Turbine acquires Tolkien MMP License

In a recent turn, after quite some quiet time for Turbine's Middle-Earth Online, Turbine now blasts us with the announcement of having taken over the license for any Massive Multiplayer products derived from J.R.R. Tolkien's works.

This should be the one-hundred percent proof for any nay-sayer that Middle-Earth Online is going to happen. Turbine has, effective immediatly, taken over any publishing or licensing rights from Vivendi Unversal, for any MMP Games derived from any J.R.R. Tolkien work.

Turbine has recently announced that they have "finalized a deal with Tolkien Enterprises and Vivendi Universal Games (VU Games) that grants Turbine the exclusive right to develop and publish massively multiplayer online worlds based on The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit literary works. As part of the agreement, Turbine will own all of the game assets to the upcoming, highly anticipated massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) The Lord of the Rings™: Middle-Earth™ Online. All publishing responsibilities previously assumed by VU Games for the online license have been transitioned to Turbine effective immediately."

Read on for the Press Release and make sure you also read the recent Producer Letter.

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