type subsidiary of warner bros. interactive entertainment industry interactive entertainment computer and video games founded 1994 ; 22 years ago 1994 founder johnny monsarrat 1 jeremy gaffney kevin langevin timothy miller headquarters needham massachusetts united states products the lord of the rings online dungeons & dragons online asheron s call asheron s call 2 owner time warner parent warner bros. interactive entertainment website turbine.com turbine inc. formerly turbine entertainment software second nature and originally cyberspace inc. is an american computer game developer that develops 3d massively multiplayer online role playing games mmorpgs . turbine was founded by johnny monsarrat jeremy gaffney kevin langevin and timothy miller as cyberspace inc. changing their company name in 1995 to turbine inc. in april 2007 turbine released their most recent mmorpg the lord of the rings online . 2 turbine was a privately held company backed by highland capital partners polaris venture partners and other private investors since 1998 . on april 20 2010 the company was formally acquired by warner bros. . 3 turbine is known for employing fans of the game to the customer service side . examples for dungeons and dragons online include tolero who hosted a long running role play segment on the unofficial ddo podcast ddocast and jerry snook creator and host of said cast . contents 1 history 2 games developed 3 references 4 external links history edit turbine was founded in april 1994 by johnny monsarrat and fellow students at brown university as a project with the goal to create the world s largest game . 1 monsarrat was hit by a car in 1994 which resulted in a payout he used to fund the company . in 1995 the company was based in his mother s house with 12 staff members . they found an office in providence ri but later moved to westwood massachusetts to better take advantage of the software engineers coming out of boston s colleges . as ceo monsarrat used free food and office pranks 4 to keep staff motivated . the company was originally called cyberspace because that seemed cool . its name was later changed to second nature but since that was taken turbine was chosen . asheron s call was the company s first game . 5 it was notable for being the second 3d mmorpg following the launch of everquest . its most notable feature designed by monsarrat was a loyalty system giving new and experienced players incentives to work together . the olthoi was the first monster developed for asheron s call designed by joe angell . after asheron s call the company went on to make a sequel asheron s call 2 which came out in 2002 just after the first asheron s call expansion . however after only one expansion asheron s call 2 shut down in 2005 . the following year turbine brought out dungeons & dragons online stormreach . early reception was positive but the game was criticised for poor solo play . one year after that in 2007 turbine released the lord of the rings online shadows of angmar which got positive reviews and was seen as a needed boost for the company . in 2009 dungeons and dragons online was suffering a low playerbase ; in an attempt to save the game turbine replaced the traditional monthly subscription model with a free one and changed the name from stormreach to eberron unlimited . many other games in the mmorpg genre have since followed this shift to a free to play f2p model . the game was later renamed simply to dungeons and dragons online . in 2010 turbine also moved the lord of the rings online which was then on its second expansion to a free to play model . in the same year turbine was purchased by warner brothers . in 2012 turbine announced that they would bring back asheron s call 2 . in 2015 it was announced that development of infinite crisis would end immediately and that the game will be closed on august 14 . 6 the company was hit with layoffs for three years consecutively starting from 2014 . while turbine s focus was shifted to develop free to play mobile games by warner bros. in 2016 the servers for both the lord of the rings online and dungeons & dragons online would be maintained and supported . turbine s current projects include two mobile titles batman arkham underworld and game of thrones conquest . 7 games developed edit year title platform s ipone ipad & ipod mac pc 1999 asheron s call no no yes 2002 asheron s call 2 fallen kings no no yes 2006 dungeons & dragons online no yes yes 2007 the lord of the rings online no yes yes 2015 infinite crisis no no yes 2016 batman arkham underworld 8 yes no no tbd game of thrones conquest 8 tbd references edit a b johnny monsarrat s story of founding turbine turbine spin into action to secure tolkien license videogamer.com justin olivetti 20 april 2010 . turbine purchased by warner bros. home entertainment . engadget . retrieved 23 may 2015 . website with many turbine prank stories including the famous wall of wheat puffs . . ian g williams 18 february 2015 . crunched has the games industry really stopped exploiting its workforce . the guardian . retrieved 23 may 2015 . https www.infinitecrisis.com en news infinite crisis closing august 14th 2015 welsh oli july 8 2016 . lord of the rings online developer turbine hit with more layoffs . eurogamer . retrieved july 11 2016 . a b phillips tom 2015 03 03 . infinite crisis dev turbine making batman arkham underworld for ios . eurogamer . retrieved 2015 03 03 . external links edit turbine official site asheron s call official site dungeons and dragons online stormreach official site the lord of the rings online shadows of angmar official site turbine inc. entry at mobygames v t e warner bros. founders jack l. warner harry warner albert warner sam warner executives kevin tsujihara chairman and ceo feature film production warner bros. pictures warner bros. family entertainment warner animation group new line cinema castle rock entertainment flagship entertainment joint venture with cmc 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co owned with nine media corporation and radio philippines network through a brand licensing agreement . note 5 assets now owned by wwe inc. through wcw inc. v t e warner bros. founders jack l. warner harry warner albert warner sam warner executives kevin tsujihara chairman and ceo feature film production warner bros. pictures warner bros. family entertainment warner animation group new line cinema castle rock entertainment flagship entertainment joint venture with cmc cartoon network movies tv production and distribution broadcast tv the cw co owned with cbs cable tv channels warner channel with hbo latin america group and hbo asia wb channel with turner international india wb tv productions uk shed productions eyeworks alloy entertainment telepictures wb animation warner bros. television warner bros. international television warner bros. interactive monolith productions tt games traveller s tales tt games publishing tt fusion netherrealm studios rocksteady studios turbine wb games 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