New World Preview – Is it Worth Getting Excited for?

Amazon made an announcement on August 20th that they’ll be holding an open preview for their upcoming MMORPG “New World,” on August 25, 2020 at 9:00 AM PT (12:00 PM ET) through until September 4, 2020 at 11:59 PM PT (September 5, 2020 at 2:59 AM ET).

Eligible participants will be able to log in over the course of that period and play the game – but not only that, they’ll finally be able to not only stream, but record footage without an NDA barring the sharing of footage. This is new, as up until this point there was an embargo on any information not released from Amazon themselves. Alpha Testers and Beta Sign Ups will be allowed access from August 25th-29th over the course of 5 waves, with Amazon 2016 Pre-order Customers, Amazon Pre-order Customers and Steam Pre-order Customers being allowed in directly as the game opens on August 25th in the first wave.

This is the largest test phase they’ve held yet, and will not be their final test phase as they’ve mentioned that while there will be no NDA currently in place, the next Alpha test – yes, Alpha test, not Beta test, is going to have an NDA in place. So we’re currently uncertain specifically what will be altered between this Preview, the next Alpha, any following tests and the final version of the game. Additionally, they’ve opened up a Content Creator Program for influencers interested in partnering with Amazon – something I’m sure that will be of great benefit to various content creators like yourselves.

Pre-registering for New World and gaining access to the game is easy. Simply click the button below to be taken directly to the official New World Steam page where you can pre-register, pre-purchase and then pre-download the game in advance.

Whether or not New World will ultimately be worth playing remains a mystery, but hopefully we’ll at least get a small glimpse into what the game has to offer during the preview window.

New World is scheduled to release next year in 2021.