"New World was once the crown jewel in Amazon's rising gaming ambitions. Developed in-house, the MMO initially exploded in popularity on Steam and seemed to have decent legs in notoriously competitive genre. Less than five years later it's officially being killed. Servers will go offline in January 2027. The news has prompted a reaction from many who are tired of big games vanishing so quickly after launch, including an executive at Rust maker Facepunch Studios."
""25m, final offer Amazon Games," the London-based company's COO, Alistair McFarlane, wrote in response to the news on X. "Games should never die," he added, before going on to juxtapose Amazon's approach to online games with Facepunch's. "As with everything we do at Facepunch, empower the community." when someone asked what the Rust maker buying New World would look like. "Give them control, make servers publicly hostable. A game will live forever in the hands of a dedicated community.""
"The writing for New World has been on the wall since last fall. Despite recently releasing new updates and seasonal content changes appearing to come and go as planned, Amazon announced in late October that the game would be going on life support with no meaningful additions planned in the future. The servers would remain open and operating "through 2026" to allow the community "time to continue their adventures in Aeternum.""
New World launched as Amazon Games' in-house MMO and initially surged in popularity on Steam. Less than five years after launch, Amazon announced that servers will shut down in January 2027. The announcement provoked strong community reaction and offers from industry peers, including Facepunch Studios' COO who proposed a $25 million bid and urged community empowerment and publicly hostable servers. Amazon previously moved the title to "life support" in late October with no major additions planned, promising servers would run through 2026 to allow players time to continue. An un-attributed blog post thanked players and acknowledged the game's closure.
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