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 Turbine purchased by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment

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PostSubject: Turbine purchased by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment   Turbine purchased by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Icon_minitimeThu Apr 22, 2010 9:53 pm

Turbine purchased by Warner
Bros. Home Entertainment



by Justin
Olivetti
Turbine purchased by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Writer_rss
Apr 20th 2010 at 8:00PM
Filed under: Asheron's Call,
Dungeons
and Dragons Online
, Lord
of the Rings Online
, MMO industry
Turbine purchased by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Wb

In news that rocked us back on our heels, Warner
Bros. Home Entertainment has just announced the purchase of Turbine Inc
.
Previously the largest privately-owned MMO studio in North America,
Turbine is now a member of the Time-Warner family. This means that Asheron's Call,
Dungeons
& Dragons Online
and Lord
of the Rings Online
have been folded into this deal. This
comes after
a Warner Bros. spending spree
, in which they picked up TT Games,
the assets of Midway, and a majority stake in Rocksteady Studios.
"Turbine is recognized globally for its industry-leading technology,
groundbreaking graphics and its unique ability to create and operate
massive and persistent online worlds which greatly enhance players'
social gaming experiences,"
said Martin Tremblay, president, Warner
Bros. Interactive Entertainment. "The Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons
& Dragons Online have both been an enormous success for Turbine
and we look forward to working with their talented development team to
continue creating award-winning online games."

This isn't the first time that Turbine and Warner Bros. were bedfellows,
as they partnered to distribute LotRO's Mines of Moria
expansion
. One interesting fact of this deal is that this means
Warner Bros. will now hold all of the game rights to J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord
of the Rings
franchise, which were previously split between
Turbine (who held the rights to the MMO) and Warner Bros. (who had the
other LOTR game rights).

Financial Times indicates one possible reason for the acquisition: "Warner
Bros is buying North America's largest independent online gaming studio
in an effort to spread its social networking and micro-payments
technology across its video games and home video business."


You can read the press release over on Turbine's website, and give a little love to our friends at Joystiq who are also
covering this news (just with more hearts).
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