Rust director makes a public '25 million' offer to buy axed Amazon MMO New World, because "games should never die"

The clock on New World: Aeternum is officially ticking, with developer Amazon Games announcing that there's just one year left before its ambitious MMORPG is taken offline forever. But there's potentially a small spark of hope; Alistair McFarlane, COO and director of Rust dev Facepunch Studios, has made a public statement to Amazon Games suggesting he'd be prepared to pay '25 million' for the rights.
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