Gollum simply can’t appear to catch a break, irrespective of the medium. As noticed by GameSpot, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum‘s launch window (following a current delay) has fallen to writer Nacon’s fiscal yr 2023-24. The earliest we’ll see the slinking character might be April 2023.
The information got here out of a current Nacon earnings report. Based on the small print, LOTR: Gollum is scheduled for a launch window of April to September 2023. That’s a pretty big window, comprised of 5 months. And there’s no actual concrete proof that the sport received’t see an extra delay.
The discharge window for Gollum has been pushed greater than as soon as earlier than. Initially deliberate for a 2021 outing, the sport acquired pushed to 2022 with September within the sights. Nonetheless, it was delayed in July with developer Daedalic Leisure stating it’ll want ‘a number of months’ of extra work earlier than launch. That didn’t fairly pan out.
LOTR: Gollum launch window is about as soon as extra
It’s tough, as a result of we’ve been intrigued with the sport to date. An alternate story following the titular Gollum, gamers discover the world of JRR Tolkien by way of his eyes as he makes use of stealth to remain alive, all of the whereas coping with his later ego.
Maintaining to the shadows and avoiding the patrols of harmful orcs contains the core gameplay. There are additionally ledges and obstacles to climb by way of each caves and luscious outside areas. And whereas lots of use aren’t strangers to stealth motion video games, taking part in one because the franchise’s extra tragic characters does look like an attention-grabbing strategy to expertise the overarching story.
Regardless, we’ll nonetheless have to attend a bit longer for Gollum. The probabilities are good that 2023 is lastly his yr, as the sport has been in growth for fairly a while at this level. In fact, we’ll proceed to be careful for any adjustments. If solely we are able to get, I don’t know, some sort of large eagle to ship him extra swiftly to the top. However that’s loopy.