Amazon Game Studios is delaying mmorpg New World to Spring 2021

New World, Amazon Game Studios’ upcoming mmorpg, has been delayed until spring 2021, with a release scheduled for August 25 of this year. The developer says more content should be added to the middle and end of the game.

Developer Amazon Game Studios says that in a blog post. According to the studio, the reason for the postponement is the feedback from players who have experienced the alpha test in recent months. Especially ‘the most dedicated players’ should get more content in the last two thirds of the game.

To compensate, Amazon Game Studios is offering beta subscribers, pre-orders, and existing alpha testers the opportunity to play the game anyway on August 25. They will of course still be playing an alpha version of the game. The game will then be available for a limited period, but the studio does not say how long that period is.

New World is set in Aeternum, a fantasy island in the 1600s. The PC exclusive is a mmorpg, but becomes a one-time purchase with no further fixed monthly subscription fees. The game is the first from Amazon Game Studios Orange County, the studio known as Double Helix before the acquisition. That studio had games like Killer Instinct and Silent Hill: Homecoming to its name. Amazon sister studio Relentless Studios is now working on Crucible.