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Developer Digest – August 2026

Not a lot happening this month on the game front, with no new updates from the wishlist announced. There’s a bit of a cosy chat with Katy about motorbike riding and hopes for the future of MMOs. I’ve also noticed David McKenzie has added some

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Developer Digest – July 2026

We’re about halfway to the end of New World and it’s become very quiet in the official discord, with Evolys moving on to greener pastures. The New World community has managed to find something to talk about though, with potential savior Alastair MacFarlane posting his

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Developer Digest – June 2026

As we steadily progress toward New World’s end date, I’ve had cause to appreciate this time to process and accept the end of the game. While the updates are welcome quality of life additions, each one emphasises the limited time we have left. This month,

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Developer Digest – May 2026

I guess the major happenings this month are that the perk stacking exploit has been fixed and the crash to main menu after completing an instance has also been resolved. Mutations don’t seem to be on a daily rotation yet and the AFK timer is

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Developer Digest – April 2026

We have been spoilt this month, with extra houses to decorate, and free dyes,mounts and barbershop tokens in the store. While it is wonderful to have a freedom to express ourselves, there’s a dark end of days abandon underlying the joy. A live game would

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Developer Digest – March 2026

Earlier in March, we saw a massive AMA from former Lead World Designer David McKenzie, sharing his insights about working on New World. Then, after much anticipation, the devs came through on their roadmap promises and more. We saw the first of the monthly updates,

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Developer Digest – February 2026

The skeleton crew for New World Aeternum have been working hard to produce a Road Map for some fun quality of life improvements in our final year of playing the game. We’re very excited about some of these, especially the extra Gear Slots! It sounds

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Developer Digest – January 2026

This is the first of a series of articles keeping the remaining player base updated with what’s happening in New World over the remaining year. We will provide a summary of developer comments from the official discord, along with any other news about the game.