New World is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Amazon Games Orange County and published by Amazon Games released on September 28, 2021.[1][3][2] The game was previously scheduled to release in May 2020 and subsequently August 2021, but was delayed to its current date.[4][5] Set in the mid-seventeenth century, players colonize a fictional land modeled after the Americas.[6]
Unlike other MMORPGs, New World employs a buy-to-play business model instead of subscription.[7] The game offers microtransactions in the form of skins.
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