Rust Exec Reacts To Amazon Killing New World: ‘Games Should Never Die’
Kotaku | 16.01.2026 20:55
New World was once the crown jewel in Amazon’s rising gaming ambitions. Developed in-house, the MMO initially exploded in popularity on Steam and seemed to have decent legs in notoriously competitive genre. Less than five years later it’s officially being killed. Servers will go offline in January 2027. The news has prompted a reaction from many who are tired of big games vanishing so quickly after launch, including an executive at Rust maker Facepunch Studios.
