Amazon gives New World players "The Stoic" in-game title and "Waiting" emote for free to make up for terrible launch server queues

New World Horizon

New World Horizon is a 16th century role playing stand alone adventure for the PC. It features a massive open world to explore by land and sea for hunting, fishing, mining, lumbering, house construction and farming.

Amazon is giving New World players "The Stoic" in-game title and the "Waiting" emote for free to make up for the MMO's terrible launch server queues.

When New World launched last month it exploded in popularity, becoming the fifth most-popular game on Steam of all-time by concurrent players.

But Amazon struggled to cope with the enormous launch numbers, and server queue wait times ballooned.

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