Disastrous Launch Forces Closure of The Lord of the Rings: Gollum Developer

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Publisher Daedalic Entertainment is shutting the Hamburg, Germany-based inner workshop that made The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, as well as has actually finished growth on a 2nd job based upon the Lord of the Rings copyright, the firm has actually verified to Polygon. Daedalic will certainly rather completely concentrate on its posting company.

In a declaration to Polygon, Daedalic stated Gollum “did not live up to the expectations we had for the game,” yet included that the author will certainly remain to service an additional spot for the stealth-adventure game, which it launched in May. Daedalic stated it prepares to deal with previous staff members to position them somewhere else in its “network.”

GamesWirtschaft initially reported on the workshop’s closure.

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum was announced in 2019 as well as was originally prepared to show up in 2021. Daedalic’s initial pitch for Gollum’s stand-alone journey assured a tale “from a perspective never seen before, in any storytelling medium, all the while staying true to the legendary books of J.R.R. Tolkien.” Gollum was postponed several times as well as landed with a vital thud. In Polygon’s evaluation of the game, we stated it does not have the character of Tolkien’s personality as well as merely “isn’t much fun” to play.

Daedalic’s various other, now-canceled Lord of the Rings game was never ever officially revealed or formally entitled, yet was billed as an experience that would certainly “transport the player into a lush world full of mythical creatures and magic.” Like Gollum, the game assured to inform “a story from a character’s perspective that has never been told before.” The 3D action-adventure job was codenamed It’s Magic, according to Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action.

Here’s Daedalic’s complete declaration:

Daedalic Entertainment has actually decided to shut its growth division, with complete emphasis currently on our posting company. Eight appealing launches will certainly be introducing in this fiscal year alone.

Even though The Lord of the Rings: Gollum did not measure up to the assumptions we had for the game, we are really happy for the possibility as well as the finding out experience it brought us.

Currently, we are dealing with an additional spot for The Lord of the Rings: Gollum. A follow-up job in The Lord of the Rings world that has actually currently been begun will certainly be terminated. The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs as well as Climate Protection, as the body in charge of the government financing, was notified of this time back.

We worth every single participant of our group quite as well as it is necessary to us that the change goes as well as feasible. We will certainly for that reason sustain our previous staff members in discovering brand-new chances within our network.

A hard break, yet likewise a clean slate in the currently lengthy background of Daedalic Entertainment.

 

Source: Polygon