"New World: Aeternum is an MMO that launched four years ago where it attracted some moderate success. Since then, it has chugged away, usually bringing in 10,000-30,000 concurrent players per day on Steam, plus more on consoles. That number would spike for a while around the release of each new expansion before gradually fading away again. In other words, while it has never been a massive success, it did seem to find a dedicated audience."
""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," said the developers in a new post on the official website. The recently released season 10 and Nighthaven addon will be the game's last piece of new content, and as a thank you, the developers have making Nighthaven and Rise of the Angry Earth free to all players."
New World will not receive further new content after the recently released season 10 and Nighthaven addon, which are made free along with Rise of the Angry Earth. Servers will remain operating through 2026 and the game will remain purchasable on storefronts. The game typically attracted 10,000–30,000 concurrent Steam players, with spikes around expansion releases and additional players on consoles. Continued support with new content was judged unsustainable. The decision to end content updates coincides with Amazon announcing large job cuts, with the Amazon Gaming Division reportedly to be hit hard and planning on ceasing work on first-party triple
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