Arenas mode has finally arrived in New World. Amazon Games revealed the 2022 roadmap for its fantasy MMO, New World (opens in new tab), back in March. The roadmap said that spring 2022 (or Q2 for our friends in the southern hemisphere) would bring the Tempest’s Heart expedition, the Blunderbuss, …
Read More »Valheim, Halo Infinite, and New World feature in Steams Best of 2021 list
As we approach the end of another year, Steam is back with its Best of 2021 rundown to give us a peek into the PC games that made the biggest splash in 2021. Detailing Steam’s Top Sellers, Top New Releases, Most Played Games, Top Early Access Graduates, Top Selling VR …
Read More »Steam Winter Sale 2021 is live
The Steam Winter Sale 2021 is live with huge discounts on some of the biggest games in recent years, as well as some older gems and indies you might’ve missed. There are literally thousands of games on sale, and you could spend hours combing through them to find something you …
Read More »New World server merger dates confirmed
Amazon Games has detailed the schedule of which New World servers and worlds will be merged and when. In an update posted to the game’s official forums (opens in new tab), New World community manager Luxendra said that there will be “two separate times listed for these merges” and – …
Read More »New World Wheel of Time crossover event begins this month
Update: This article originally referred to the Shadowspawn as a two-handed weapon. This was incorrect and we regret the error. New World is putting on a crossover event with Amazon’s Wheel of Time adaptation. Just announced earlier today, the Wheel of Time crossover event will be officially going live in …
Read More »New World Winter Convergence event is live right now
New World is celebrating the holidays with a brand new Winter Convergence event. The new event just went live earlier today on December 16, and will be sticking around for all New World players right through until January 11, 2022. The Holiday season have officially arrived throughout the world of …
Read More »New Worlds Steam rating drops to “mixed” as more fans leave more negative reviews
MMO New World’s aggregate user score has dropped from “mostly positive” to “mixed”. According to the review rating on Steam (opens in new tab), just 61 percent of the reviews added in the last 30 days are positive – which means one in three players are less pleased with the …
Read More »New World dev team “resolves to be more transparent and communicate more frequently”
The development team behind Amazon’s MMO New World has pledged to be “more transparent and communicate more frequently”. In a lengthy blog (opens in new tab) posted to the game’s official forums, the team addressed dozens of issues, big and small, including character transfers, server status, patch schedules and downtime, …
Read More »New World is seemingly losing about 135,000 players a week
Amazon Games’ New World has seemingly dropped around half of its one million playerbase since it launched a month ago. According to Forbes (opens in new tab), an analysis of the data freely available on SteamCharts (opens in new tab) suggests the MMO has been losing around 135,000 players a …
Read More »Amazon fixes New Worlds global chat exploit
Amazon has now addressed an issue that was crashing games every time someone sent images – and worse – via its global chat client. “Earlier today, we discovered an issue where players were able to post images and other links in the chat that resulted in unsavory behavior,” explained community …
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