After joking about buying Amazon MMO New World, Rust boss says to "keep hope" as he signs NDA with an "unnamed company"

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

Amazon MMO New World has just a year to live, Rust dev offers to buy it

"Games should never die." ...
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 ...
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 ...

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 ...
Engadget

Amazon is winding down its still-popular New World MMO amid mass layoffs

Amazon Games is winding down support for New World: Aeternum amid layoffs in the division and even deeper job cuts across its parent company. The game debuted on PC in 2021 and it landed on PS5 and ...

"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 ...