After Amazon Games failed to crack the MOBA genre with the poorly received Crucible, the company dusted itself off and went back to the drawing board. With New World, the company’s upcoming release, Amazon Games looks to break into another popular genre: the MMO.
Before you consider preordering this upcoming PC game, you should find out if your rig can run the title. Read on for that. More importantly, you should proceed with caution if your gaming PC houses a Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 GPU.
Why the New World Hype?
New World takes you to Aeturnum, a magical island where you battle for (or against) human, ghost and zombie, and angry earth elemental factions. However, all factions must contend with the Corrupted and the nigh-unstoppable Tempest force that are trying to consume the new and old worlds.
Instead of releasing a game with almost no fanfare behind it, Amazon Games spent a considerable amount of time creating a user base through extensive alpha and beta testing. People who preordered New World are currently enjoying the closed beta, and based on those beta impressions, Amazon Games may have something cooking with this MMO.
Where Can You Buy New World?
New World is available for preorder on Steam for $39.99, and will unlock on Aug. 31, 2021. If you preorder the game before Aug. 2, you can participate in the closed beta. Amazon Games also offers a $49.99 New World deluxe edition that includes the beta, a digital artbook, and cosmetic items, such as skins, emotes and pets.
New World’s Minimum System Requirements
- OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
- CPUCPU: 3GHz AMD CPU (with four physical cores) / Intel Core i5-2400
- Memory: 8GB RAM
- GPUGPU: AMD Radeon R9 280 / Nvidia GeForce GTX 670
- VRAM: 2048MB RAM
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage Space: 50GB
New World’s Recommended System Requirements
- OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1400 / Intel Core i7-2600K
- Memory: 16GB RAM
- GPU: AMD Radeon R9 390X / Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
- VRAM: 4096MB RAM
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage Space: 50GB
How Can You Play New World?
New World lacks gamepad support—it’s a MMO, after all. There’s no word from Amazon Games regarding virtual reality functionality, and it’s probably unlikely given the genre. However, if VR is added to New World, this page will be updated to reflect the new minimum requirements.
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