Turbine To Become F2P Mobile Studio

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Boston-based studio Turbine will transition to a free-to-play, mobile development studio after a round of layoffs at both Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online.

“Turbine is transitioning into a free-to-play, mobile development studio, and as a result we are eliminating some positions. The Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons online games will continue to operate as they do now. Re-focusing and reducing the studio size was a difficult decision for the company, and we are grateful to all of the Turbine staff for their considerable contributions.”

MMOs.com's Erhan Altay predicted rough seas for Turbine back in September, 2015, in ane editorial titled Is Turbine Running out of Steam?

Maybe we'll see Turbine's IP's show up on mobile? Who knows what the future will bring. But I'm sure other companies are also considering the jump to mobile after seeing how successful the platform has become.