Amazon’s next game, New World scheduled to launch on August 31

As we move into 2021, a harsh reality is emerging for gamers is the major delays are huge. During 2021 forecasts, this is a very real possibility due to the long-term effects of the COVD-19 epidemic.

While some of the 2020 releases were rearranged, those games were largely near the end of their development cycle. The real interest was what the epidemic in sports meant which was not quite far off.

That company is rapidly becoming a reality. With some of the big games of the year going down the line or next year, delays are coming down left and right. This leads to a much thinner release schedule than fans initially expect to go into an exciting year for the game. Here is a roundup of all the major video game delays that have occurred so far.

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Not even Amazon is free from the current game delay wave, though that may have less to do with COVID-19 than it does for other games on this list.

The company has been trying to break into gaming for quite some time now, with weak results. Its free-to-play multiplayer game Crucible had a particular rocky life span after it was put back into beta and then outright canceled.

Amazon’s next game, New World, is having similar problems. Originally scheduled to launch this spring, the game has now been pushed back to August 31.

Amazon says the decision was made in order to ensure the game had a proper endgame when it launched, so it’s likely the studio is trying to avoid the same pitfalls games that Marvel’s Avengers hit at launch. A closed beta for the game is now scheduled to open on July 20.