Last Friday I spend an afternoon in Westwood, here in the great state of Massachusetts. Westwood is the home town of Turbine Inc, a developer you might know from such MMORPGs as Asheron’s Call and Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO). Next Tuesday the first LOTRO expansion pack, Mines of Moria, will be launched and I had some insightful discussions with Adam Mersky (PR), Jeffrey Steefel (LOTRO’s exec. producer) and Mike who’s the lead on the expansion pack. I learned a lot about what it takes to keep a MMORPG up and running.

The interview material has been used for an article in Dagblad De Pers: “Nog jaren spelen in Middelaarde” (.pdf, see page 23). The upcoming edition of GMR Magazine will feauture a studio profile of Turbine.