Stop me if you’ve heard of this one yet, but Amazon is slowing down again New world. The company will launch the upcoming MMO, which is expected to appear this spring, on August 31, 2021. Since the title was pushed back in July, Game Director Scot Lane has said that Amazon Game Studios has identified some very compelling features that just would not meet the release period that the developer announced last year. The team believes that these features are ‘transformative’, so it takes extra time to get them ready for launch. Meanwhile, he plans to continue testing alpha, with an open beta starting on July 20th.
To say New world had a bumpy road to release would be an understatement. When it was first announced, Amazon said the game will enter. Then the release pushed back to the summer before Amazon Game Studios said it would take almost a full year to add more mid- and end-game content.
It is also safe to say that there is a lot of pressure on Amazon Game Studios to deliver a commercial and critical success. New world‘s previous delay occurred one week after Amazon took the unusual step of . Three months later, he announced that it was stopping. Despite the setbacks, he was recently dedicated to the studio. “Some businesses start in the first year, and others take many years,” he said. “Although we have not yet consistently managed to succeed in Amazon Game Studios, I believe we will do so if we hang in there.”