New World: Aeternum Release Time - How To Preload, Server Times, And More

New World: Aeternum arrives as a sizable free update for PC players who already own the base version of New World and the DLC, The Rise Of The Angry Earth. You can download the update for the base New World on Steam during server downtime on October 14 in NA, and October 15 for EU. The times will be included below.

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For those who are playing for the first time on console, the game can be pre-downloaded ahead of the server start time in your region. You'll find information about the server times and how to preload below.

How To Preload New World: Aeternum

New World: Aeternum will be ready for pre-download for PC, Xbox, and PS5, at these times.

• Global pre-load for PC
  • October 14, 8.30 PM PT
  • October 14, 11:30 PM ET
  • October 15 5:30 AM CEST
• Global pre-load for Xbox
  • October 13, 12 AM PT
  • October 13, 3 AM ET
  • October 13, 9 AM CEST
• Pre-load for PS5
  • EU, October 13, 9AM CEST
  • Americas/Asia Pacific, October 13, 6 AM PT

New World Fresh Start Server Launch Times

From the official Amazon press release:

• All European and AP Southeast worlds across PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC will open at 12AM PT (7AM UTC) on October 15.
• All other worlds (US West, US East, and SA East) across PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC will open at 6AM PT (1PM UTC) on October 15.

Regional Server Start Times

• UK - 8 AM BST
• EU - 9 AM CEST
• AUS/NZ - 6 PM ACT

Fresh Start Server List

The full list of fresh start servers has not been announced by Amazon. We will update this section when the servers have been named.

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