Amazon's upcoming MMORPG New World takes the top two spots on the Steam charts this week, just under a month before its launch.
New World and its Deluxe edition take first and second place respectively, beating new releases such as The Ascent, Tribes of Midgard, and Orcs Must Die 3.
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As highlighted by industry analysis Daniel Ahmad, New World's early success is likely due to the fact that anyone who pre-orders gains access to the Beta. That deal ends this week, so it's unsurprising that it gave the pre-orders a final boost.
At its peak, the Beta hit 200,000 players, but this was somewhat overshadowed at first by some players accusing the game of frying their graphics card. Amazon strongly denied this claim, but many reports surfaced nevertheless.
This is the second week New World has made it to the top of the charts, but other games haven't been so lucky. Big titles such as Red Dead Redemption 2 and Days Gone have been knocked off completely. On the other hand, Grand Theft Auto 5 is clinging on, as it always seems to, and other old hits such as Battlefield 1 and Hitman 2 Gold Edition are back. Ahmad points out that these older games have benefitted from recent sales, putting them back in the running against new releases.
New World launched August 31, 2021, exclusively on PC.
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