The Lord of the Rings: Gollum will launch on PlayStation 5, PS4, Xbox Sequence X|S, Xbox One, and PC on Might 25, with the Nintendo Swap model scheduled for someday later this yr.
The gameplay will function a mix of stealth and motion as Gollum sneaks round Center-earth. The sport can even have gamers making decisions that align with both the character’s darker facet — Gollum — or his gentler half often called Sméagol. The builders have stated the sport is taking inspiration immediately from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, moderately than Peter Jackson’s movie variations of the books.
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum was first introduced again in 2019 for a 2021 launch date. The unique reveal stated the sport would discover occasions between Gollum’s discovery of the One Ring and the start of the occasions seen in in The Lord of the Rings.
The sport has confronted a number of delays en path to its new Might launch date. IGN noticed the sport final yr, and we weren’t tremendous impressed with the hands-off presentation, saying we had been, “left with the underwhelming impression of a easy recreation that may have landed higher within the period when Peter Jackson’s trilogy was nonetheless in cinemas than it is going to in 2022.”
Gollum’s launch date comes at a packed time for AAA releases, with Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Avenue Fighter 6, Diablo IV, and Ultimate Fantasy XVI all coming within the surrounding weeks. The sport launch is simply a part of what appears like a giant The Lord of the Rings renaissance, with Amazon Prime’s Rings of Energy, new films on the best way, and, after all, the unbelievable LEGO Rivendell set.
Logan Plant is a contract author for IGN masking online game and leisure information. He has over six years of expertise within the gaming trade with bylines at IGN, Nintendo Wire, Swap Participant Journal, and Lifewire. Discover him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.