Summary
Fans are speculating that Amazon’sNew WorldMMORPG could be coming to consoles soon after someone spotted a PlayStation Store listing that was mistakenly posted and quickly taken down.New Worldis Amazon’s first attempt at an MMORPG on PC, which launched in 2021 — it garnered a lot of buzz that has since subsided.
While it’s far from the record numbers of active players from a few years ago,New Worldis still chugging along, having just released its fifth season. Amazon continues to pumpnew story content and regular seasonal events inNew Worldto entice fans to keep playing, signifying that the player base is at a healthy level.
New World Has Been Optimizing The Controller Experience
Perhaps to prepare for a possible console port,New Worldhas also introduced controller optimization in its Season 5 update, making for a better experience for those who don’t prefer the usual keyboard and mouse setup. Despite this, no one seemingly had raised the notion that the game would show up on consoles, but it makes sense in hindsight due to thegrowing prevalence of controller-using PC players.
Aside fromNew World,Amazon is trying its hand once againat another MMORPG withThrone and Liberty, one that it hopes can do better in the genre. WhileNew Worldisn’t a downright failure, it still ended up being underwhelming; fortunately, the company will have had nearly three years of lessons to learn and apply in its new endeavor. IfNew World Aeternumturns out to be an entirely different game, however, it can still have a shot at making the franchise live up to its initial potential. The move to PlayStation, one of the most popular platforms among gamers around the world — especially when it comes to multiplayer gaming, may end up being the shot in the arm that it needs.
New World
WHERE TO PLAY
Explore a thrilling, open-world MMO filled with danger and opportunity where you’ll forge a new destiny for yourself as an adventurer shipwrecked on the supernatural island of Aeternum. Endless opportunities to fight, forage, and forge await you among the island’s wilderness and ruins. Channel supernatural forces or wield deadly weapons in a classless, real-time combat system, and fight alone, with a small team, or in massed armies for PvE and PvP battles—the choices are all yours.CARVE YOUR DESTINYFor thousands of years, Aeternum has been the source of fantastical legends—and now you’ve found it. Shipwrecked and without supplies or allies, you’ll need to make your way in a dangerous world where supernatural power has changed all the rules. In such a land, your destiny is whatever you make of it.SWORDS, GUNS & SORCERYArm yourself with brutal melee weapons, ranged artillery, or supernatural powers and jump into New World’s classless, real-time action combat system. As you progress you’ll be able to determine what you want your gameplay experience to be like—will you act as a protective shield on the front lines of battle? Will you sling spells to support your allies from a safe distance? Only you’re able to decide.
