Turbine, Inc. is an
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that pioneers 3D
massively multiplayer online role-playing gameMassively multiplayer online role-playing game is a genre of role-playing video games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world....
s (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 OnlineThe Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game for Microsoft Windows set in a fantasy universe based upon J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth writings...
.
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
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,
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, and other private investors since 1998; it has paid no dividends. On April 20, 2010, the company was formally acquired by
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.
Released Games
- Asheron's Call
Asheron's Call is a fantasy MMORPG for Microsoft Windows-based PCs developed and published by Turbine Entertainment. It was published by Microsoft until 2004. Asheron's Call is set on the continent of Dereth and its surrounding islands on the fictional planet of Auberean...
(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
Asheron's Call 2: Fallen Kings was a fantasy MMORPG for Microsoft Windows-based PCs that was released on November 22, 2002 and shut down on December 30, 2005...
(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
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in the US and CodemastersThe Codemasters Software Company Limited, or Codemasters is a British video game developer founded by Richard and David Darling in 1986...
in Europe.
- The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar
The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game for Microsoft Windows set in a fantasy universe based upon J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth writings...
(24 April, 2007) - Co-published with Midway GamesMidway Games, Inc. is an American company that was formerly a major video game publisher. Following a bankruptcy filing in 2009, it is no longer active and is in the process of liquidating all of its assets. Midway's titles included Mortal Kombat, Ms.Pac-Man, Spy Hunter, Tron, Rampage, the...
in the US, Codemasters in Europe, TecmoTecmo Koei Holdings Co., Ltd. , is a holding company created in 2009 by the merger of Japanese video game developers and publishers Koei and Tecmo....
in Japan, and CDC Games in China.
- The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria
The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria is the first retail expansion pack for the MMORPG The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar released on November 18, 2008. It was announced on March 14, 2008 at ....
(18 November, 2008)
- The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood
The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood is the second retail expansion pack for the MMORPG The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar and was released on December 1, 2009 in North America and December 3, 2009 in Europe. Unlike the first expansion this edition was only available via a...
(01 December, 2009)
- The Lord of the Rings Online: Rise of Isengard
The Lord of the Rings Online: Rise of Isengard is the latest expansion pack for the MMORPG The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, released on September 27, 2011...
(27 September, 2011)
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