New World has seen a lot of change over the past few months as the developer worked to incorporate feedback from players into the game. The combat system has been modified, quest variety has increased, fishing was added as a non-combat activity, and the crafting system saw a complete overhaul. However, it sounds like some of the end-game features aren’t quite up to standards and need a bit more time in the oven.
“We’ve been hard at work on compelling end-game features we believe are important to include at launch,” wrote the dev team. “These features won’t be ready for the Spring timeframe that we had communicated. With that in mind, we will release New World on August 31, 2021. With this extra time, we’ll be able to add these substantial improvements while polishing and fine-tuning the whole game before we open Aeternum’s shores to the world.”
In the meantime, New World’s alpha will continue in the coming months and is expected to expand to EU servers on March 30. A closed beta will follow on June 20 – if you’ve pre-ordered the game, that’s when you’ll finally have a chance to dive into the MMO action.
- Ebonscale Reach (End-game location) Expeditions (Five player instances) Outpost Rush (20 v 20 battles)
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