14 DAY TRIAL // It looks like having a lot of money is not a recipe for success in the gaming industry. One of the world's biggest companies, Amazon went on a hiring spree a few years ago hoping for a breakthrough in the gaming world.
The US giant bet on two multiplayer games and after years in development, the results are far from what you would expect from a triple-A project. Early this month, Amazon announced that Crucible developers will go back to the drawing board and the game will be un-released. Currently, Crucible is in beta and doesn't have a release window yet.
Fast forward one week and Amazon announced that its second game, New World will no longer be launched this year. New World, the MMO that should have been released on August 25, was initially delayed from its May 2020 release date and April 2020 beta date.
In a message to its fans, New World's developer revealed that after examining the feedback received over the last several months, it decided to move the launch date of the game to next year.
“When we examined the feedback we received over the last several months from our Alpha audience, we saw that players like the game and they would like to see even more of it. In particular, we want to ensure that the most dedicated players have plenty of middle and endgame experiences as they venture through Aeternum. We want our players to feel completely immersed in the game, and know that our studio stands for quality and lasting gameplay you can trust — and that means added time to get things where we want them before we fully release.”
As such, New World's launch date has been changed – and correspondingly, the game's final test – to Spring 2021. Also, Amazon announced that as a thank you to the game's fans, it will offer beta sign-up and pre-order customers (plus Alpha testers) the change to play the full game of New World – in its current state, for a limited time starting on August 25.