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Alistair McFarlane, COO of Facepunch Studios (Rust), publicly offered Amazon $25 million to acquire New World: Aeternum after Amazon announced its decommissioning; he argued that games should never die and suggested Facepunch would pursue a community-driven, self-hosted development model if the deal happened. With Amazon planning to keep the game running until January 2027, any IP transfer would likely not occur before then.
Amazon Games is winding down New World: Aeternum, with servers set to go offline on January 31, 2027; players who purchased the game before January 15 can continue playing until shutdown, in-game purchases end from July 20, 2026, and no new content will be released as the team winds down the game amid broader Amazon restructuring.
PlayStation Plus is adding the open-world RPG New World: Aeternum in July 2025, a game known for its extensive gameplay that can take over 600 hours, promising subscribers a highly engaging experience at no extra cost, potentially at the expense of their social lives.