The interest in New World is more than evident: its closed beta almost reaches 200,000 active players
It didn’t take long for Amazon Games’ new MMO to become the most watched game on Twitch.
New World , the most recent project from Amazon Game Studios , has just started its closed beta on Steam and you can see that there was a desire to play it. After generating a lot of interest during the last Summer Game Fest , players have started to test it as soon as it began its new closed beta phase, reaching 200,000 active players after just a few hours after starting this test.
New World surpassed 720,000 viewers on Twitch.If you visit the Steam database , you will see that the number continues to rise. On Twitch , the game surpassed 720,000 viewers , although there’s a reason behind this number: it’s due to free giveaways dropped by some New World streamers. Still, becoming the most watched video game on this platform is not an easy achievement to achieve, beating ever-popular games like League of Legends and Fortnite .
The New World closed beta will continue until August 2 . If you are one of those who have obtained a key and have accessed this test, remember that all progress will be eliminated once you reach the official launch of the title.
With these figures, New World aims to be an aggressive contender in the MMORPG genre , which is dominated by titles such as Final Fantasy XIV and World of Warcraft . If it no longer suffers any further delays , the title will arrive exclusively on PC on August 31st .
