weapon comes with two new Mastery trees: Maruader, which focuses on high-damage and multi-hit abilities; and Reaper, which focuses on escape prevention [...]

It’s been a while since we covered Amazon’s upcoming fantasy sandbox survival MMORPG New World. Over the past year, the game has undergone significant changes to its gameplay and has been delayed a couple of times for further development. This summer’s playtest, however, seems to have made a mark on testers who have been showering the game with praises over [...]

The New World Preview event is now live. Unlike last month’s density stress test, the Preview isn’t covered by an NDA, which means that players who are participating in the closed beta-ish event will finally get to share their experiences with those who weren’t able to get an invite. The servers will be up for a week and will be [...]

The New World Preview event officially kicks off next week. Amazon Game Studios has yet to reveal what the event entails (that’s coming later today) but what we do know is that it will not be happening on the Confidential Test server. “In an effort to reduce confusion, we want to let you know that the Preview event will not [...]

Amazon Game Studios is currently running a New World weekend stress test to make sure that the servers are stable, secure, and ready for the New World Preview closed beta this August. “We have two critical test windows planned for Friday, 7/31/2020 at 6PM-9PM PT, and Saturday, 8/1/2020 at 1PM-4PM PT. If we are successful in collecting the needed server [...]

Amazon Game Studios’ 17th century survival MMORPG, New World, was initially scheduled for release in May but was pushed back to August 25th because of the challenges the team faced amid the current COVID-19 pandemic. Now the studio says that they will again be delaying the game’s official launch to Spring 2021. “We will be changing our launch date — [...]