Amazon’s MMO New World gets a third delay

The MMO has been pushed back more than a year.

Amazon Game Studios has delayed its upcoming MMORPG New World once again, this time pushing it to August 31, 2021.

New World was previously delayed from May to August 2020, and it was more recently pushed to spring 2021. Compared to its second delay, this move to August 31 is comparatively small. Amazon is also speaking in more specific terms with regards to dates and time frames, so while this isn’t necessarily the game’s final delay, it seems that New World is coming into some form.

“We’ve been hard at work on compelling end-game features we believe are important to include at launch,” a development update explains. “These features won’t be ready for the spring timeframe that we had communicated.” Amazon Game Studios also affirmed that it’s used feedback from previous play tests to polish combat, improve quest variety, add more weapon and armor options, overhaul crafting, “and continue to add mid-game and end-game content.” This lines up with the slightly vague reasoning for the game’s previous delay.