The developer just released a logo, confirmed the name of the game, and as the name suggested, confirmed that the game would be shining the spotlight on the infamous halfling turned slave to the One Ring- and that was pretty much it.

German developer Daedalic Entertainment announced The Lord of the Rings: Gollum back in 2019, and it was the briefest announcement it could possibly have been. The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is probably one of the biggest flops of recent years and has ben universally panned by critics and audiences alike, and it’s baffling to see it get to this point- even if there were plenty of warning signs in the years leading up to its release. And, well, it did do that- though perhaps not in the way anyone would have wanted, from the people who made the game to the people who played it.

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum was looking like a curious prospect since the day it was announced quite a while back, attached as it was to one of the biggest properties in entertainment media, and thanks to its promise of a unique Lord of the Rings game that would differ from anything we had seen in the past.

But though that does seem to be the new norm, every norm has exceptions without fail- and we’ve had a pretty big and notable exception quite recently. From Batman and Spider-Man to Star Wars and more, there have been plenty of cross-media properties that have had some excellent outings in the gaming sphere, and there are many more to comes still. We all remember the era of gaming where almost every game attached to a major license was guaranteed to be a dumpster fire.

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