After apologizing for the dismal state of The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, developer Daedalic Leisure is now shuttering its improvement arm to as an alternative concentrate on publishing video games since Gollum didn’t meet expectations.
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In response to a report by German information journal GamesWirtschaft, Daedalic Enterinmanet stated 25 of its over 90-person crew have been affected, saying it was a “troublesome resolution” however one which’ll mark “a brand new starting” for Daedalic.
“We deeply recognize each member of our crew, and you will need to us, that this transition goes as easily as doable,” Daedalic stated. “Thus, we will likely be supporting our ex-employees of their search of recent alternatives inside our community.”
On account of this modification in technique, Daedalic Entetainment’s in-development initiatives, together with the opposite 3D action-adventure sport set inside The Lord of the Rings universe codenamed “It’s Magic,” have been halted. Surviving Deponia, the single-player colony simulator introduced on June 10, will proceed as deliberate with AtomicTorch serving as the first developer now.
Kotaku reached out to Daedalic Leisure for remark.
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The Lord of the Rings: Gollum launched on Could 25 to a lot derision from critics and gamers alike. Regardless of reportedly pulling in $400,000 in gross sales and reaching the quantity six spot on the U.Okay. gross sales chart in its first week, GamesWirtschaft purports it nonetheless didn’t meet expectations. That is smart contemplating simply how dangerous it was. People dragged it on-line for all the pieces from Gollum’s character mannequin to the typeface used. It flopped so arduous the studio tweeted an apology on Could 26, promising to repair the bugs and technical points to make it an pleasant expertise, although the studio has been silent since. Nonetheless, in line with GamesWirtschaft, a patch is at present being labored on.
