The Lord of the Rings: Gollum Emerges from the Darkness With First Gameplay Footage

Back in 2019, Daedalic Amusement announced The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, a new action-adventure game set in J.R.R. Tolkien's legendary fantasy universe, but they oasis't had much to show usa since then. A quick CGI teaser trailer and a few screenshots is all we've been given. Well, today at the Time to come Games Testify Leap Showcase, Daedalic finally pulled the curtain back showing us some existent footage of our sneaky little friend in action. The trailer is curt, but we see glimpses of some of the night places Gollum will be visiting -- and that telltale Eye of Sauron. Cheque out the trailer for yourself, below.

I'd like to see more, but looking pretty solid! For those who haven't been keeping upwardly, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum promises to aggrandize the Tolkien universe in some interesting means (information technology takes place during the largely-unexplored menstruation between The Hobbit and LOTR) and features some promising player-pick mechanics, as your "Gollum" and "Smeagol" sides battle against each other. Here's a quick official description for the game…

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is the kickoff video game to be built-in out of the new fellowship forged between Daedalic Entertainment and Middle-earth Enterprises, with scope for more than new experiences in the futurity. This new title will remain truthful to the vision laid out in J.R.R Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and will as well explore new events and details related to Gollum's journey. The Lord of the Rings: Gollum will exist powered past Unreal Engine and will be localized into multiple languages so that fans from across the globe volition exist able to relish this new action adventure.

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum arrives on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series 10/S, PS4, PS5, and Nintendo Switch sometime in 2022. What practice you lot think? Impressed by our first await at the game, or should this version of Gollum stay in his cave?