Forbes

Amazon Games Ends Support For MMO ‘New World’ Following Mass Layoffs

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 ...
Kotaku

Amazon’s Once Massively Popular MMO Is Going On Life Support

New World at one point had over a million concurrent players on Steam, but will no longer get new content updates in 2026 Amazon Amazon Game Studios MMO New World Amazon Game Studios has announced ...
PC Gamer

New World proved that the hunger for a modern MMO is clearly there—but the only studios with enough cash to make them are too shareholder-brained to try

There's a feeling I've been trying to shake off, as I write about MMOs for this very site—that MMOs are a relic of the past. Dying not just to our shared lack of time, but also to an era of player ...
GamesRadar+

New World devs leave heartfelt tribute for players after Amazon starts sunsetting the fantasy MMO, and now I'm crying: "Thank you for so many stories"

Third Person Shooters Former Nexon boss who took a risk on Arc Raiders says "the AAA industry is structurally at its end" and "it’s going to end in more disaster than it has already" without a ...
IGN

I wish none of this had happened.

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.
GamesRadar+

As New World dies thanks to Amazon, ex World of Warcraft lead thanks the devs who made it for "trying to keep the MMO dream alive" as he struggles with his own new MMORPG

Third Person Shooters Former Nexon boss who took a risk on Arc Raiders says "the AAA industry is structurally at its end" and "it’s going to end in more disaster than it has already" without a ...