Amazon Officially Ends Development of New World

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Amazon is winding down its still-popular New World MMO amid mass layoffs
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 Xbox Series X/S just over a year ago. "After four years of steady content updates and a major new console release,

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New World: Aeternum to end support amid reported Amazon layoffs

While the servers will keep the game running through 2026, the MMO will cease to receive new content after Season 10 ends.

As Amazon kills New World, League of Legends co-creator and Riot co-founder puts a call out for "star devs" from the MMO: "We’re always on the lookout for S-tier talent"

Fantasy MMO New World got the death knell from Amazon this week, as the company announced season 10 would round out updates to the game amid wider layoffs affecting some 14,000 jobs. Players and devs alike are commiserating, and now a co-founder of Riot Games has put out a call for the talent who are seeking their next gig.

Amazon isn't closing MMO New World right away, but it won't guarantee the life of the game past 2026

I imagine the biggest question people who've put hundreds or thousands of hours into Amazon's MMO New World have right now is: are all my efforts about to be wiped? Is the game about to go offline, and close?
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