amazon games is dropping support for A new world: Aeternum Adid Laseffs in separation and even Job’s sweat cuts off from its parent company. The game is slated for PC in 2021 and came to PS5 and Xbox Series X / S more than a year ago.
“After four years of strong content updates and major new console releases, we’ve reached a point where we can no longer continue to support the game with new content updates,” Amazon Games wrote in a blog post. “The newly launched Season 10 and Nighthaven update will serve as the final content package The New World on PC and Consoles. It is after much consideration that we have reached this decision. “
Players will still be able to make purchases The New World In the meantime, it will also remain available for PlayStation Plus subscribers in additional and premium tiers “until further notice.” Amazon did this month A lamp The extension is available to everyone for free.
The company said it will keep the game’s servers up and running through 2026, “allowing our community time to continue their arrival in Aeternum.” Depending on whether longtime fans will be able to continue playing the game, Amazon said it will provide more information about “what to expect in the coming months.” It promised to “provide at least six months notice before making any changes that affect your ability to play A new world: Aeternum. “
In accordance with BloombergAmazon told employees in a memo this week that, as part of widespread redoffs, it could cut work on big-budget games, especially MMOs – category The New World falls below. The revival of Throne and freedom and The Lost Ship – MMOs published by Amazon but developed externally – will continue, the company confirmed -SulilyOp.
Amazon has not commented on the status of the Lord of the Rings MMO that has been in the works for a while. However, according to Eurogamerformer lead engineer for Amazon Wallplay wrote in a post that was removed from a LinkedIn post that they had placed “next to a peer with the best skills The New World And our fiery Lord of the Rings game (Y’all would have liked it). “
Amazon Games Power President Christoph Hartmann said last year that Amazon started a big push in MMO games because it saw an opportunity. At that time, there weren’t too many titles of that kind appearing. However, he noted that “we’re coming from MMOs” to other genres, which makes this category shift its focus. (The first aaa game, a free-to-play shooter – Hideyou didn’t last long after last after 2020.)
The New World It is still a popular game. It got off to a bright start, with a Player Comner Concert count of 914,000 on Steam. This past weekend, at one time we had almost 50,000 players on that platform. And it was one of the highest rated games on Steam in 2021.
And yet it looks like Amazon’s gaming division will now focus more on Luna, the cloud service that underwent an overhaul last week. It is reported that he plans to finish releasing “casual and game-oriented” LUNA, such as Courttroom Chaos: Starring Snoop Doggwhich casts a rapper-produced version of the rapper in a Judy-Type role for courtroom-style arguments between players. Amazon’s latest game for PC and Consoles The king of meata creative co-op building platform that has so far reached only 253 players Steam Steam wanted.
Update, October 30: 02 AM et: Updated with details about the Lord of the Rings game cancellation.
