The Lord of the Rings: Gollum (Switch) News Articles
Thursday21st Dec 2023
News Metacritic Reveals "The Worst Video Games Of 2023"
Gollum takes out the top spot
It's that time of year again when the aggregate review website Metacritic rounds up the best and worst games of the year, according to their Metascore. Today, the focus is on the "worst video games of 2023" - covering the lowest-scoring games released across any platform between 1st January 2023 up until 31st December...
Saturday1st Jul 2023
News Gollum Publisher Daedalic Entertainment Shuts Down Internal Development
Will focus exclusively on the publishing side of the business
Although The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is still meant to be coming to the Nintendo Switch at some point later this year, Daedalic Entertainment has now announced it will be shutting down its internal development teams to focus on publishing. Unfortunately, as part of this company...
Saturday27th May 2023
News The Lord Of The Rings: Gollum Dev Apologises For "Underwhelming" Launch State
The team promises to patch and improve the game
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum has already become the "worst-reviewed game" of 2023 - with our own sister site Push Square calling it a "broken mess of a game", so what now? The development team has responded to players with "a few words", apologising for the "underwhelming experience" at launch and...
Thursday25th May 2023
Round Up Reviews For LOTR: Gollum Spell Doom For The Switch Release
"Wicked, tricksy, false!"
Oh boy... We were worried when developer and publisher Daedalic Entertainment announced that The Lord of the Rings: Gollum would be arriving on the Switch after its release on other platforms. Now that it's out on PS5, Xbox, and PC, however, we're dreading what an eventual Switch version will look and play like. Let's not...
Thursday23rd Mar 2023
News Lord Of The Rings: Gollum Launches On 25th May, But "Later" On Switch
Still planned for 2023, my precioussses
Daedalic Entertainment and Nacon have announced that The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is launching on 25th May for PC and consoles... except Nintendo Switch. According to the press release, the Switch version is still in the works and "planned for later this year". The most recent news on the game came earlier...
Friday10th Mar 2023
Round Up Everything Announced For Nintendo Switch At Nacon Connect 2023
Lord of the Rings: Gollum & plenty of other offerings
It's been another busy week in the world of video games and to go out with a bang NACON held its first live stream of 2023. Of course, the show was littered with all sorts of announcements for Nintendo Switch, so if you weren't able to catch it, we've put together the full round up below:...
Tuesday24th Jan 2023
News Lord Of The Rings Game Gets Release Window After Multiple Delays
Will this one stick, precious?
What has it gots in its pocketses, precious? A release date for troubled Lord of the Rings game, Gollum! Initially announced for Switch in 2020 and aiming at a release in 2021, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is a Daedelic Entertainment-developed stealth-parkour game starring the titular weird gremlin on a quest to...
Monday25th Jul 2022
News Lord Of The Rings: Gollum Has Been Delayed On All Platforms
Switch version could be pushed even further
Back in May, it was announced that The Lord of the Rings: Gollum would be launching on September 1st, 2022. While certainly good news, it was clarified at the time that the Switch version would arrive "later in the year", with no specific release date attached to it. Now, it's been confirmed that the game...
Friday8th Jul 2022
Round Up Every Nintendo Switch Game Featured During Nacon Connect 2022
RoboCop, Blood Bowl, Gollum and more
Earlier on, French video game publisher and accessory maker Nacon held its 'Nacon Connect 2022' broadcast. While The Lord of the Rings: Gollum was arguably the highlight, there were a handful of other Switch games shown off by the developer. For your convenience, we've rounded them up into this single post...
Thursday7th Jul 2022
News Check Out The Puzzle-Platforming In New Lord Of The Rings: Gollum Trailer
A Switch game is never late, Frodo Baggins
Whats does it wants, precious? It wants a new trailer, does it? GOLLUM. GOLLUM. The upcoming Lord of the Rings: Gollum game is due to come out on September 1st on PlayStation and Xbox, but has no release date on Switch still. But at least we gets this new trailer, precious — as well as a little snippet...
Tuesday24th May 2022
News Lord Of The Rings: Gollum Release Date Set, But Switch Version Needs More Time
We are famished, yes, famished precious!
The long-awaited Lord of the Rings: Gollum from Daedalic Entertainment has been given a release date of September 1st, 2022 for PC, PlayStation, and Xbox. Unfortunately however, it seems the Switch version needs a bit more time in the oven, with the press release stating that it is "planned for later this...
Thursday10th Feb 2022
News The 'Lord Of The Rings' Video Game Rights Are Up For Grabs
Could fetch as much as $2 billion at auction
The rights to make video games based on J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy world of Middle-earth are going up for sale, Variety has reported. The Saul Zaentz Company has decided to sell its Tolkien holdings, which are expected to fetch around $2 billion at auction. Founded by the late Saul Zaentz, who passed away...
Friday10th Dec 2021
Video The Lord Of The Rings: Gollum Game Gets A Brand New Cinematic Trailer
Coming to Switch in 2022, my precious
Another Switch-related video at this year's Game Awards show was a new trailer for The Lord of the Rings: Gollum. If you haven't heard about it before, it's a story-driven action-adventure game based on J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasy novels. And earlier this year in January, the game was delayed until next year...
Wednesday7th Jul 2021
News Upcoming Gollum Game Gets New Trailer To Show Off Stealth-Parkour Gameplay
Precious new footage
What do you think of when you think about Lord of the Rings' weaselly jewellery hoarder, Gollum? Is it parkour? It's totally parkour, isn't it? The Lord of the Rings: Gollum recently got a new trailer at E3, but at less than a minute long, and mostly focused on story, it didn't give us much more of a look at the game. This new...
Friday26th Mar 2021
Video Here's A Sneak Peek Trailer For The Lord Of The Rings: Gollum
Arriving in 2022
At the Future Games Show, Daedalic Entertainment showed off a "sneak peek" of The Lord of the Rings: Gollum. In case you missed the original announcement, this is a story-driven action-adventure game based on J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasy novels. It was originally revealed for the Nintendo Switch and multiple other platforms in...
Wednesday27th Jan 2021
News The Lord Of The Rings: Gollum Has Been Delayed, Will Now Arrive In 2022
No, my precious!
Sorry folks, another game has been delayed. This time it's The Lord of the Rings: Gollum - a story-driven action-adventure game based on J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasy novels. The game was revealed for the Switch and multiple other platforms in August last year, and instead of arriving in 2021, has now been pushed back to 2022...
Monday31st Aug 2020
Round Up All The Nintendo Switch Titles From The Future Games Show - August 2020
More than 10 games are coming!
Last weekend, Games Radar aired a special Gamescom edition Future Games Show. During the presentation, a number of games for the Nintendo Switch were shown. We've rounded up every single one we could confirm below. One is already out, some are coming soon, and some will be released next year. Enjoy! The Lord Of The...
Saturday29th Aug 2020
News The Lord Of The Rings: Gollum Is Coming To Switch Next Year, My Precious
Return to Mordor
Last year, you might recall a story about Daedalic Entertainment possibly bringing a game based on Tolkien's famous series The Lord of the Rings to the Nintendo Switch. Well, it seems it really is happening! During the Future Games Show it was confirmed the German company's recently announced action-adventure game, The Lord o
