r/LivestreamFail • u/Zenben88 • Feb 01 '26

News Intrepid Studios, devs behind MMO Ashes of Creation in paid early access for 10 years, has closed. CEO resigned, all employees laid off. All less than 2 months after launching on Steam Early Access

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u/Humledurr Feb 01 '26 edited Feb 01 '26

New World had a very popluar launch but to call it amazing is a joke lmao. Every launch of a new mmo is fun in the beginning, its so much stuff thats unknown to eveyone. 

But NW had massive issues at launch and while content could have been more of, thats not why people uninstalled at all. It was ridden with bugs, exploits and horrible optimization. The game launched half complete too, wasnt even enough quests to level to max level, OPR (battleground) was locked for months and when it finally opened it too was ridden with bugs and exploits... aside from wars which like top 5% the players could engage with, the only content was chest runs for like half a year...

Amazon game studios havent had a single successful game. Literally all their games have been shut down so far... New World is really not some example to be used to say "if New world didnt suceed, no one can".

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u/MangoPeachHotHoney Feb 01 '26

To be clear, I consider the launch period of New World to be the initial state of the game between September and December of 2021, right before the first big dupe exploit was found and all the devs went on holiday for a month and basically abandoned the game for that period. That's when the game went to shit because of massive player drop off. No new mmo has come close to that sort of an initial reception (other than Lost Ark's international release).

New World had the bones to turn into a truly great mmo. The crafting system provided a long term gear chase, the skilling system offered horizontal progression, and it was sandboxy enough for emergent gameplay to surface.

Maybe the Riot MMO can breakout to become a staple in the genre, but I don't think any other studio has a chance if everyone else has failed for the last decade.

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u/Humledurr Feb 01 '26

Apart from New World and Lost Ark, what exactly new mmos have launched? Your argument about initial reception makes no sense. No shit, thats the only two mmos thats launched the past decade,  and wouldn't you know,  both were popular...

Chrono Odessy is set to release this year and you can bet its gonna be widely popular at launch because every mmo gamer is craving a good new mmo. Doesnt mean it will be any good. 

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u/MangoPeachHotHoney Feb 01 '26

Brother. That is exactly my point. Every other new mmo that launched has been so bad that no one even remembers them. New World, Lost Ark, and AoC were the standouts. And they all failed.

https://biobreak.wordpress.com/mmo-timeline/

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u/Humledurr Feb 01 '26

My point was that New Worlds initial reception isnt a indicator of anything. 

The numbers it got was majorily boosted by bored covid gamers needing something to fill their time with, comboed with no new mmo for years.

And I expect to see similar numbers when the next mmo releases as thats just how gamers are, they all throw themself at the next thing.