Amazon MMO New World Has Just a Year to Live, Rust Dev Offers to Buy It

Amazon has announced that its MMO, New World, will be officially taken offline from all platforms on January 31, 2027.
GameSpew

New World: Aeternum, Amazon’s MMORPG about immortality, is being killed off

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 ...

"Games should never die": Rust dev offers $25M to save Amazon's MMO New World

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 ...

Rust director offers Amazon $25 million to save its dying MMO New World

Could Amazon's dying MMO New World be saved? The director of the fan-favorite survival game Rust is offering $25 million to ...
Kotaku

Amazon’s Once Massively Popular MMO Is Going On Life Support

New World at one point had over a million concurrent players on Steam, but will no longer get new content updates in 2026 Amazon Amazon Game Studios MMO New World Amazon Game Studios has announced ...