Official Site: New World
Studio:Â Amazon Game Studios
Launch Date: N/A
Genre:Â MMORPG Sandbox
Business Model:Â Unknown
Platform: PC
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PSA: New World is planning to expire your character names after six months of inactivity
So New World has some good news and some bad news for everyone today, and really it's just one bit of news that'll strike...
New World has delayed its Aeternum console closed beta two weeks to July 25
When Amazon first announced the Aeternum reboot and console port for New World, it noted that it would be rolling out beta testing all...
Vitae Aeternum: New World Aeternum’s stagger changes could make or break the game
In all the hubbub over New World's controversial Aeternum relaunch, there's one element of the update that's been largely overlooked. The features infographic mentions...
The Daily Grind: How many players constitute a proper MMORPG raid?
Back when Amazon first announced its New World Aeternum rebranding, I noticed an interesting comment about the planned raid. Longtime reader Squid opined that...
MMO Business Roundup: Roblox’s 4D AI, Perfect World’s layoffs, Bethsoft’s unionization, and Rockstar’s ambitions
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. Business business business!
Roblox - The controversial games giant now claims that it's "building...
The MOP Up: League of Legends’ game modes help to refresh its theme park design
League of Legends' game director explained why the MOBA is adding a Vampire Survivors-type mode to make it more like a "theme park," saying,...
PSA: New World throttles back on its character transfer cooldown timer
Here's an important public service announcement for any New World players who are thinking of transferring their characters: Amazon is reverting the cooldown for...
Amazon Games shares its long focus approach while saying that the Lord of the Rings MMO is ‘not too far away’
It can be pretty easy to assume that the strategy of Amazon Games is to throw handfuls of anything at the wall to see...
This year’s Steam Summer Sale brings another collection of bargains for MMORPG fans
It's Christmas in summertime once again, otherwise known to gamers as the Steam Summer Sale, and we're happy to report that there are some...
Raph Koster’s new MMORPG is called Stars Reach, and yes, it’s basically Star Wars Galaxies 2
It's June 26th, Star Wars Galaxies' 21st birthday, and I'm sitting on Google Meet talking to none other than MMORPG founding father (and SWG...
After a delay, WoW Classic’s Season of Discovery Phase 4 targets July 11
It might've taken a little while longer than expected to get here, but WoW Classic's next Season of Discovery phase is slated to arrive...
Vitae Aeternum: A new theory on what went wrong with New World’s 2024 plans
The New World fanbase is still reeling from the fallout over the announcement of its soft relaunch on consoles as New World: Aeternum. Something...
New World fills its summer drought with the Summer Medleyfaire, starting this week
Somehow, calling it the Smedleyfaire just isn't as fun as it used to be, but New World's Summer Medleyfaire is indeed returning this week...
View counts for New World Aeternum’s official announcement trailer see a mysterious spike
A lot of the time, when PR tells us how many views a game gets on YouTube or Twitch, it's an easily ignored metric...
Massively Overthinking: Unfair stigmas that follow MMORPGs
A few weeks back, our team was discussing the intersection of survival sandboxes, MMORPG virtual worlds, and gankboxes - and how hard it is...
New World’s new video series is set on explaining the game to prospective console players
Still fussed over that whole Aeternum thing, New World players? Well, how about a new video series that welcomes you console players into the...
LOTRO Legendarium: Am I excited at all for Amazon’s Lord of the Rings MMO?
With all of the recent hullabaloo around New World, I've noticed several mentions of what this may portend for Amazon's Lord of the Rings...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 473: How do you define an MMO?
Justin and Bree discuss EVE Online Equinox, EverQuest and EverQuest II expansions and progression servers, New World Aeternum, and Wayfinder's relaunch, with adventures in Project Gorgon, LOTRO, WoW, and Fallout 76, plus mailbag topics on balancing news coverage, Once Human, and defining MMOs.
Second Wind: Final thoughts on returning to World of Warcraft in 2024, from community to dragonriding
At long last, we've reached the fourth and final part of my series detailing my experiences returing to World of Warcraft after six years...
Massively Overthinking: The New World Aeternum debacle
You know that feeling when you can see a trainwreck coming, but you know you can't do anything to stop it or even warn...
