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The Lord of the Rings Online™: Mines of Moria™ Named Best MMORPG of 2008!

WESTWOOD, MA – January 22, 2009 - Turbine, Inc. announced today that The Lord of the Rings Online™: Mines of Moria™ was named "Best MMORPG" in the 1up.com 2008 Reader's Choice Awards. Mines of Moria, Turbine's latest expansion to the increasingly popular massively multiplayer online game (MMO) The Lord of the Rings Online dominated the results, securing nearly half of all votes in the "Best MMORPG" category over nominees including World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures and Pirates of the Burning Sea. 1up.com is a leading online destination for videogame news, reviews, previews, features and additional content.

The Lord of the Rings Online™ Named Best Overall Game of 2008 by the Readers of MMORPG.COM

Mines of Moria™ Named Best New Expansion and Turbine Named Favorite MMO Studio

WESTWOOD, MA – January 14, 2009 - Turbine, Inc. announced today that The Lord of the Rings Online™ was named “Best Overall Game” in the MMORPG.com 2008 Reader’s Choice Awards. In addition, Mines of Moria™, the first expansion for the popular massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG), was named “Best Expansion” and Turbine was voted “Favorite MMO Studio,” securing 46% of votes over nominees including Blizzard, CCP, and Mythic Entertainment. MMORPG.com is a leading website dedicated to providing news and features to the MMORPG community.

The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria Early Upgrade offer is now available to residents of Texas and Washington! You should now see an "Upgrade" button in your MyAccount.turbine.com subscription list page to upgrade your LotRO Game Subscription to the Mines of Moria, which is set for release on November 18th, 2008.

Early Upgrade Now Available to TX & WA Residents!

Online Entertainment Veteran Opens New Studio to Support Rapid Growth

WESTWOOD, MA – October 13, 2008 -- Turbine, Inc., a premier creator and operator of massive, persistent online worlds, today announced the opening of a new studio located in Redwood City, CA. The new studio will help drive Turbine's rapid growth and further accelerate Turbine's goal of becoming a global leader in online entertainment. Turbine also announced the hiring of Dave Brevik as Creative Director, Jeff Lind as Engineering Director and Matt McKnight as Studio Director of its new California studio. The new studio will be a vital part of Turbine's corporate vision as it brings new titles to market, expands the platforms it supports and introduces new technologies to expand and grow the communities that are the foundation of online games.

The House of Commons Transcript is now available for the 5th European Dev Chat for the Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, which was held on October 8th, 2008!

You can read the full Transcript here, or if you wish to view older Transcripts, you may do so here.

Just released from the LOTRO Team, we are proud to offer you a glimpse into Book 13: Doom of the Last-king, the next free content update for The Lord of the Rings Online.

From LotRO Turbine.com:

Ready to get involved in the most exciting Beta of 2007? The Lord of the Rings Online™: Shadows of Angmar™ (LOTRO) Stress Test Event starts on Friday, February 23rd, 2007, and ends Monday February 26th. This is your chance to try the most recent Beta version of the game for a weekend, and possibly win great prizes!

We had another very successful House of Commons chat tonight with some great questions asked and answered!

Sprite - *Loup* Do you plan to add some landmass in regular patchs or only with expansion pack?

RingLeader - As with all Turbine games, we plan to add content to the game aggressively. The world will expand as time goes on and you won't have to wait for an expansion for it! We're already working on post-launch content. We have a HUGE world to explore - it'll take years - YAY!!!

Last night's The Lord of the Rings Online House of Commons Transcript is now available for all those who were unable to attend.

Brannoc - *NightmareChild* In monster play, what is the limit on the number of players that are aloud to participate in one battle, and will this number be changing, and also do you have different types of game modes for monster play, or is it just kill each other?

Please join us on Monday, January 8, for a House of Commons with the developers of The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar at 5PM Pacific / 8PM Eastern in the #StraticsHoC channel on Stratics IRC.

You can connect to one of our IRC servers through the use of your favorite IRC client, such as mIRC, ircle, xchat, or whichever you prefer. Connect to irc.stratics.com port 6668 or whichever server is closest to you: