Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor to lose online features in December 2020

WB's popular game, inspired by the Lord of the Rings, is set to lose it's online features on December 31, 2020. 

According to a note on the Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor Steam page which reads:

Note: certain features for the Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor videogame will no longer be available beginning Dec. 31, 2020.

Affected Features:
• The Nemesis Forge feature will no longer be available. Therefore, players will no longer be able to transfer their in-game Nemeses from Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor to Middle-earth: Shadow of War.
• Vendetta missions and Leaderboards will no longer be available.
• WBPlay will no longer be available, but the epic runes "Orc Hunter" and "Gravewalker" will automatically be awarded to all players.

This is not an uncommon thing for WB games as they recently removed the online features for the Mad Max video game.  Gamers will have to scramble to complete any achievements that require the online components before they are removed.