Will New World get expansions?
Sarah Duran
Updated on March 20, 2026
The biggest additions are coming in Autumn, around New World's one-year anniversary. The world map will be expanded with the Brimstone Sands region, and players will have access to another new weapon with its own moveset and ability trees: the Greatsword.
Will New World have content updates?
A new dev update video highlights Amazon's near-term plans for New World and what players can expect from future PTR releases. Amazon Games' MMORPG New World won't see any major content releases in February, with the team instead looking to focus on delivering as many bug fixes as possible.Will New World expansions cost money?
New World won't be free-to-play, as it requires a one-time purchase of $39.99 for the Standard Edition. There's also the Deluxe Edition for $49.99 which throws in some additional cosmetics and other goodies.Is Amazon fixing New World?
And you can try it now on the new public test "realm". Amazon Studios has plans to improve the end-game of its MMO, New World.Does New World fry your GPU?
Amazon says they have detected no game-breaking bugs in New World that would cause the game to kill RTX GPUs. Instead, it reiterates and confirms that it's a problem with GPU manufacturers and poor graphics card build quality.New World REBORN - Asmongold on 2022 Roadmap & Why It's So Good
Is New World a success?
The Amazon Game Studios MMO New World's launch was a massive success. Steam charts showed a record of over 700,000 concurrent New World players on day one, leading to huge server queues. Its all-time peak came just a few days later, at over 910,000 players.How many players are playing Lost Ark?
Lost Ark total playersWhile there's not an official player counter, Amazon and Smilegate have announced the game passed 20 million players as of March 8. It comes after the game reached a peak of 1,324,761 concurrent players on launch day for the western world.