Interview: New World Celebrates Its Second Anniversary With A Look Back, And A Look At What's To Come
New World is poised to have a fantastic fall if everything the team is planning comes together. From the launch of its upcoming expansion next month, Rise of the Angry Earth, to completing its task of fully revamping the leveling process by years' end, New World is building towards its future.
Today, the team celebrates its second anniversary, launching on Steam in September 2021 after multiple delays and changes. Starting out as more of a survival crafting PvP game, New World was forged into what we know it as today: an open-world MMO with PvE and PvP elements.
Amazon Game Studios' path to the two-year anniversary of New World was anything but easy, though. When the MMO was delayed out of August 2020, the main reason was to build out more content and dramatically shift the focus from the survival crafting roots it had always had to a more traditional MMO. But even then, when the MMO did finally launch on September 28th, 2021, there were still many players who found what was there in New World lacking overall.
As the one who reviewed New World for our site, the lack of compelling storytelling was one of my biggest complaints. With a forgettable storyline initially, made even more forgettable by the repetitive and monotonous grind, New World was hard to recommend to anyone who wanted a great story-driven MMO. And it was a shame because the world is so ripe for storytelling.
While some of the characters left a lot to be desired, the initial story threads, from uncovering the source of the Lost and the Corruption, to contending with Captain Thorpe and, eventually, Isabella, were strong hooks that were ready to be broadened.
However, the team hunkered down, listened to feedback, and iterated over time, building New World into
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