New World preorders are available now on Steam. In fact, you can find it there but you can’t yet find it on Amazon which is a bit odd considering the MMORPG is being made by Amazon. Along with the preorder being available we have a bit of an idea of when the game will be launching. Or rather, we know that it will be on Steam in 2020 with a closed beta in April.
There had been some concern about New World’s future after the alpha was taken offline in May for a major revamp of its features. News on the game then went completely quiet and concerns that development on the game had quietly ended started to rise. It would seem those concerns were unfounded though.
It isn’t clear from the little information about the game on Steam what changes Amazon made to the game while it was offline. It’s likely we will have to wait until the beta has started to find that out. What we do know is that the game will use third party DRM.
There are two options for New World preorders, Deluxe and Standard. The standard version comes with closed beta access, Isabella’s Amulet, a unique title, the Fist Bump Emote, and a guild crest set. The Deluxe Edition has everything from the preorder plus: Woodsman Armor Skin, Woodsman Boarding Axe Skin, Mastiff House Pet, Rock/Paper/Scissors Emote, and a New World digital artbook.
