RUMOR: Gollum publisher used ChatGPT to create their apology letter

The launch of The Lord of the Rings: Gollum on other platforms was an unmitigated disaster. After multiple delays of the game, what eventually released was a buggy, unfinished mess that left customers feeling incredibly burned.

Shortly after that release, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum publisher Nacon released an apology that they shared on social media. If you happened to miss that apology back when it was first shared, you can find it in full below.

The apology was first published back in May of this year, and ever since there have been some who felt something was off about the statement. In particular, the gang at the Game Two YouTube Channel have been doing some legwork to find out what it is about the apology that didn’t ring true, and they believe they’ve discovered the answer.

Following their investigative work, there are now accusations that the above apology wasn’t written by a human at all. While not confirmed at this time, Game Two alleges that the AI program ChatGPT was used to craft the apology, and this direction was supposedly chosen by publisher Nacon.

Taking things a step further, two staffers at Daedalic Entertainment, the now-shuttered studio that created The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, claim that they weren’t informed of the apology letter at all before Nacon shared it. Seems a bit odd to offer up an apology to players that pledges fixes and more without actually talking to the developers behind the game.

Nacon is yet to comment on the accusations of their apology being written by ChatGPT. There’s no doubt the publisher would like to put this entire mess far behind them, but it looks like they’ll have a bit more explaining to do before that happens.