Amazon delays its MMO, New World, once again

As for the reason, the development team explained on Twitter, which you can read below:

As we've already mentioned, New World has been one of the most delayed games in recent memory.

Amazon initially planned to release the game in May 2020 before delaying it to August 25, 2020. After this, Amazon decided to delay the game again to spring 2021, before announcing that its release date has been moved for the third time to August 31.

At this point, we wouldn't blame you if you thought that the September 28 release date is just a placeholder that's inevitably going to be moved.

If it's any consolation, Amazon's New World isn't the only game plagued by multiple delays. Another big title from a large studio in Ubisoft's Skull & Bones only just reached its Alpha stage after being in development for a decade.

Also, Blizzard has decided to push back the release date of Diablo Immortal to early 2022, so that it can work on improving the game based on player feedback received following its latest test run.

It appears that more studios are becoming unafraid of delaying their games if it means that it gives them more time to work out all the kinks. Maybe the utter disaster that was the launch of Cyberpunk 2077 helped them in coming to this realisation.

Here's to hoping that gamers are still willing to give New World a fair chance when and if it does release on September 28.