{"id":603720,"date":"2026-03-21T11:11:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T11:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/the-lord-of-the-rings-gollum-finds-precious-a-september-launch-date\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T11:11:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T11:11:53","slug":"the-lord-of-the-rings-gollum-finds-precious-a-september-launch-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-lord-of-the-rings-gollum-finds-precious-a-september-launch-date\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lord Of The Rings: Gollum Finds Precious A September Launch Date"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/the-lord-of-the-rings-gollum-finds-precious-a-september-launch-date.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"The Lord of the Rings: Gollum\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2020\/05\/06\/take-a-look-at-lord-of-the-rings-gollum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Lord of the Rings: Gollum<\/a> has secured its release date along with a new cinematic trailer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gollum\u2019s video game solo outing launches September 1 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X\/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. The Switch version will arrive sometime later in the year.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameBorder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/players.brightcove.net\/694940074001\/rydylbNsz_default\/index.html?videoId=6306736389112\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The game was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2019\/03\/25\/daedalic-announces-the-lord-of-the-rings-gollum-new-narrative-based-action-adventure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first announced in 2019<\/a>&nbsp;and was originally slated to arrive in 2021 before being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/01\/26\/the-lord-of-the-rings-gollum-gets-delayed-to-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">delayed<\/a> into this year. The story&nbsp;follows J.R.R. Tolkein\u2019s books rather than Peter Jackson\u2019s film trilogy, detailing Gollum\u2019s happenings during the first chapters of <em>The Fellowship of the Ring<\/em> after he loses the One Ring to Bilbo Baggins. Gollum embarks on a journey across Middle-earth, visiting locations such as&nbsp;Mirkwood and Barad-d\u00fbr.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gameplay-wise, Gollum is a stealth adventure game as players sneak around environments and can choose to avoid or engage enemies. The choice depends on if you indulge Gollum\u2019s vicious nature or the more timid tendencies of his other personality, Smeagol. Climbing and platforming are also a big part of the experience as players can scale structures, adding verticality to exploration.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We last saw The Lord of the Rings: Gollum in action in 2021 during a hands-off preview demo. You can read our impressions of it from that time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/03\/25\/the-lord-of-the-rings-gollum-preview-escape-from-barad-dur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2022\/05\/24\/the-lord-of-the-rings-gollum-finds-precious-a-september-launch-date\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lord of the Rings: Gollum has secured its release date along with a new cinematic trailer.&nbsp; Gollum\u2019s video game solo outing launches September 1 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X\/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. The Switch version will arrive sometime later in the year. The game was first announced in 2019&nbsp;and was originally slated to arrive in 2021 before being delayed into this year. The story&nbsp;follows J.R.R. Tolkein\u2019s books rather than Peter Jackson\u2019s film trilogy, detailing Gollum\u2019s happenings during the first chapters of The Fellowship of the Ring after he loses the One Ring to Bilbo Baggins. Gollum embarks on a journey across Middle-earth, visiting locations such as&nbsp;Mirkwood and Barad-d\u00fbr.&nbsp; Gameplay-wise, Gollum is a stealth adventure game as players sneak around environments&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-lord-of-the-rings-gollum-finds-precious-a-september-launch-date\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":603721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-603720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-informer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Lord Of The Rings: Gollum Finds Precious A September Launch Date | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Lord of the Rings: Gollum has secured its release date along with a new cinematic trailer.&nbsp; 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