US EditionNew World Saved? Don't Bet On It, But Rust Dev Cheekily Offers $25 Million To Make It Happen
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“Games Shouldn’t Die”: Someone Offered Amazon $25 Million to Buy Its Biggest Flop Before It’s Gone
Someone is reportedly ready to pay Amazon a fortune to buy its biggest failure before it gets shut down for good. Facepunch Studios’ director of operations, Alistair McFarlane, is willing to put $25 million on the table for New World: Aeternum. Amazon’s push into video games was bold and ambitious, even if the results were often inconsistent. While the company’s long-term plan started back in 2014 with the creation of Amazon Game Studios, the …
Amazon to shut New World: Aeternum down on Jan. 31, 2027, Rust lead offered to buy it
Amazon Games has announced that it will shut New World: Aeternum down on Jan. 31, 2027. The MMO will be taken offline across PC and consoles. Amazon also delisted the game on Jan. 15, 2026, so it’s no longer available for new purchases, but the current players will be able to continue playing for a year.
At the end of October 2025, Amazon announced that it would release 30,000 employees.
It was supposed to be a success for Amazon and its Game Studios, but it could never really get through. Despite knitting on consoles and simplifying the control system, New World: Aeternum is finally over in a year.
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