12 Feb
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment’s vice president of worldwide public relations has confirmed to CVG a round of layoffs has hit Infinite Crisis developer Turbine. Warner Bros. acquired the studio in 2010. “As part of our normal business process, we’re routinely looking at the strategic alignment of our company,” Sklar told CVG, in part. “Unfortunately, in […]
In an interview with TenTonHammer, Turbine Director of Communication Adam Mersky has stated that ever since The Lord of the Rings: Online went free to play in September 2010, the revenue produced by the game has increased more than threefold. In October, Turbine already indicated revenues had doubled within a single month after adapting a […]
On paper, offering nearly 100% of a finished game free online to all players may not seem a good business model. But the micro-transaction economies have lead many games to flourish, the latest being Lord of the Rings Online, which made the shift to free-to-play only a month ago. Kate Paiz, the Executive Producer on […]
Like Dungeons and Dragons Online before it, the MMO based in Tolkien’s fantasy world is going free-to-play, waiving the monthly subscription cost entirely. Aside from the costs of premium content or play past level 50, the entire game and its map is available to players new and old at no cost. Warner Brothers announced plans […]