I’m far from the only one who thinks The Lord of the Rings: Gollum clearly has no chance in today’s market, but it’s never fun to see developers apologize for the state of their games. Business failures are even worse, and we got an example of that today.
games economywas the first to report that Daedalic Entertainment had decided to close its development division to focus on publishing games, laying off 25 employees as a result. A Daedalic representative has now confirmed this in an email to me, noting that part of the reason is that The Lord of the Rings: Gollum has failed to live up to the company’s expectations.
We’ll still get the promised patches, but it’s all about the release.It also means that another Lord of the Rings game we’ve heard has been canceled, so the next big game we’ll see in the universe will either beAmazon’s MMOseitherAmbitious Embracer Groupunannounced.
