New World MMO to shut down, final expansion released to all for free

As part of Amazon's big round of job cuts, the company has also announced plans to cease development on its most successful game to date, New World. Season 10 will be New World's last and the servers will go offline next year.

In a statement released this week, the developers behind New World confirm the news, saying:

“After four years of steady content updates and a major new console release, we've reached a point where it is no longer sustainable to continue supporting the game with new content updates.”

“The recently launched Season 10 and Nighthaven update will serve as the final content release for New World on PC and consoles. It is only after much consideration that we've reached this decision. To thank you, the New World community, for your support over the years, we have made the Nighthaven release available to you for free. To ensure all New World players can experience this content, we also made Rise of the Angry Earth free for all PC players.”

Over the next few months, the New World team will finalise its shutdown plans. Currently, the game is expected to remain online through 2026 but after that, any players looking to keep New World alive may need to resort to private servers.

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KitGuru Says: While New World had its faults, it was a pretty decent MMO. It is sad to see it shutting down so quickly, but clearly, no other projects within Amazon Games were bearing any fruit. The money was bound to dry up eventually.

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