MMO Developer Turbine Inc. Hit By Layoffs

<p>The developer behind The Lord of the Rings Online&comma; Turbine&comma; has laid off a unknown number of staff in an effort to stay profitable&period;  A representitive from Warner Bros&period;&comma; who have owned Turbine since 2010&comma; told the MMO site Massively that&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8221&semi;As part of our normal business process&comma; we&&num;8217&semi;re routinely looking at the strategic alignment of our company&period; Unfortunately&comma; in order for us to invest in growth areas at Turbine&comma; we have to eliminate some positions&period; These are always tough decisions&comma; which we don&&num;8217&semi;t approach lightly&comma; but it&&num;8217&semi;s crucial that Turbine is structured in a way that reflects the current and coming marketplace&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>As well as working on LOTRO&comma; Turbine has also been updating Dungeons &amp&semi; Dragons Online and is currently developing a new MOBA set in the DC Universe called Infinite Crisis&period; It is unknown how these projects will be affected by the layoffs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamasutra&period;com&sol;view&sol;news&sol;210667&sol;Lord&lowbar;of&lowbar;the&lowbar;Rings&lowbar;Online&lowbar;dev&lowbar;Turbine&lowbar;hit&lowbar;with&lowbar;layoffs&period;php">Gamasutra<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;