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New World’s Reekwater is the swamp of your dreams
While the sight of a swamp might not be the most thrilling vista in an MMO, always remember that it's vastly more preferable than...
New World offers a guided tour through lush Windsward
Will summer 2021 culminate with one of the biggest MMORPG releases in years? There are great hopes resting on the largely unproven Amazon Game...
Theorycraft and peruse New World character builds with this fansite build tool
God bless the theorycrafters and the character builders, for they can sometimes provide some sparks of inspiration and ingenuity, or maybe offer some helpful...
New World confirms cash shop items will be cosmetic-only at launch after alpha test storefront worries arise
New World very nearly doused its own flame before even leaving alpha. With the game's last major alpha update, the devs elected to test...
Hands-on with Amazon’s New World first expedition, Amrine Excavation
The funny thing about our ongoing pandemic is that it didn't really change the way video game previews are done. It turns out that...
Amazon’s New World adds achievements and updated faction PvP to the alpha
As if to reassure everyone that Amazon Game Studios really is planning on launching New World rather than canning it like everything else, the...
Amazon and Leyou have canceled that unfinished Lord of the Rings MMO
For the last few years, we've been covering a new Lord of the Rings MMO that was a collaboration between Tencent's Leyou Technologies and...
New World discusses the ‘vision’ behind its alpha dungeons
"Expeditions" turns out to be a pretty popular concept right about now, but New World's might be a bit different from what you're expecting,...
MMO Business Roundup: Improbable’s defense contracting, Amazon Games’ internal support
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news!
Improbable: Back in January, CNBC did a big story on Improbable, the massive Herman...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 307: Blackwood barges into town
Justin and Bree discuss Elder Scrolls Online Blackwood, Fallout 76, Star Trek Online, Magic Legends, the GameStop stock thing, and Amazon Game Studios' mess, with adventures in WoW Classic, LOTRO, SWG Legends, and ESO, plus a mailbag topic on questing vs. grinding.
Report exposes mismanagement, bro culture, and trend-chasing at Amazon Game Studios
We've all heard about how someone or something is "too big to fail," but in the case of Amazon Game Studios, it's been one...
Amazon’s New World demo: Fishing, Reekwater, and hands-on havoc
It's certainly been rough seas for Amazon's upcoming New World over the past year -- especially with a significant change of development direction for...
Amazon is apparently working on a new unnamed sci-fi MMO
Former SOE and Daybreak boss John Smedley has been a fixture at Amazon Game Studios for the last few years, working on at least...
First impressions: New World has the foundation of what could be a great game
Like a lot of people, I've been hotly anticipating Amazon's New World, one of the first truly big name new MMOs we've seen in...
Vague Patch Notes: New World delays to add the game into the game
All right. Someone has to ask it, and it doesn't need to be me but it's still going to be me because I feel...
Amazon’s New World delays again – this time to spring 2021
We weren't alone here in calling Amazon Game Studios' original launch window of spring 2020 for New World "foolhardy" and "premature." And we're guessing...
Massively Overthinking: Can Amazon actually save Crucible?
Earlier this week, Amazon pulled Crucible back into closed beta for some hefty retooling, a move that surprised basically no one. We'd watched the...
Amazon’s New World sails for closed beta in July before its August launch
While it wasn't ready for primetime this past spring, New World is prepared to make a big splash when it arrives later this summer....
Amazon’s New World gears up with all the loot you can handle
Let's not beat around the bush, here: We are all loot fanatics. We love getting those choice drops and seeing our bags fill up...
Amazon’s Crucible delivers a five-minute overview
Amazon Game Studios hopes you aren't too busy next week -- perhaps even staying home for the duration. And if you're just hanging around,...
