The Lord of the Rings: Gollum™ News

2023's worst-rated game just turned one, and no one even noticed

What were you doing on May 25, 2023? If you're anything like me, you probably can't remember what you got up to at the weekend, never mind a random Thursday (yes, I checked) a year ago. While I can't pinpoint my exact location, I know that I spent days following The Lord of the Rings: Gollum release date watching a full playthrough of the creepy little creature's bizarre adventure - it was, in many ways, like watching a car crash in slow motion; I couldn't look away. With the recent announcement of the new Gollum movie, morbid curiosity sent me to the game's Steam page to see if something - anything - had changed in the year since launch. What I found was a game frozen in time.

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Embracer's talk about The Lord of the Rings says one thing: 'Fly, you fools!'

In 2022 Embracer acquired the rights to most media relating to The Lord of the Rings, a complex deal that nevertheless gives it control over pretty much everything to do with the series outside of the original books (which among other things remain controlled by the Tolkien estate). This operation is managed by a subsidiary set up for the purpose, Middle-earth Enterprises, and so far their main output has been a bit of a hangover from before it acquired the rights: a Gollum game so dodgy that it more-or-less killed Daedelic as a developer...
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Gee that Lord of the Rings: Gollum game sucked didn't it, so how about a Gollum movie?

Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy was both a blessing and a curse for J.R.R. Tolkien's novels. A blessing in that they arguably remain the greatest-ever adaptation of a fantasy world into cinema, faithfully reimagining the books' beats and characters with a grandeur yet to be surpassed. And the curse was their success, instantly canonising Jackson's vision as the starting point for a new extended universe spinning out from the books...
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The Lord of the Rings Gollum system requirements

What are The Lord of the Rings: Gollum system requirements? Before you go slinking around Mirkwood, Mordor, and the rest of Smeagol's favored holiday destinations, make sure your PC is up to the task. Daedalic Entertainment has put out some pretty taxing requirements to play The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, especially at high settings.

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Daedalic's bizarre Gollum apology was apparently written by ChatGPT and the studio didn't even get approval on it

One of 2023's big disappointments was The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, a stealth-action adventure from the established German studio Daedalic. Daedalic is a publisher but also built its name on beautiful point-and-click adventures. Gollum was something of a departure for the studio, and its nature as a big licensed title in a popular genre meant it faced a new level of competition, expectation and scrutiny...
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