The latest delay comes shortly after the closed beta ended on August 3 and was announced via the game’s official Twitter account.
As for the reason, the development team explained on Twitter, which you can read below:
😊 Thanks again for participating in the Closed Beta. — New World (@playnewworld) August 4, 2021 As we’ve already mentioned, New World has been one of the most delayed games in recent memory. At this point, we wouldn’t blame you if you thought that the September 28 release date is just a placeholder that’s inevitably going to be moved. Also, Blizzard has decided to push back the release date of Diablo Immortal to early 2022, so that it can work on improving the game based on player feedback received following its latest test run. It appears that more studios are becoming unafraid of delaying their games if it means that it gives them more time to work out all the kinks. Maybe the utter disaster that was the launch of Cyberpunk 2077 helped them in coming to this realisation. Here’s to hoping that gamers are still willing to give New World a fair chance when and if it does release on September 28.
