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A few days ago, Amazon Games announced that it was working on a big-budget massively multiplayer role-playing game based on
Many fans were surprised by this decision asThere is a similar game on the market, which has enjoyed stable popularity since 2007 and is constantly evolving. Gamers have speculated that The Lord of the Rings Online will cease to exist when a new game comes out.
What is known
However, Middle-earth Enterprises and the studioStanding Stone released a statement saying that The Lord of the Rings Online will not be closed and two similar games can coexist in parallel. The developers will continue to develop LOTRO, as hinted at by the quote from J.R.R. Tolkien at the end of the post: “The road goes on and on... ” (The road goes ever on…).
In any case, the game from Amazon will not be released in the next few years, so it's too early to worry about the fate of The Lord of the Rings Online.
Source: The Lord of the Rings Online forum