New World Dev Update Addresses Player Friction & Teases Upcoming Storyline

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A New World developer update recently detailed several changes coming to Amazon Games' massively multiplayer online role-playing game. The unique MMORPG, which launched back in September 2021, allows large communities of players to explore and settle the fictional world of the Aeternum Island. While New World's first weekendtopped concurrent players on Steam, the game has since declined in popularity due to a lack of updates.

Before and shortly after launch, New World was lauded as a truly immersive and in-depth online multiplayer experience. While the game's MMORPG mechanics allow a large huge collection of gamers to play together on one sever, unique mechanics like real-time combat and a simulated economy helped the Amazon Games project stand out. Players in New World fight in fast-paced battles, using a variety of different weapons and tactics, and the economy system can create realistic inflation and deflation within each server. Unfortunately, recurring glitches, missing features and the lack of a content roadmap made New World's playercount drop after launch and it has never fully recovered.

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A lengthy developer update from Amazon Games, posted to YouTube, gives players a breakdown of the changes coming to New World in February 2022. Several features that caused friction for players, like fast travel cost, will be adjusted to be more player-friendly. Movement and combat will become smoother, and New World's realistic economy has been boasted through the generation of more coin. The developer also teases the next arc of the New World story, which will see new villains rise while old friends and foes make a return. The full New World February 2022