The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, Delayed Until 2022

Daedalic Entertainment announced that The Lord of the Rings: Gollum has been delayed. Originally estimated to be launched in 2021, the game is now expected to be launched in 2022.

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum was first announced in 2019. Daedalic Entertainment announced that the game would feature narrative-focused gameplay centered around J.R.R. Tolkien’s famous character.

Planned to release in 2021, the game would explore the events between Gollum’s finding of the One Ring of Power and the start of The Lord of the Rings story. However, the game has been delayed yet again.

Daedalic Entertainment has partnered with Nacon and announced on Twitter that the game has been delayed till 2022.

Daedalic Entertainment also announced that it is partnering with Nacon to publish the game with the delay announcement. In a joint press release, both the companies said,

“The two companies decided to join forces to ensure that the game will meet the expectations of fans of The Lord of the Rings and fully leverage the power of the new generation of consoles. The universe will be faithfully represented thanks to the partnership with Middle-earth Enterprises, the company that holds the adaptation rights to the series by J.R.R. Tolkien.”

Daedalic Entertainment and Nacon

The release date on the game’s Steam page now states: “Lurking until the time is right.”

After four years of negotiations, Daedalic Entertainment reached a licensing agreement with the Tolkien Estate to develop a game on Gollum. The studio agreed to create a better story-oriented adaptation compared to the other Lord of the Rings games.

According to the developers, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum will be a stealth-driven game focusing on Gollum in his quest to retrieve the One Ring. Players have to work with Gollum’s split personality as Smeagol, which occasionally surfaces, thus opening the player to two different playstyles. While Gollum is a violent and ferocious attacker, Smeagol, on the other hand, retains some reasoning power.

The game would span across Gollum’s time as a slave below the Dark Tower to his residence in Mirkwood with the Elves. Players would get to experience different branching narrative paths as well as different approaches to various situations. Gollum would be able to dispatch enemies while Smeagol would have to rely on stealth.

When the game is available, it would be available on the next-gen and the previous-gen consoles, along with PC.

About The Lord of the Rings: Gollum

Developed by Daedelic Entertainment and published by Nacon, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is an upcoming action-adventure game.
According to the developers, the game will have combined stealth and action-adventure driven elements, focusing on Gollum as he tries to retrieve the One Ring of Power. Gollum’s split personality, Smeagol, gives players two distinct playstyles. While Gollum is a violent and ferocious attacker, Smeagol uses stealth to his advantage. The game would cover Gollum’s time as a slave under the Dark Tower all through his residence in Mirkwood with the Elves.