# Facepunch director Alistair McFarlane, who once offered to buy New World from Amazon and faked us out about Rust 2, has left the company

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/facepunch-director-alistair-mcfarlane-who-once-offered-to-buy-new-world-from-amazon-and-faked-us-out-about-rust-2-has-left-the-company/
- Published: 2026-07-31T16:29:42+00:00
- Updated: 2026-08-01T02:20:49+00:00
- Original publisher: PC Gamer
- Original article: https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/facepunch-director-alistair-mcfarlane-who-once-offered-to-buy-new-world-from-amazon-and-faked-us-out-about-rust-2-has-left-the-company/
- Topics: Americas, Art, Business, Celebrity, Companies, Culture, Entertainment

## Key points

- Rust’s prominent Facepunch director Alistair McFarlane has left.
- He cited a wish to focus on other parts of life.
- No future job or New World deal was confirmed.

## Summary

Alistair McFarlane, Facepunch’s chief operating officer and a director closely associated with Rust, has left the studio. He said he had lived his dream at the company but wanted to focus on other parts of his life; no next role was announced. His departure matters because he was a prominent public figure in the long-running development and community communication around Rust.

McFarlane had worked at Facepunch for more than a decade and helped oversee Rust’s continuing updates. Earlier in 2026, he publicly offered Amazon $25 million for the closing MMO New World, though the proposed deal’s status remains unclear. He also fuelled speculation over a purported Rust 2 Steam page before Facepunch said the listing was fake.

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