The Lord of the Rings spin-off game is very unpopular and the developer's game studio withdraws from game development & dismisses employees



Daedalic , the developer of the adventure game ' The Lord of the Rings: Gollum' featuring Gollum appearing in the Lord of the Rings, hires employees It is reported that he will be fired and withdraw from game development.

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Hamburg, Germany-based game publisher Daedalic has released The Lord of the Rings: Gollum for PC on May 25, 2023.

``The Lord of the Rings: GollumTM'' gameplay trailer-YouTube


However, on the PC game platform Steam, 375 out of 588 reviews of The Lord of the Rings: Gollum are 'somewhat unpopular', which is not a good situation.

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After that, on June 22nd, the PlayStation 4/5 version of The Lord of the Rings: Gollum was also released, but the rating on Amazon.co.jp was 1 star, the rating on Amazon.com It has a very low rating of 2.5 stars.

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In addition, the game review site Metacritic scored 34 points (out of 100) for the PS5 version , 39 points for the PC version , and 37 points (out of 100 points) for OpenCritic, another review site. I'm here.

The Lord of the Rings: In response to Gollum's poor rating, developer Daedalic issued a statement on Twitter apologizing for 'providing a disappointing experience.' Daedalic has also promised that future updates will improve the game.




The Lord of the Rings: Gollum was originally scheduled for release in 2021 , but due to repeated postponements, the release has been delayed until May 2023. After the launch, Daedalic was reported to be working on another Lord of the Rings spin-off game, but according to German gaming media, Games Wirtschaft , this second spin-off game is already in development. is said to have been discontinued. And it is also clear that Daedalic decided to withdraw from game development following the failure of The Lord of the Rings: Gollum.

According to a statement Daedalic provided to Games Wirtschaft, the company has closed its game development division and will now focus exclusively on game publishing. Regarding this decision, Daedalic says that it is ``at a difficult turning point'' and ``a new beginning in the long history of Daedalic''.

In addition, Daedalic also acknowledges that it plans to lay off 25 of its 90-plus employees. The company told Games Wirtschaft, 'We care about each and every one of our team members and expect the transition to go as smoothly as possible. We will support you in finding a new job within the company.'

In addition, Daedalic states that the new Deponia series 'Surviving Deponia', which is being developed by external studio AtomicTorch, will not be affected by the withdrawal and dismissal from the game development business this time.

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