This oft-forgotten Amazon MMO has a new version headed to consoles and PC

What you need to know

• New World is an MMO made by Amazon Games released on PC back in 2021. When I played it, I enjoyed its visuals and its streamlined third-person combat systems but disliked the bland PvE and quest design.
• Now, it’s getting a second wind thanks to New World: Aeternum, a re-release of the game that bundles all of its content into one package, improves it in various ways, and brings it to Xbox Series X|S and PS5 consoles. It will be available on PC as well.
• New World: Aethernum is scheduled to launch on October 15, 2024, with preorders available for the console versions now.
• Amazon Games says in addition to including all of New World, Aeternum will enhance it with “a fully revamped storytelling approach with enhanced dialogue, in-game cinematics and pre-rendered scenes, the first-ever large-scale PvP zone, a challenging 10-player raid, new end-game solo trials, and more.”

I’m not much of an MMO guy outside of Final Fantasy 14 (Destiny 2 doesn’t really count), but one that I had a decent time playing through a few years back is Amazon Games’ New World. With its vibrant tropical island setting, unique 16th Century-meets-fantasy aesthetic, streamlined third-person combat systems, and fun 100-player PvP, it stood out to me as an MMO you could jump into if you didn’t want to engage with a steep grind and just wanted to have some casual fun.

I criticized the game for bland PvE, archaic chore-like quest designs, and way too much running in my 2021 review, and ultimately didn’t stick with it because of those issues. You might like it more than I did, though, and if you’re on console, you’ll soon have the opportunity to try it. That’s because a “definitive edition” version of New World dubbed New World: Aeternum was announced with a new trailer during Summer Game Fest 2024, and it’s headed to Xbox Series X|S and PS5 as well as PC later this year on October 15.