Amazon's MMORPG, New World, has been delayed until August 2020. The highly-anticipated MMO was set to release in May this year after a stealth reveal of its launch date on, of course, Amazon.
Set in the mid-1600s, New World follows a group of colonialists traversing a fictional landscape along British America. The game is rife with monsters, magic, and evil, blending traditional MMORPG archetypes with a unique, more realistic setting. Originally, New World was set to be a full-loot PvP game with focused survival elements. That resulted in quite a lot of griefing in its closed alpha playtests, so they changed it into an opt-in PvP experience. While a small, yet dedicated group of hardcore PvP fans were upset at this change, it has been received relatively positively by the more casual audience. Amazon's development team also added a stronger PvE slant, making it viable for players who want to utilize its Dark Souls-like action combat system to fight monsters.
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New World's delay comes in the midst of multiple other studios delaying games. Certain New World fans and critics are skeptical at this reasoning, referring to a lack of information that has been received about the game, with only brief developer videos holding over fans and explaining the rather complex and ambitious systems in the game. Some s under NDA have hinted at the game being in poor, underdeveloped state currently. This remote work could give them ample time to amend these issues.
The enormous project boasts all the features one may expect from an MMORPG, with group content and PvP leading the charge in the ment. These systems, while unique to New World in their innovations with design, take a long time to implement and perfect. With the game receiving quite a large overhaul in the last year, it could be that Amazon Studios has yet to implement them adequately into New World.
New World releases for PC on August 25, 2020.
Source: New World Official Website
