According to rumors, it seems that the development Lord of the Rings MMO in trouble according to the post former Amazon Games employee Ashleigh Amrine on LinkedIn. "Ovoga jutra bila sam dio otpuštenih zaposlenika Amazon Games along with the talented team that worked on New World and Lord of the Rings (you'd love it). INvijek je teško vidjeti da snažan tim mora proći through ovako newhat - there isla sam sreću da sam radila s nekim od najvještijih, kreativnih i divnih developera koje sam upoznala."
If this rumor is confirmed, it wouldn't be a big surprise, because it is Amazon announced that it is moving away from development MMO games and that they will abolish the already mentioned New World. American company on Tuesday she announced that she had fired 14 thousand employees, including most of the team Amazon Games Orange County (developers of New World). Lord of the Rings MMO it was announced for the first time in 2023 as a partnership with Embracer Group, they described the title as permanent open-world adventure which is associated with the original trilogy and The Hobbit.