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

Date is set for the end of Amazon Games' first-ever large-scale MMORPG, New World: Aeternum, which has now been delisted.

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Aeternum is set to be shut down in the next year, but another developer might save the MMO from being shuttered.

New World: Aeternum arrived on PS5 back in October 2024 — and now, developer Amazon Game Studios has confirmed that it's being delisted today across all platforms (that's the 15th January, 2026).

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Amazon has cut 14,000 jobs (and is suspected to potentially hit 30,000), and with it, its massively multiplayer online (MMO) game ambitions went straight into the trash. Not only did New World get ...

Amazon this week in a message sent to staff announced it is laying off 14,000 corporate jobs that includes "significant" cuts to its video game business. Amazon Games has now officially confirmed it ...

Some years ago, Amazon paid an Erebor’s worth of gold for the rights to J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth film and TV rights. Around $1 billion in human money. In addition to feature films, this deal ...

Amazon has reportedly cancelled its second attempt at developing a Lord of the Rings MMO, following a new round of layoffs at Amazon Games. The news came from former senior gameplay engineer Ashleigh ...

A Canadian who has worked in the gaming industry for over two decades, Beck grew up on games such as Final Fantasy and Super Mario Bros. He specalizes in roleplaying games, but covers titles in almost ...

Amazon's The Lord of the Rings MMO has reportedly been cancelled, according to former senior gameplay engineer at Amazon Games Ashleigh Amrine in a now deleted LinkedIn post spotted by Rock Payer ...