Is Amazon Game Studios finally about to take the lid off of New World? Maybe, maybe not, but this might be a clue: AGS’ Greg Henninger’s tweet a few days ago sure seems to suggest something’s going on with the company.
“About to go off the air for the next 7 days,” he says. “I am bursting at the seams to tell you all everything I’m currently working on. That day will come soon.”
We noted that Henninger, who was at one point the Daybreak Community Manager for H1Z1, had left Daybreak and moved to AGS back in April. At the time, we assumed he’d gone to John Smedley’s team there, given that it was Smed who’d retweeted it, though Smed is reportedly working on a very different game from New World. So then why do we think it might be New World? Because AGS was reportedly having influencers to the studio to playtest the game earlier this month, possibly signaling that it’s about to break its silence. Order some extra popcorn!
About to go off the air for the next 7 days. I am bursting at the seams to tell you all everything I’m currently working on. That day will come soon. pic.twitter.com/Bq3YbaB3UN
— Greg Henninger (@greghenninger) May 12, 2018
My tweet was more a statement on how I’m going on vacation with my family for the next several days and that I’m excited to talk about the game I’m working on when that time does arrive. “Soon” is a loaded term these days. Didn’t mean to imply it was around the corner. Sorry
— Greg Henninger (@greghenninger) May 17, 2018