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Facepunch founder Garry Newman says S&box’s launch features a flood of AI-generated, low-quality user content, and the team will actively push such 'slop' off the main page while continuing weekly updates; the project remains an open-source Garry's Mod–style game-maker, and Garry’s Mod will gain Black Mesa mounting support in an upcoming update.
Facepunch’s s&box, a Garry’s Mod successor built on Source 2, released to mixed Steam reviews as players rail against low-effort AI-generated content. Facepunch founder Garry Newman says the team is working to promote human-created content and push obvious AI-generated junk off the main page, signaling a continued effort to balance user-created creativity with quality control.
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.
Amazon Games’ MMORPG New World will shut down on January 31, 2027, with its final season extended to a proper send-off as storefronts are pulled and a farewell message from the dev team is issued. Rumors have circulated that Facepunch’s COO Alistair McFarlane offered $25 million to buy the game, signaling fresh hope for a rescue, a notion echoed by other industry figures but not yet confirmed.