- 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 -basedcomputer 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 April2007 , Turbine released their most recent MMORPG, "The Lord of the Rings Online " which is being co-published withMidway Games in the USA and Codemasters in Europe. Turbine is a privately held company backed byHighland 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
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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 withMidway 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 atMobyGames
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