Turbine, Inc.
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| Type | Subsidiary of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
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| Industry | Interactive entertainment Computer and video games |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Headquarters | Needham, Massachusetts, United States |
| Products | The Lord of the Rings Online Dungeons & Dragons Online Asheron's Call Asheron's Call 2 |
| Owner(s) | Time Warner |
| Parent | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
| Website | turbine.com |
Turbine, Inc. (formerly Turbine Entertainment Software, Second Nature, and originally CyberSpace, Inc.) is an American computer game developer that pioneers 3D massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs). Turbine was founded by Johnny Monsarrat, Jeremy Gaffney, Kevin Langevin, and Timothy Miller, changing their company name in 2005 to Turbine, Inc. In April 2007, Turbine released their most recent MMORPG, The Lord of the Rings Online.
Turbine is well known for employing fans of the game to the customer service side, for DDO examples being "Tolero" who hosted a long running role play segment on the unofficial DDO podcast , DDOcast, and Jerry Snook creator and host of said cast.
Turbine was a privately held company backed by Highland Capital Partners, Polaris Venture Partners, and other private investors since 1998; it has paid no dividends. On April 20, 2010, the company was formally acquired by Warner Bros..[1]
[edit] Released Games
- Asheron's Call (2 November, 1999) - Published by Microsoft, and purchased back from Microsoft in December, 2003.
- Asheron's Call: Dark Majesty (1 November, 2001)
- Asheron's Call: Throne of Destiny (18 July, 2005)
- Asheron's Call 2: Fallen Kings (22 November, 2002) - Published by Microsoft, and shut down in December, 2005.
- Asheron's Call 2: Legions (4 May, 2005)
- Dungeons & Dragons Online (28 February, 2006) - Co-published with Atari in the US and Codemasters in Europe.
- The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar (24 April, 2007) - Co-published with Midway Games in the US, Codemasters in Europe, Tecmo in Japan, and CDC Games in China.
- The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria (18 November, 2008)
- The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood (01 December, 2009)
- The Lord of the Rings Online: Rise of Isengard (27 September, 2011)
[edit] References
- ^ "Turbine Inc. acquired by Warner Bros.". GamePron. 2010-04-21. http://www.gamepron.com/news/2010/04/20/turbine-inc-acquired-by-warner-bros/. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
[edit] External links
- Turbine official site
- Asheron's Call official site
- Dungeons and Dragons Online: Stormreach official site
- The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar official site
- Turbine, Inc. entry at MobyGames
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