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Lord of the Rings Online Developer Says Subscription MMOs Are Not Dying

The subscription based MMO is not yet disappearing but the success of the free-to-play model has forced developers to offer players options when it comes to their favorite online experiences, according to a representative of developer Turbine. Speaking to Eurogamer Adam Mersky, who is the leading executive at Turbin...

31 January 2012
04:57 GMT

The Lord of the Rings Online Gets Riders of Rohan Expansion in Autumn 2012

Video game developer Turbine and publisher Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment have announced that they are working on a new expansion for the MMO The Lord of the Rings Online, which will be called Riders of Rohan and is set to launch at some point during the autumn of this year. The new expansion will allow play...

27 January 2012
15:11 GMT

New Stat Boosting Items for Lord of the Rings Online Are Designed to Help New Players

MMO developer Turbine has introduced a number of new items in its official store for The Lord of the Rings Online which allow those who buy them to get an actual boost to their character abilities, causing a stir among the player base, who is afraid that they can be misused by those who want to get an unfair advantag...

20 January 2012
04:58 GMT

Central Interference: No Online Gaming in Vietnam During the Night

A government ministry in the Asian country of Vietnam has asked those companies that offer Internet connections and services to block all access to online video games between the hours of 10 PM and 8 AM, with the clear intention of eliminating gaming during the night hours and forcing players to get a bit of sleep. ...

23 February 2011
09:19 GMT

Champions Online Sees 1,000 Percent Increase in Players and Revenue

Cryptic Studios, as the developer, and Atari, as the publisher, have announced that, after morphing into a free-to-play game, their MMO Champions Online has managed to see an increase in user activity of more than 1,000 percent, with hundreds of thousands of gamers creating superhero avatars in order to see what the ...

21 February 2011
03:23 GMT

Free to Play Increased LOTRO Revenue Three Times

A representative from developer Turbine has revealed the fact that The Lord of the Rings Online, the MMO based on the Tolkien fantasy universe, is now a free-to-play title with added micro transactions, bringing in three times as much revenue as when it had a business model based around subscriptions. Adam Mersky,...

10 January 2011
16:31 GMT

Warhammer Online Is Two Years Old, Gets Skaven

Mythic Entertainment has announced that Warhammer Online is nearing its two year anniversary, with some rewards coming for those players who have kept their commitment to the game going for the entire time.The official post on the company's site begins with an in world introduction, saying, “The sounds of ...

24 September 2010
03:15 GMT

New Blizzard MMO Might Lead to Free-to-Play World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft is a huge video game. The developers at Blizzard are working on the third expansion, called Cataclysm, which will be arriving in the fall, with an open beta now testing the changes set to be made to the MMO.The title has more than 11 million subscribers, making it the biggest in its genre. But recen...

1 July 2010
05:55 GMT

Global Agenda No Longer Requires a Monthly Subscription

Global Agenda, the MMO shooter created by Hi-Rez Studio, is no longer using a monthly subscription fee to generate revenue. Those who are interested in seeing what the game has to offer will only need to pay in order to get the basic package and any expansions that they see as delivering good content.Todd Harris, who...

29 June 2010
02:00 GMT

The Lord of the Rings Online Goes Free to Play in the Fall

Turbine, Inc., as developer, and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, as publisher, have announced that The Lord of the Rings Online, the MMO based around the fantasy world created by J.R.R. Tolkien, will be going free to play, allowing all interested fans to get into the game and play their part in the fight agai...

7 June 2010
05:05 GMT

Warner Bros. Acquires MMO Maker Turbine

Warner Bros. Entertainment has announced that it has acquired developer Turbine, best known for working on the Lord of the Rings Online MMO. The move means Warner Bros. now owns all the videogame creators that are in a position to put out titles linked with the fantasy universe created by Tolkien. The two companies h...

21 April 2010
04:36 GMT

The Lord of the Rings Online Begins Volume 3

Turbine is announcing that it is getting ready to move into the third volume of the Lord of the Rings experience, which is trying to offer via its MMO with the launch of the first book, called Oath of the Rangers. The company is not saying when it is preparing to launch the fresh content but it is ready to share that...

3 February 2010
03:49 GMT

Turbine Releases Siege of Mirkwood Complete Patch Notes

Turbine has posted online the patch notes for the new Siege of Mirkwood expansion for the Lord of the Rings MMO and it has done a superb job of explaining all of the changes made to the experience as it gets its biggest amount of content this year. All those interested in getting the details related to the new releas...

3 December 2009
14:51 GMT

Turbine Talks About Bringing MMOs to Consoles

Turbine Inc. has created a very robust MMO in The Lord of the Rings Online and the expansion, Mines of Moria, which it put out for it. The game never got to the same level of success that Blizzard's World of Warcraft achieved, but it has done well enough to warrant another expansion and to allow Turbine to work ...

22 September 2009
02:53 GMT

Leaves of Lorien Allows You to Meet Lady Galadriel

In a MMO universe where Tabula Rasa and Hellgate: London have failed and Warhammer Online is launching one initiative after another to recover lost players, The Lord of the Rings Online MMO from Turbine and Codemasters Online seems to be doing quite well.The developer and publisher have announced that they plan to re...

18 March 2009
13:11 GMT

Turbine Secures 40 Million for Future Expansion

Turbine, the company that publishes The Lord of the Rings Online, has revealed the fact that it has obtained some 40 million dollars in funding from several sources. The company says that companies like Highland Capital Partners, Polaris Venture Partners, Tudor Ventures, and Columbia Capital, that already have offere...

9 June 2008
14:06 GMT


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