What you need to know
- New World is a 2021 MMORPG from Amazon Games. Though the PC game had a hugely successful wave of initial success, it sharply fell off after a few months due to its lack of content and some issues with its gameplay and questing.
- Various post-launch updates and even a full DLC have failed to adequately address these problems and get players interested again, so Amazon Games is opting for a different approach with a full relaunch titled New World: Aeternum.
- This revamped "definitive edition" of the game will overhaul its writing and storytelling, add a large-scale PvP zone, a new 10-player raid, and more. It's also bringing New World to Xbox Series X|S and PS5 as well as PC.
- New World: Aeternum is slated to release in full on October 15, but this weekend from September 13-16, you can try it out for free on all three of the aforementioned platforms thanks to an open beta that's available to preload now.
