RELATED: Nacon Buys Lord of the Rings: Gollum Developer For $60 Millionĭaedalic Entertainment and Nacon have released the first gameplay footage for LOTR: Gollum. The game takes place during the opening chapters of J.R.R Tolkien’s seminal The Fellowship of the Ring and tells the story of how Gollum sets off on a journey through Middle-earth to recover the Ring of Power, which was stolen by Bilbo Baggins during the events of The Hobbit. The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is being created in conjunction with Middle-earth enterprises and is set for a release on September 1 across major consoles and PC, with the Switch version coming later in 2022. The game was due to be released in 2021, but this was delayed for further work to be undertaken by developers Daedalic Entertainment. The Lord of the Ring: Gollum will be released on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch at some point in 2023 (maybe).Since being announced in 2019, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum has been somewhat of a mystery. This original story will take you to several places accrossthrough Middle-earth where you’ll meet well-known characters from the books of J.R.R. Still no release date, or even window, but supposedly it’s still coming this year.ĭiscover Daedalic’s untold story through a trailer featuring Gollum’s extraordinary adventure in search of his Precious. Well, it’s been more than a few months, but fans at least got something today with a brand new story trailer: That update was to announce it wouldn’t be launching in the Fall, but would be pushed back “a few months.”
After several (and we mean SEVERAL) delays, fans haven’t had an update on The Lord of the Rings game since last July. Hoo boy…it feels like we’ve been talking about this Gollum game for a LONG time. During today’s NACON Connect, Daedalic showed off a new story trailer for The Lord of The Rings: Gollum, teasing the “untold story” and offering more gameplay.