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Aeternum will be buzzing with activity next week when New World brings back its surprisingly popular Springtide Bloom event for another round of spring-themed quests and activities. This year’s event will run from April 17 through April 30 with new rewards up for grabs and old rewards making a comeback. “Help the enigmatic Bloom Herald unravel the mysteries of the [...]

If you were expecting the New World dev team to have polished Season of the Guardian to a gleaming shine during its month-long delay, then you’re in for a big disappointment. Players started complaining about the all of the season’s new features as soon as it was out of the gate, noting map issues, weird running animations, changed character faces, [...]

New World’s fifth seasonal content update is now live as Season of the Guardian finally lands on the open-world MMORPG’s servers after being delayed for nearly a month, time that Amazon used to work out the kinks in the season’s new combat and animation systems, a.k.a. the Slayer Script. With the beginning of the new season, max-level players can now [...]

New World will be kicking off Season of the Guardian in a few days and Amazon is giving players a glimpse of every reward on offer in both its free and paid season passes. Amazon is probably the only developer I know who gives a full rundown of season pass rewards, and it’s all in the name of the studio’s [...]

New World might not be getting an expansion this year but at least its still getting regular updates with Amazon poised to reveal something big in June. While waiting, you might want to check out the team’s latest dev blog which shares some interesting statistics from one of the open-world MMORPG’s most challenging Expeditions, the Empyrean Forge. Players were apparently [...]

There’s been quite a bit of grumbling from the New World community following the nearly month-long delay of Season of the Guardian and Amazon’s recent revelation that it won’t be releasing an expansion this year. Game director Scot Lane, senior gameplay engineer Scott Geiser, and live lead Katy Kaszynski address those concerns and the big reveal coming in June in [...]

The wait for New World’s next season is nearly over as the long-delayed Season of the Guardian finally gets a launch date of April 2. The new season and its accompanying update was initially scheduled to arrive earlier this month, but was pushed back to fine-tune the Upgraded Combat and Animation systems, a.k.a. the Slayer Script. Season 5 will also [...]

MMO players are going to be busy next week as some of the most popular MMOs prepare to roll out their respective updates. Unfortunately, that will no longer include New World’s Season of the Guardian as Amazon Game Studios pushes back the season launch indefinitely for more work and fine-tuning based on feedback gathered from testers. “To better address your [...]

Amazon Game Studios is gearing up for the start of a New World’s fifth season next week with a preview of its frosty new seasonal trial and the dangers and rewards waiting within. Season 5: Season of the Guardians will introduce the brand-new Winter Rune Forge Trial. Like the Hatchery, it will feature team-based puzzles that players will have to [...]

Season of the Guardian has been live on the New World test server for quite some time now and Amazon has taken time to address some of the major feedback it’s received. Once again, it mostly has to do with balance as the studio reveals in its latest Forged in Aeternum video. First up is the Slayer Script, a soon-to-be [...]