Turbine, Inc.

Infobox_Company
company_name = Turbine
company_
company_type = Private
company_slogan = Powered By Our Fans
foundation = 1994
location = Westwood, MA
key_people =
num_employees =
industry = Computer and video games
homepage = http://www.turbine.com/
products = "The Lord of the Rings Online"
"Dungeons & Dragons Online"
"Asheron's Call"
"Asheron's Call 2"

Turbine, Inc. (formerly Turbine Entertainment Software, Second Nature, and originally CyberSpace, Inc.) is a Westwood, Massachusetts-based computer game developer that pioneered 3D massively multiplayer role-playing games (MMORPGs). Turbine was founded by Jon Monsarrat, Jeremy Gaffney, Kevin Langevin, and Timothy Miller. In April 2007, Turbine released their most recent MMORPG, "The Lord of the Rings Online" which is being co-published with Midway Games in the USA and Codemasters in Europe. Turbine is a privately held company backed by Highland Capital Partners, Polaris Venture Partners, and private investors.

On February 15, 2005 the company name was officially changed to Turbine, Inc. [http://www.turbine.com/index.php?page_id=20&pagebuilder%5Bmodule%5D=sitearticle&pagebuilder%5Bdisplay_item%5D=12]

Released Games

*"Asheron's Call" (1999) - Published by Microsoft, and purchased back from Microsoft in December, 2003. Lead Designer, Toby Ragaini.
*"Asheron's Call 2" (2002) - Published by Microsoft, and shut down in December, 2005. Creative Director, Jason Booth.
*"Dungeons & Dragons Online" (2006) - Published by Atari.
*"" Launched: 24th April, 2007 - Co-Published with Midway Games in the US, Codemasters in Europe, Tecmo in Japan, and CDC Games in China. Design Director, Cardell Kerr. Executive Producer, Jeffrey Steefel.

External links

* [http://www.turbine.com/ Turbine official site]
* [http://ac.turbine.com/ Asheron's Call official site]
* [http://www.ddo.com/ Dungeons and Dragons Online: Stormreach official site]
* [http://www.lotro.com/ The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar official site]
* [http://www.mit.edu/~jonmon/Business/Turbine/ Story of founding Turbine, Jonathan Monsarrat site]
* [http://www.mobygames.com/company/turbine-inc Turbine, Inc.] entry at MobyGames