Halloween has descended on New World this week, but perhaps you’re curious about how this event came together from a lore and design standpoint. If that’s the case, Amazon Games has a lengthy dev blog full of details for anyone curious about the process of putting the Nightveil Hallow together.
The post drills down into a number of considerations for creating the event including recreating a “schlocky” tone of ’80s creature features, designing the combat against Pumpkinites and Baalphazu, and creating the throwable object mechanic, all topped with some concept artwork at the end.
Meanwhile, the release of Aeternum doesn’t mean that the new player-facing guide videos have abated at all, as Amazon shares information about the MMORPG’s factions and weapon types. Some of the most recent videos await below in case you’ve never used a one-handed sword in video games before.
