Facepunch COO Proposes $25M Buyout to Save New World Aeternum
TL;DR
Alistair McFarlane, COO of Facepunch Studios (Rust), publicly offered Amazon $25 million to acquire New World: Aeternum after Amazon announced its decommissioning; he argued that games should never die and suggested Facepunch would pursue a community-driven, self-hosted development model if the deal happened. With Amazon planning to keep the game running until January 2027, any IP transfer would likely not occur before then.
- Rust Studio COO Offers Amazon $25 Million for New World Aeternum: "Games Should Never Die" TechPowerUp
- The Future of New World: What to Expect - News | Official New World: Aeternum Website newworld.com
- Rust Dev Offers, Likely Jokingly, To Buy New World From Amazon, Stating That 'Games Should Never Die' MMORPG.com
- What was once one of Steam's biggest MMOs is being killed off next year Windows Central
- Amazon Games' New World: Aeternum to go offline in January 2027 GamesIndustry.biz
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