The post wasn’t all bad news though. The Preview Event from August 2020 was extremely beneficial for the studio thanks to feedback from players. Based on that, the studio has already made substantial changes to the game including improved combat, expanding weapon and armor variety, overhauled the crafting system, and continued to add content to the mid and late game. Not only that, fishing was added to the game and the map was expanded to include a new region called Reekwater.
In addition, New World is planning to continue its Alpha test through the next few months with EU specific servers being added on March 30. The studio is also preparing a closed beta test on July 20 for those who pre-ordered the game which include 20v20 battles called Outpost Rush, 5 player instanced adventures called Expeditions, as well as a brand new end-game zone called Ebonscale Reach.
New World is scheduled to be released on August 31, 2021 for PC.
