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

Date is set for the end of Amazon Games' first-ever large-scale MMORPG, New World: Aeternum, which has now been delisted.

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Aeternum is set to be shut down in the next year, but another developer might save the MMO from being shuttered.

He's got some allies, too. "If you need tips about buying cancelled games, lmk," says Simon Collins-Laflamme, director of ...

Amazon Game Studios head seemingly out ...

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

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 cut 14,000 jobs (and is suspected to potentially hit 30,000), and with it, its massively multiplayer online (MMO) game ambitions went straight into the trash. Not only did New World get ...

In a post clarifying the future of the game, following the October announcement that Amazon is moving away from MMO development and ending service on New World, it’s now been confirmed that the game ...

Amazon has reached a deal with Embracer Group, the company that holds the IP rights for "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit," to release a massively multiplayer online (MMO) game based on the ...

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.