New World Aeternum Season 8 has Hardcore worlds with super-fast progression

While New World’s overhaul and expanded relaunch as New World Aeternum was meant to re-establish the MMO as one of the genre leaders, the initial excitement for it has been wilting. On Steam at least, player counts have been gradually tailing off ever since the initial Aeternum spike last year, but with the game’s upcoming Season 8 update, it’s introducing some high-risk, high-reward gameplay in new Hardcore worlds and testing out plenty of new PvP experiences too.