One year on, is it everything the game needs to satisfy long-time fans and attract newcomers?

But I fell off the game not long into its release, and earlier than I did other MMOs.

Enter Brimstone Sands, which hits the PTR on the 1st September.

Two armoured warriors and a mage race towards the screen in New World’s new Brimstone Sands area.

And perhaps I simply hadn’t reached the good stuff.

“We’re not allowed to talk about this.

Obviously, there was a low afterwards, you know, and we’ve never liked to see that.

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But I think that’s natural with MMOs”, Verfaille says.

And will that quest variety convert those who figured the game wasn’t for them?

A lot remains to be seen.

A Roman-garbed warrior wanders through a Brimstone Sands settlement in New World.

A Roman-garbed warrior holds a greatsword aloft in New World’s Brimstone Sands area.

A bowman and another warrior square off against small dragons in New World’s Brimstone Sands area.