Amazon Games announced that its New World massively multiplayer online game will have a beta test available on July 23. It also showed the combat system.
During the PC Gaming Show today, Amazon Games announced that its New World massively multiplayer online game will be available as a closed beta July 23. The company also revealed new details about the combat system for the colonial era online game. The game has been in development for years, and it represents a big test of Amazon’s move into the game industry, following the May launch of its Crucible team shooter game.
The closed beta will be the New World’s first massive test. It will be for players who have preordered the game. The open world MMO will launch August 25 on PC. The alpha version has already been available for about 19 weeks, said David Verfaillie, New World’s head of player experience, in an interview with GamesBeat.
“The big thing we want to see is how the game holds up at scale,” Verfaillie said. “We want to know how the servers hold up, how lag-free the play will be, and if the frame rate is good. We’re going to get a lot of information about how it plays.”
Amazon is also debuting the combat tree and the way that battles unfold as the players take each other on and battle the environment. The game pits players in three different factions against each other and the haunted wilderness of Aeternum, a mysterious island in the twilight of the Age of Exploration.
