Turbine Working on Console MMO

Normally a PC developer, Turbine, the studio behind Lord of the Rings, confirmed speculation that it is working on a console MMO. This was revealed by Turbine communications director Adam Mersky who told Kotaku that the company is “actively developing a title for console.”

He, of course, wouldn’t talk about the title, and whether it will make use of licensed properties like the studio’s other projects. Mersky, however, noted that the recent investment in the company has helped them expand for the project.

“We’ve hired over 60 people since the beginning of the year,” he said. “The people that invested in us, Time Warner… one of the media giants, getting into the MMO fold, and that’s obviously a big deal.”