"Games should never die." ...

Word of a mystery NDA from Alistair McFarlane, head of Rust developer Facepunch Studios, has New World players dreaming of a miracle savior.

Amazon's fantasy MMO is slated to go away for good in January 2027, unless someone—say, Facepunch COO Alistair McFarlane—rides to the rescue.

New World: Aeternum, Amazon's fantasy MMO that was once one of the most popular games, will go offline next year.

New World: Aeternum arrived on PS5 back in October 2024 — and now, developer Amazon Game Studios has confirmed that it's being delisted today across all platforms (that's the 15th January, 2026).

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You’ll have about a year to play the game before it’s gone for good. You’ll have about a year to play the game before it’s gone for good. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He ...

Amazon has laid off a ton of workers today, including many of its game-related teams at Amazon Game Studios. A report by an industry insider at Bloomberg revealed that over 30,000 employees are ...

MMO New World: Aeternum is officially ending development but will remain online through 2026, Amazon Games has revealed. The news comes in wake of news that the company is cutting a number of jobs in ...

The director of multiplayer survival game Rust is trying to save New World: Aeternum from shutting down by offering millions of dollars to Amazon.

Amazon's ambitious online role-playing game New World is headed for closure, marking the end of a turbulent chapter in the company's game development efforts. The company ...

Hartmann was a cofounder of 2K Games and served as the BioShock and Borderlands publisher’s president up until he left in 2017. He joined Amazon a year later to lead a range of studios working on ...