New World Enters Maintenance Mode
Amazon Games has announced that New World is entering maintenance mode, marking the end of major development for the buy-to-play MMORPG.
Season 10, Nighthaven, was the game’s final content update, with no new seasons, expansions, or significant feature updates planned beyond this point.
- No new seasons
- No additional expansions
- No significant feature updates
- Only bug fixes and small quality-of-life patches until servers shut down in 2026
Why is New World not free-to-play? The time is now, more than ever.
The game's history has been marked by technical problems, content droughts, and confusing endgame systems, despite peaking at over 900,000 concurrent players in 2021.
Author's summary: New World's maintenance mode sparks debate about going free-to-play.