The open beta for Amazon Games' upcoming MMORPG New World come into being yesterday and it's already seen a wave of players delving in. Stats sites SteamDB and SteamCharts both record that New World has already seen overflow 140,000 concurrent players head to the mysterious land of Aeternum, and it is not even the weekend yet.

The New World beta launched yesterday and runs until September 12, so we're only getting an early sense of interest within the upcoming PC game prior to the weekend, when we'll very likely see even more players keen to check the waters dive in. But, so far, we've already seen peak player counts of around 141.5k on Valve's platform, in keeping with those sites' figures.

That's pretty darn eye-watering, and puts the New World open beta within the number five slot on today's most-played on Steam (going by peak player count) behind regulars CS:GO, Dota 2, PUBG, and Apex Legends, but prior other favourites like Destiny 2, larceny Auto V/Online, and newcomer New World Coins Naraka: Bladepoint.

So far that figure falls in need of the height the New World closed beta set some months back of around 200k concurrent players, but with the newest playtest now hospitable all and also the weekend ahead, it's looking perfectly possible we'll see that previous record knocked out of the park.

The New World release date is about for September 28. If you're keen for brush up for the open beta or before the massive day, make sure to test out our New World beginner's guide and best New World factions, best New World weapons, and New World levelling guides at those links for a few handy New World Gold pointers.

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