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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New World bumps up its system requirements for Rise of the Angry Earth
For the most part, a fresh MMORPG expansion is usually welcome news for the game populace. That is, of course, unless the specs for...
Interview: New World’s Scot Lane on Edengrove housing, transmog tokens, and more
In part one of my interview with New World's game director Scot Lane, we covered topics such as the game's past, future plans, and...
Interview: New World’s Scot Lane on the MMO’s past, future, and upcoming dungeon finder
New World launched two years ago today. While it may have stumbled out of the gate, I believe it has since evolved into one...
Perfect Ten: The 10 unsung heroes of the MMO user interface
If we ever think of an MMO's user interface, it's either when we're getting settled into a new game or when a title decides...
The Daily Grind: Should MMORPG expansions always include new zones?
During New World's Q&A video last week, Amazon devs explained their rationale for revamping First Light instead of adding another new zone in the...
New World talks up Rise of the Angry Earth’s Savage Divide dungeon in latest video
As fans of New World know, First Light is going to return as the transformed Elysian Wilds with the Rise of the Angry Earth...
The Daily Grind: Are MMORPG expansions pay-to-win or pay-to-progress?
Earlier this week, the New World devs put out a video that addressed, among many other things, the perception in the PvP community that...
Global Chat: Coming around on WoW Classic’s hardcore mode
With World of Warcraft Hardcore Classic out for a month now, it's continuing to show no quarter while it captures the interest of prior...
New World offers advice for newbies, returnees, PvE, and PvP players heading into Rise of the Angry Earth
Amazon's New World has two chunks of news for players eager to head into Aeternum before the Rise of the Angry Earth expansion in...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 437: The MMO moving-in blues
Justin and Bree discuss Star Trek Online Incursion, WoW's Guardians of the Dream, LOTRO's River Hobbit housing and the Mariner, and Elder Scrolls Online's update 40, with a podcast topic on the financial barriers to returning to MMOs.
New World rebuts ‘pay-to-win’ accusations from PvPers eyeing Rise of the Angry Earth’s item level bumps
Amazon's Scot Lane, David Verfaillie, and Katy Kaszynski are back with a new video for New World, its 50th Forged in Aeternum, and because...
You’ve Got Flail: New World’s flail ability names deliver a smorgasbord of puns and dad jokes
Sure, the new flail weapon coming to New World as part of the Rise of the Angry Earth expansion looks pretty cool, but do...
Global Chat: How do you make a compelling new player experience in MMOs?
In a slightly older essay, Kalyriene looked at the importance of the new player experience in MMORPGs -- and why both World of Warcraft...
Dungeons and Dragons Online debuts new Vecna Unleashed raid
Ready to roll for initiative? You're going to need all the edge you can get to tackle Dungeons and Dragons Online's newest raid, which...
New World’s weekly update extends the Siege of Sulfur to October 3rd over bugs
If you're not too busy testing out Rise of the Angry Earth over on New World's PTR this week, you might want to take...
New World’s Rise of the Angry Earth expansion PTR opens this morning as Amazon previews the flail
If you've been eager to get your hands on New World's Rise of the Angry Earth, then today is your day, as Amazon is...
Vitae Aeternum: The pros and cons of New World’s transmog
In my very first Vitae Aeternum two years ago, I criticized some of the ways New World lacks character customization. It took a while,...
Global Chat: What makes an ‘MMO’ an MMO?
Pulling back to look at the very big picture of it all, Tipa at Chasing Dings asks a pretty relevant question in this ever-shifting...
New World previews Rise of the Angry Earth’s brand-new mount mechanics
Horses. Dire wolves. Lions. That's what New World players will be riding in less than a month, when the game's Rise of the Angry...
Perfect Ten: 10 of the worst launches in MMO history
Launch time is a difficult time for every MMO, and honestly, I have nothing but sympathy for the teams launching a new game at...