New open-world MMO Where Winds Meet hits 9 million players in 2 weeks, with Steam reviews soaring at a "Very Positive" rating

Where Winds Meet has seen quite a successful launch, reaching over two million players within its first weekend and quickly racking up "Very Positive" reviews on Steam – but it appears the open-world ...
MMORPG

Why I'm Hopeful for New World: Aeternum's Future

For many, the memory of New World’s 2021 launch has not yet entirely loosened its grip. The queues, the exploits, the brutal shift from a PvP Sandbox to a Themepark in less than two years… These are ...
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 ...
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 ...
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+

Amazon is killing one of the only good games it's released, fantasy MMO New World: "The recently launched Season 10 and Nighthaven update will serve as the final content release"

Welp, it's official, Amazon is pulling the plug on its fantasy MMO New World following the recent launch of season 10. The news follows closely on the heels of massive layoffs at Amazon impacting ...