Amazon Is Shutting Down The New World Forums In Favor Of Discord On May 1

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 not pleased.

“With the launch of our official New World Discord along with the features, functionality, and accessibility for players we have made the decision to embrace Discord as our primary engagement platform for New World moving forward,” announced the studio. “To help us add as much value as possible to our Discord server, we will be sunsetting the New World forums which will allow our staff to focus on providing quality engagement opportunities in a central, and easily accessible platform.”

Starting from May 1st, posting to the forums will no longer be possible, but they will be left open to read. In place of the forums, Amazon promises to “grow its presence” on the New World subreddit. However, players aren't too thrilled about the switch to Discord as a forum replacement, with one thread calling it a “horrendous, vile mistake.”

While Discord is great for chatting and sharing quick updates, it's not quite the same as having a dedicated forum. Many players are upset about losing the dev tracker, which was handy for sorting through dev responses to the latest chaos. Additionally, forums also make it easier to link and find posts, which is harder to achieve on a platform like Discord.

As much as we may love Discord, it seems that it's not the best replacement for a dedicated forum. Amazon begs to differ though, so get ready for the changes ahead and to adapt to a new way of communicating with your fellow gamers.