New World: Aeternum will soon be part of the old world. Developer Amazon Game Studios announced in a blog post Thursday that the fantasy MMO has been removed from digital storefronts and will ...

You’ll have about a year to play the game before it’s gone for good. You’ll have about a year to play the game before it’s gone for good. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Jagneaux is a writer and analyst, covering MMOs and retro games. The never-ending carousel of game industry layoffs ...

Amazon has laid off a ton of workers today, including many of its game-related teams at Amazon Game Studios. A report by an industry insider at Bloomberg revealed that over 30,000 employees are ...

Amazon Games is shutting down New World: Aeternum, announcing that the MMO will go offline on January 31, 2027. The game was delisted yesterday (January 15), though players who purchased the game ...

Amazon's historical fantasy MMO New World just celebrated its fourth anniversary, but a recent post on the game's official website reveals that the game's newest update will also be its last. Amazon ...

James Ratcliff joined Game Rant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is ...

New World: Aeternum, Amazon’s fantasy MMO, has received its final update, with the studio claiming it is “no longer sustainable” to keep pushing updates and expansions. This news coincides with ...

MMO New World: Aeternum is officially ending development but will remain online through 2026, Amazon Games has revealed. The news comes in wake of news that the company is cutting a number of jobs in ...

Four years ago, Amazon Games launched MMORPG New World. The game has been through a rollercoaster of happenings, including getting a refresh when it hit consoles as New World: Aeternum. Now, following ...

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 ...

Amazon is walking away from making new content from its MMO, New World, amid huge layoffs affecting 14,000 roles at the company. Now, there is concern over the status of its The Lord of the Rings MMO.