The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, a online game the place you play because the titular jewellery fan, has been delayed from its September 1st launch date. Based on a statement posted on Twitter by the sport’s builders, Daedalic Leisure, it’ll be releasing “a couple of months” later, with the precise date coming quickly.
Sport delays are exceedingly widespread nowadays, however this does make it so the Gollum recreation gained’t be launching alongside Amazon’s Prime Video present, The Rings of Energy, which is premiering on September 2nd. Whereas the present is about lengthy earlier than Sméagol ever obtained his palms on the Ring, it’s straightforward to think about the sport getting a little bit of a lift if it got here out a day earlier than a blockbuster present from the identical franchise.
Nonetheless, it’s extra necessary to provide builders, QA, and all people else concerned the time they should do their jobs, somewhat than hitting a particular launch date. If Daedalic occasions it proper, it could even be capable of launch the sport proper round when the present is ending; in response to WhatToWatch, the primary season of The Rings of Energy will encompass eight episodes, releasing as soon as every week. Both approach, if the present’s good (which you’d hope it might be provided that Amazon’s spent an astronomical amount of cash on it), The Lord of the Rings may get a few weeks or months again within the cultural consciousness, which Gollum may gain advantage from.
The sport is slated to return out for the PlayStation 4 and 5, PC, Xbox One and Collection S / X, and Nintendo Swap. Initially, the Swap model was going to return out a couple of months after the others. Daedalic didn’t instantly reply to The Verge’s query about whether or not the Swap model would be capable of launch alongside the others due to the delay or if it might nonetheless be releasing a couple of months later.
If you happen to’re wanting ahead to taking part in as Gollum, you could wish to try the trailer that was launched earlier this month.