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The Lord of the Rings: Gollum 2023
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is an action-adventure video game developed by Daedalic Entertainment. Set within the fictional Middle-earth universe created by J. R. R. Tolkien, the game occurs between the events of The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring. Players control Gollum as he navigates through various locations including Cirith Ungol, Barad-dûr, and Mirkwood. His objective involves finding Bilbo Baggins and reclaiming the One Ring while confronting and evading Sauron. The project was revealed in March 2019 but pushed back from its intended September 2021 release period.
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum launched on 25 May 2023 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. Despite its release, it became a commercial disappointment and earned criticism from reviewers. Metacritic ranked it as the worst game of 2023. Due to its lackluster performance and critical response, Daedalic Entertainment decided to abandon future Lord of the Rings titles and shut down their development team. This resulted in staff layoffs and a shift toward a publishing-only business model. Reports later surfaced indicating that harsh working conditions had influenced Gollum's development process.
Trailer
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Crew
- Designer
- Martin Willkes, Sebastian Schmidt
- Programmer
- Maic Hanse, Ann-Kathrin Drews
- Artist
- Mathias Fischer
- Writer
- Tilman Schanen, Damiri Knapheide, Benjamin Kuhn, Jeffery Thompson Jr.
- Producer
- Harald Riegler, Daniel Bernard, Kai Fiebig
- Music
- Jun Broome
Details
- Developer
- Daedalic Entertainment
- Publisher
- Daedalic Entertainment, Nacon
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
- Modes
- Single-player
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 4
- Series
- Middle-earth
