Amazon's historical fantasy MMO New World just celebrated its fourth anniversary, but a recent post on the game's official website reveals that the game's newest update will also be its last.

I imagine the biggest question people who've put hundreds or thousands of hours into Amazon's MMO New World have right

Cuts across the gaming industry continue to unfold as big tech shifts. The latest company to see major job cuts is Amazon, with the company confirming on Tuesday that it is laying off 14,000 employees.

Earlier this week, Amazon's games division confirmed that it is ending support for MMORPG New World on both PC and consoles.

New World at one point had over a million concurrent players on Steam, but will no longer get new content updates in 2026

Just yesterday, Amazon revealed that its four-year-old fantasy MMORPG New World would be coming to an end with no future DLC or updates planned, leaving both players and fellow video game developers disappointed at the news.

New World: Aeternum's developers deserved so much better. Full stop.

New World may be nearing its end. A new report confirms that the game is no longer sustainable, and Amazon Game Studios has set 2026 as the tentative cutoff for its servers.