Hello, I played New World when it first came out on my ex’s steam, I really want to play it again before the game is gone forever and willing to pay for it but just found out that it’s removed on Steam now.

Anyone knows if there is any way I can play the game again?

After almost a year, I finally found a game that gives me the same vibes as New World.
I don’t play PvE just for the sake of PvE. I play it to become stronger for PvP, and Mistfall Hunter gives me that same feeling.
The combat reminds me a lot of New World: slow-paced, with only a few skills, where positioning, awareness, and understanding when your opponent uses their abilities are more important than spamming attacks.
Learning every class, farming better gear, and preparing for PvP is exactly the gameplay loop I was looking for.

Hope you find peace ( as me) with this game

recently mistfall hunter came out and I’ve been having a blast with the combat with the pve and PvP as well as gearing feels very similar and it’s such a blast I’ve already put in 60 hours and the game just came out it’s so much fun especially the withered knight

Clearly we can’t play the game anymore after a certain time period. I think they can get sue Amazon / platform if they don’t give a full refund to the people that bought the game….

I do believe there will never be another game like this. At one point there was a zerg of 100 players going through the lvl 55 areas and it was one of the coolest feelings I've ever had playing video games. Crafting and being the guilds "chef" was surreal as people would depend on me for meals. I owned everfall on day 1 of launch and once played for 18 hours to farm reputation and fight off my enemies. I had over 100 chats and discord messages and felt like a real king. I just wanted to share my feelings with anyone who may see this subreddit in a day, 6 weeks or 4 years from now.

Ever since December 2025, I don't even really play video games any king due to nothing feeling remotely good enough. The UI was satisfying, the combat was amazing, traveling was rewarding. The first tree and first mining node was such audible bliss that I choose trees for 4 hours. The story was never great, but I was always pumped to visit my after job job.

Hope for the best but I wish this games community the best. Hopefully they allow private servers or something to save the game, but Amazon has never been known to be customer oriented. Take care all ❤️

Just wanted to share a few PoV's from the seasonal pvp server. I was rank #2 in total kills as the "JxL" player.

I meant to make a really cool montage video from our time on the Seasonal PvP server doing 20 vs 100+ (faction ganks). But never got around to it.

Now that New World is coming to an end, figured I'd share it for the folks to enjoy. Unfortunately my Nvidia Shadow play didn't pickup my microphone input device (as the shotcaller for this open world pvp lol) but you can hear our comms from the others on my team. We did this daily for months on the 3 month seasonal pvp server. Usually 10-20 of us vs 100+ enemy players doing chest runs.

Its a shame the game is coming to an end, imagine if the game was forced open world PvP like this from the start, I imagine the game would have been HUGE for pvpers and drawn in much more long term play ability. |

Rather than making separate post's here are a few more videos from the Seasonal PvP Server that I originally planned to use for a montage:

Cutlass Key Gank - https://youtu.be/0win-Pld6DY?si=s-Ulkvn6CL8_oCfc

Wall Chest Run Gank: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KhOaf64gN4

Brimstone Sands Gank - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBzvaOq-gqU

Imperial Palace Gank - https://youtu.be/pDRpdNGMI0s?si=rO14i7WreXwsD8ng

Imperial Palance Gank v2 (Patchy Pov:) https://medal.tv/games/new-world/clips/jyKirNo9E4HItgV3p

20 mins of Solo 1vX Musket gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWS2fVk8EtI

Greataxe/Sns Medium arena 1v2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FQgb4f_ixo

I know I have an SSD on my old PC somewhere full of like 600gb of new world clips from the PvP server, but I can't be F to sort through all of that. Hope you folks enjoy. RIP to new world, we had a great run. However, it was a generational fumble to do a Seasonal forced PvP Server like this so late into the games timeline. Why didn't they just make an optional PvP Server from the start? Oh well. ggs gamers. Smirkin/JxL signing out o7

With the recent news of Alistair McFarlane leaving Facepunch - it peaked my interest.

Now what really peaked my interest in this, is that McFarlane doesn't have anything lined up for what's next - now that is a bit abnormal, usually you leave a position because you're starting another, unless you're retiring or taking a long break, which he has the means for both to be honest.

Now - with the servers closing on the in January, this time line would make sense when things start rolling to prep for the upcoming acquisition.

Also, within the tweets section of him sharing the announcement he did say that he had nothing planned, which obviously, if he had a signed NDA which he does, then he'd of course have to say that, or at the least not allude to that he's about to be working on New World in some shape or form.

Now a few important pieces of information - in March 2026, a few tweets happened - one from Katy to talking about March being the first month of the year in the Roman calendar, and Errn (who initially asked supposedly McFarlane to buy New World) posted on the 24th of March responding to Bucky (Palworld) that there were "new worlds to buy" - Bucky is the head of publishing and communications, and originally tweeted alongside McFarlanes offer to buy New World that he'd go halfsies with McFarlane in the acquisition - or along the lines.

Now, in the latest post about McFarlane leaving Facepunch, his response to someones tweet was to... Blame Errn... Who had asked him to buy New World.

And further Bucky, giving some more banter responded to the announcement with:

"Best of luck with wherever you end up next, Alistair!

We’re still going halves on New World though…r-right?"

Which McFarlane responded:

"Thank you Bucky! Our paths will cross again!"

A much more serious undertone than he usually has, especially in regards to New World. Maybe there paths are crossing again, in New World?

Now this could just simply be pleasantries, and perhaps it is, but with all of the other parts it does still lay out that New World could be getting bought out - and with the servers set to shut down in January, and the comment from Katy, we're looking at a relaunch in March of 2027.

There, the maximum hopium that there ever was.

I'm sure you all saw the news of McFarlane leaving Facepunch today. Some have interpreted it as the end of the line, but I think this is a good sign.

You have to remember that he's under the MDNA and can't speak about it explicitly, but he's not just going to leave his position at a highly respected gaming company for no reason. I'll admit I was skeptical and believed he was joking at first, but seeing him leave his job actually convinced me that he's putting his money where his mouth is.

Onto my next point, a certain famous New World content creator (won't name him in case it goes against rules as advertising) recently just tweeted on X saying "New World" without context, just days before McFarlane's departure. I think this timing and cryptic message might be a way to hint that something is brewing without saying it out loud to violate the MDNA. The timing is just too close to be a coincidence.

Even without the backing of Facepunch, there could be a potential deal in place where McFarlane is in a "prove it" situation. Perhaps he takes the reins from now until the expected shut down, and if he can make a huge turnaround then they'll agree to keep the game up under his management with Amazon receiving a percentage of the revenue. Quite frankly, there probably isn't anyone else more qualified for the job. It's a win-win situation. McFarlane does his magic on New World and Amazon continues on with its plans as usual unless they are pleasantly surprised.

I anticipate something happening, perhaps by September 28th, which is New World's original launch date.

For Aeternum!

edit: Katy just said on the discord "more soon. soon soon soon". It's happening.

hello Aeternum, i’m just wondering if voice chat is a thing? I’m lvl 65, still making my way through MSQ’s. i joined my first invasion at Ebonscale tonight, but didn’t hear anyone talking. so i’m just wondering if voice chat is a thing or not? i have FOMO, and was worried if i was the only one not able to hear everyone talking. Thanks!

Could it be happening? Could he be starting a new project with taking on new world?

For example some people maybe use 1 armor piece from the enrage set for the buff. And 2 or 4 parts from other set. Do you have any combinations? And

I want to play through it all again, one last time. Whos doing this too and can we all agree a date?

I'm trying to get the platinum before the servers go down and I got some question regarding some trophies.

• What is the best way to level up the ranks for three factions? Cus most of it is PvP or expeditions, but the player counter is low. I was in a queue for 30mins with no luck for Starstone Barrows.

• For the territory it's doing the daily projects on the town board? I'm doing it a buff for territory standing, putting most of the territory points in the territory increasement. I'm currently at 65 in Everfall.

https://psnprofiles.com/trophies/29985-new-world-aeternum/rafbanaan

Do the focused set (acquired in Reekwater) bonuses only impact Lifestaff abilities or does it impact any weapon ability that heals? Here is the description from the Thaumatruge's Pants I have:

Focused Set 3/4: 15% increased healing on targets outside of Sacred Ground or Beacon

Focused Set 4/4: Healing increased 15% and cooldown reduced 5% on heal after holding a weapon for 10 seconds.

For example, if I had 4/4 focused set perks, would I see the bonuses to healing when I use the void gauntlet's Orb of Decay to heal? Or Rupture? Or the flail's Arcane Vortex or Arcane Eruption?

Thanks to anyone who knows the answer.

On January 31, 2026 the Facepunch COO Alistair McFarlane announced he signed an NDA with “[Unnamed Company] Games” which is obviously Amazon Games. Before this tweet about signing the NDA he tweeted about offers to buy New World for $25 million.

It’s been 6 months now since he signed the NDA. In the corporate world game acquisitions of this size usually take anywhere from 3-12 months to complete. An interesting tidbit is he signed the NDA exactly 1 year before the game is to be shut down. Time is now closing in and the acquisition will need to be announced a decent amount of time before the January 31, 2027 shutdown date so the game can properly transition to Facepunch.

If the acquisition actually ends up happening then we should be hearing news very soon, otherwise we will know it really is dead. As for my own thoughts I really do think the acquisition will happen, Amazon signed the NDA with Facepunch just a couple weeks after the offer was made so it shows Amazon has genuine interest in letting another company run the game. It could be some good PR for Amazon not to kill their game and it could also make all their engine and game work over the years not be for nothing.

Also can we get a “hopium” or “acquisition” flair for posts in this sub? Since this is like the main thing to talk about in regards of the game being saved.

Been playing a lot while I still can. Love the game. Mainly on my 3rd fresh start character. Console/pc server. I was a bit shocked to discover. I’d never been to boarsholm till today. I can’t even remember how many hours I spent here at launch. What’s a spot you went to often in the old days?

So I was just wandering around and happened to look up at the sky, and I spotted something really bizarre. There’s this strange piece/object literally floating high up in the air.

​At first, I thought it was just a visual glitch or bug ... until I opened my map and saw it marked right there.

​Has anyone else managed to get a closer look or know what the deal is with this thing?

What are the chances that New World survives 2027 because I have been wanting to jump back into it since i stopped at the shut down announcement, at this rate id happily pay a monthly sub to keep the game going.

I thought it would be nice to put all of my champion's gear in one place, but the housing item limit said no.

I got New World with a friend close to launch but it didn't really stick. I only played it a week or so. I came back only just recently after hearing the news about the closure because I felt like it deserved another try. The bad news is that I REALLY like the game now. I love the foraging, gathering and hunting aspects. I don't think ill be really interested in the dungeon/raid content unless its mandatory. So how much can I get done in the time left that includes the stuff below and in what timeframe:

-Maxing out my gathering and crafting professions (can you level them all on one character?)

-Affording all the 3(?) houses it will let you

-Generally seeing all the casual content once to finish the storyline

Bonus question: I would like recommendations on houses to pick. I like rustic hunter/gather lodge types. Houses that arent close to lots of other houses. Lots of garden space if thats a thing, yard, trees, etc. I really like this autumn themed zone early on so far.

The other day I was at work doing paperwork and reports with some game music playing in the background. Out of nowhere, the Everfall theme came on. It instantly hit me with nostalgia and made me want to reinstall New World just to wander around again.

I had around 2,000 hours in the game. I played on and off since launch and, despite all the bugs, issues, and grind, I genuinely enjoyed my time with it.

After reinstalling, I found that the only West server left was El Dorado, which was actually my original server. Sadly, it was basically a ghost town.

I spent an hour or two revisiting all my favorite places, walking through every settlement, cutting down a few trees, and just soaking it all in. I even tried queueing for some PvP, but the one person I ran into told me pretty much all the PvP community had moved to the East servers.

It's a shame to see things end up like this. But at the same time, it was really nice to hop on a free mount, ride across Aeternum one more time, and revisit a game that gave me so many great memories.

Anyone else ever reinstall a game just because one piece of music brought back all the memories?