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Amazon's New World: Aeternum MMO to shut down in 2027
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Amazon Games has announced that its MMO New World: Aeternum will go offline on January 31, 2027, following a delisting from digital stores on January 15, 2026. The decision comes after the game received no new content beyond the 2025 Nighthaven seasonal update, amid ongoing challenges for Amazon's gaming division. Players who own the game can continue accessing it until the servers shut down.
CCP Games has split from Pearl Abyss to operate independently as Fenris Creations. The rebrand coincides with a $120 million research partnership with Google DeepMind to advance AI using the Eve Online universe.
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The Icelandic developer and publisher behind the long-running space MMO EVE Online has changed its name from Crowd Control Protections to Fenris Creations. The move follows years of confusion with the Chinese Communist Party and coincides with the company buying itself back from former owner Pearl Abyss.
Blizzard has announced that World of Warcraft: Midnight, the eleventh expansion in the MMO series, will launch on March 2, 2026. The expansion introduces player housing, a new Allied Race, and cross-game rewards tied to housing achievements. Set in a reimagined Quel'Thalas, it continues the Worldsoul Saga with a focus on the war between Light and Void.
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Bungie has announced a delay for Destiny 2's full roadmap, pushing it to early 2026 after admitting that the Edge of Fate expansion took the game down the wrong path. Instead, the studio released a Content Calendar outlining upcoming features for the Renegades expansion, set for December 2. This comes amid efforts to address player feedback and reverse a challenging year for the sci-fi MMO.