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Amazon Is Shutting Down New World Next Year
Amazon will disable in-game purchases by July 20, 2026, and all New World servers will shut down by January 31, 2027, ending its MMO support.
- In late October, Amazon put New World on life support with no meaningful additions planned, keeping servers operational through 2026 and shutting them down on January 31, 2027.
- Amazon’s pivot away from internal development prompted mass layoffs last fall, cutting projects including a Lord of the Rings MMO while leaving some titles’ status unconfirmed.
- Facepunch’s COO Alistair McFarlane offered `25m, final offer Amazon Games` on X, suggesting community hosting with publicly hostable servers to `empower the community`.
- Beginning July 20, 2026 purchases will be disabled, and Amazon thanked players of New World for their dedication while fans reacted with surprise at the shutdown.
- Amid the shutdown, Amazon will publish Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis this year, while community questions arise about unlocking cash transactions as the game winds down.
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Amazon’s New World: Aeternum MMO will shut down next year
Amazon has announced that the servers for New World: Aeternum, one of the company's MMOs, will be shut down on January 31st, 2027. The game will also be delisted and no longer available for purchase starting today, January 15th. Last year, Amazon announced that it would be pivoting away from MMOs to put more of a focus on party games, and the company said at the time that it wouldn't be releasing new content for New World: Aeternum and that the …
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Leaning Left3Leaning Right0Center2Last UpdatedBias Distribution60% Left
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