E3 News: Infinite Crisis To Stream Live At E3

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, through its developer Turbine, Inc., and Major League Gaming (MLG), the world’s largest eSports league and online multiplayer platform, today announced a partnership to introduce Infinite Crisis to the competitive gaming universe. In closed beta now, Infinite Crisis is a free-to-play multiplayer online battle arena game set in the DC Multiverse. Through the partnership, the Turbine and MLG teams will introduce the game to the MLG and eSports community, develop competitive settings, showcase the game at forthcoming eSports and gaming events, feature competitive play on MLG: Play, MLG’s online gaming destination, and ultimately include Infinite Crisis … Continue reading E3 News: Infinite Crisis To Stream Live At E3

Turbine Hires New Talent

Turbine announced several key additions to its leadership team as part of its continued effort to design and deploy the next generation of online gaming. ‘We are very excited to add such a stellar group of proven industry veterans to our world-class team here in Boston,’ said Alessandro Galvagni, General Manager, Turbine. ‘Ken, Alan, Jai and Demetrius are proven leaders that strengthen our team and position us well as we work to continue operations of our award-winning titles and bring new innovative experiences to market.’ The new members of the Turbine team include: Ken Rolston, Director of Design ‘ Ken … Continue reading Turbine Hires New Talent

Riders of Rohan Launch Trailer

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Turbine announced today the launch of The Lord of the Rings Online: Riders of Rohan, the next expansion to the award-winning free-to-play massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG). Players across North America and Europe can purchase and play Riders of Rohan for PC starting today by visiting http://rohan.lotro.com/. ‘We are really excited to launch Riders of Rohan, our fourth major expansion to the game,’ said Kate Paiz, Executive Producer of The Lord of the Rings Online. ‘This is our biggest expansion yet and we’re very excited about the introduction of the industry’s best mounted combat … Continue reading Riders of Rohan Launch Trailer

Riders Of Rohan LOTRO Expansion Delayed

Turbine has announced an update regarding Riders of Rohan, the upcoming expansion for The Lord of the Rings Online. The following is from LOTRO Executive Producer Kate Paiz: ‘We’ve had a very successful Beta program with some of the largest and most active beta player populations we’ve seen since Moria. The amount and quality of feedback on our largest expansion ever has been fantastic,’ said Kate Paiz, Executive Producer of The Lord of the Rings Online. ‘Thanks to some great efforts from beta players, we’ve identified issues that we think need to be addressed before we can launch. In order … Continue reading Riders Of Rohan LOTRO Expansion Delayed

Menace of the Underdark Attacks D&D Online

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced today that Dungeons & Dragons Online: Menace of the Underdark, the first expansion to the award-winning free-to-play massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG), has now gone live. This expansion ties into Wizards of the Coast’s ‘Rise of the Underdark’ campaign and gives Dungeons & Dragons fans the ability to engage with the drow narrative on the PC platform. Menace of the Underdark can be purchased now at http://underdark.ddo.com/ or on Steam. ‘Today marks a major milestone as we release our first premium expansion to Dungeons & Dragons Online,’ said Fernando Paiz, Executive Producer of Dungeons … Continue reading Menace of the Underdark Attacks D&D Online

E3 Expo: LOTRO Sets September For Rohan Expansion

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Turbine announced today The Lord of the Rings Online: Riders of Rohan, the next expansion to the award-winning free-to-play massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG), will launch on September 5, 2012. Players can pre-purchase Riders of Rohan and gain special benefits starting today by visiting http://rohan.lotro.com. ‘Riders of Rohan is our biggest expansion yet, and raises the bar technically and artistically much like Mines of Moria did in 2008. We’re introducing the largest area we’ve ever built and a combat system unlike anything that has been built before in MMOs,’ said Kate Paiz, Executive Producer … Continue reading E3 Expo: LOTRO Sets September For Rohan Expansion

Dungeons And Dragons Online Adding Druids

Today, Turbine has released a new Druid behind-the-scenes trailer for Menace of the Underdark, the upcoming and first-ever expansion for Dungeons & Dragons Online which will be available on June 25th and is available for pre-order now. The new video is part of a series that takes you behind the scenes to show how the expansion is being made. This video specifically focuses on the new Druid class and features members of the DDO team, including Executive Producer Fernando Paiz, along with in-game footage. http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=CQgX6CrqonA Publishers: Turbine Entertainment Platforms: PC

Lord of the Rings, D&D Online Move To Cloud

Gaikai Inc., the innovative cloud gaming service, today announces an agreement with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment to begin the streaming of The Lord of The Rings Online and Dungeons & Dragons Online to players across North America directly from each game’s own website. For the first time ever, Gaikai is streaming massively multiplayer online games (MMOs) from the cloud, straight to players without the need for any download or installation. Gamers can try The Lord of the Rings Online now, with Dungeons & Dragons Online to follow soon, developed by Turbine, which is wholly owned by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment … Continue reading Lord of the Rings, D&D Online Move To Cloud