"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 has announced that its MMO game New World will be shut down come the end of January 2027.

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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).

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

New World: Aeternum, Amazon’s MMORPG set in a land where everyone’s functionally immortal, is soon to be six feet under. Despite spending an estimated $200m on this online game, Amazon is shutting ...

Amazon has announced that its ill-fated MMO New World will be shutting down next year, but you'll still be able to enjoy it in the interim.

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 Games is shutting down the MMO New World in January 2027, and now a gaming industry veteran, Facepunch COO Alistair McFarlane, has offered to buy it. And while the Rust developer may not be ...

New World Aeternum is going offline in January 2027, but the COO of Rust creator Facepunch Studios is keen to avoid that happening but offering $25 million to save the game.

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 ...