Turbine looks to micro-transactions Comments by Oli Welsh

6 January, 2009

Don't worry - not for its existing MMOs.

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DDevil

06/01/09 @ 11:26

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Headline borkage for this article on the main page.

ZuluHero

06/01/09 @ 11:26

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yeah - i just clicked it out of interest :)

EG should do this for everything. I like it! :P

DFawkes

06/01/09 @ 11:27

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Damn, I was hoping LOTRO was going free since I can't afford the sub. Oh well, guess it's Guild Wars still.

Dizzy

06/01/09 @ 11:32

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Rumor has it they are working on a new DnD MMO on 360/PC. Free on Live and supported by micro transactions would probably be a viable route for Turbine. Then again it could also be the new Hobbit game, a LOTRO spinoff. Guess we will find out soon, Turbine said they would announce something next few months.

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Bleh

06/01/09 @ 11:48

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"Then again it could also be the new Hobbit game, a LOTRO spinoff."

Thought Turbine only held the license to make a MMO in the Lotr universe and EA holds the other parts.

Hopefully they hold there word and don't make this in the existing games.

Dizzy

06/01/09 @ 12:00

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"Thought Turbine only held the license to make a MMO in the Lotr universe and EA holds the other parts. "

No Turbine has rights to books I seem to remember and EA to movies (and books probably).

DFawkes

06/01/09 @ 12:04

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Nope, EA even got the book rights now, which is why some of the stuff in Battle for Middle-Earth II is from the books. I'm assuming Turbine must've retained the MMO rights though.

Dizzy

06/01/09 @ 12:15