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The Springtide Bloom event in New World has been a grindy experience for some players, but a recent patch aims to alleviate this issue. The patch includes adjustments to drop rates, rewards, and other factors to make the event more enjoyable. One of the main changes is an increase in the number of wispybloom petals that players can gather. This [...]

The latest episode of New World’s Forged in Aeternum video series is now out, and this time, Amazon's narrative director Rob Chestney, lore master Aaron de Orive, and narrative designer Divya Dias take a deep dive into the game’s enemy factions. They explore the philosophical motivations behind each faction, and give players a glimpse into the lore that underpins the [...]

Since New World launched in 2021, players have only been ever allowed to create just one character per server. That’s now changed as Amazon finally lifts the max character restrictions on servers. However, the three character limit per region still applies. “We [have now removed] the restriction on the number of characters a player can have on each server,” announced [...]

Amazon's creative director for New World, Dave Verfaillie, recently dropped a solo episode of Forged in Aeternum to make up for his absence from the show earlier this week. In this episode, Verfaillie dives into the state of balance, combat, and the game's meta. Verfaillie notes that the team is happy with the changes made to crowd control skills, grit, [...]

It looks like video game forums will soon be going extinct and Discord destined to fill that void as yet another video game company announces its plans to retire its forums. Yesterday, Amazon Game Studios broke the news that it will be shutting down the New World forums at the top of May in favor of Discord and players are [...]

Amazon Game Studio is making good on its promise to reassess New World’s server population prior to the release of its first season with another round of server merges. In a recent announcement, Amazon revealed its plans to merge 11 servers located in Central EU, US-East, and South America. Amazon hasn’t provided a timeline for the merger just yet but [...]

Spring is now in full swing and New World is positively blooming with excitement as it kicks off its new Springtide Bloom event. From April 26th to May 23rd, players can join forces with the mysterious Bloom Herald to investigate the mysteries surrounding the ethereal Wispybloom and earn some sweet seasonal loot. To get in on the flowery fun, head [...]

New World marked the start of its first season earlier this month with the release of its Fellowship & Fire update. The update also marked the open-world MMORPG’s first seasonal content drop featuring a brand-new questline that revolves around Grace O’ Malley and her merry band of mercenaries called the Silver Crows. Amazon follows up Fellowship & Fire’s release with [...]

Aeternum’s murderous rabbits are out for blood out for blood once again as New World kicks off its annual Rabbit’s Revenge event. From now until April 25th, players will be able to hunt down Monty Python-inspired Corrupted Rabbits for a chance to obtain event-exclusive rewards. “The plague of rabbits has returned once again, only now, they are more perilous than [...]

The quest to achieve game balance is a never-ending one for developers, especially for live service games that get continuous and regular updates. In the latest episode of New World’s long-running Forged in Aeternum video series, titled Balance of Power, Creative Director David Verfaillie talks about how balance is handled in the open-world MMORPG. Verfaillie admits that they’ve been slow [...]