Although New World is supposed to go offline forever in a few months, the developers at Amazon have now released an update and made many contents significantly more accessible. The community mourns.
What is this update about? On June 23, 2026, the Amazon officials took the servers of New World offline for 2 hours to implement a new update. The most important changes include:
- Diverse Steam achievements for faction missions, war victories, and invasions are granted to all players
- For the raids Hive of Gorgons, Trial of the Devourer, Winter Rune Forge, The Hatchery, and Isle of Night, you now only need a group of 5 players
- The 3vs3 arena now allows 1vs1 matches – note that the interface does not reflect this change
- The XP rate for territories has tripled
- The drop rate for Umbral has tripled
In summary, New World has once again become noticeably more accessible: You no longer need as many players to participate in raids and arenas, achieve all achievements faster, and farm Umbral and territorial experience more effectively.
The community mourns for its favorite MMORPG
How does the community react to the update? Under the developers’ post on X, there are already various comments. Some players are pleased with the increased accessibility. Others mourn the imminent end of the MMORPG.
- SAYO writes: “Thank you for the territory bonus. This helps me with the last trophy so I can finally say goodbye to my favorite game.”
- brian somerville begs the developers: “Please sell the game to someone, so we can continue to play it.”
- Also, Shivam bajaj hopes: “Please save New World.”
- Fran agrees: “The best combat system in an MMO and one of the best in the entire video game industry; please don’t let it disappear.”
- Blickyy explains: “Please don’t erase this game’s history – the beginning was rocky, but now you have a real gem. New World is still so young, the MMO community is still small, and old MMOs are still in the race. PVE and PVP felt so refreshing – the sounds, the community. Please.”
What do you think? Should the MMORPG be saved? Let us know in the comments! The end of New World is just a failure of a tech corporation that wanted to become a big player in the games industry with a lot of money. We analyzed the entire failure of Amazon in this article: Amazon wanted to be a big player in games – The end of New World completes a sad story of failure
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