“Our vision for New World is to create a game where PvP and PvE play styles will not just coexist but will complement each other,” they say. The new “This Is Aeternum” trailer that arrived today does prove one thing: it does still look pretty. It’s a very curated look at the game, of course, but the action combat does look like it might be nice and fast now too. New World was expected to launch last August, but got moved back to this year so that the team could continue “scrutinizing our feature list, taking input from our Alpha audience, and listening to what they enjoyed (or didn’t!) about the current game,” AGS said at the time. They ran a closed beta for players around the time that it had been scheduled to launch last year and have been in closed alpha since. “Remember, launch is Day 1,” AGS say about New World. “It is just the beginning for us, and we will continue to grow Aeternum, add features, and partner with our players to shape New World.” I hope that’s truer for New World than it was for Crucicble. May they have a good launch day—or as good a launch day as any MMO can have, I suppose. New World is entering closed beta on July 20th, which you can sign up for on their website. The game launches in full on August 31st on Steam for £35/€40/$40.
