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woges
June 5th, 2008, 10:56
Turbines recent $40 million investment was partly sourced from Time Warner (http://www.developmag.com/news/29923/Turbine-investor-confirmed-as-Time-Warner); confirmed at Develop.
Rachel Lam, senior vice president and group managing director of Time Warner Investments, added: “Our investment in Turbine is an important addition to Time Warner's entertainment initiatives. Online interactive entertainment is a huge growth market and we are very excited about Turbine, its unique capabilities and the obvious opportunities that exist with our own broad portfolio of IP.”
More information. (http://www.rpgwatch.com/show/newsbit?newsbit=9225)
elikal
June 5th, 2008, 10:56
Hm, sounds like the deal on a MMO based on an IP. Not sure which IP's Time Warner holds tho they could use. Anyone?
woges
June 5th, 2008, 12:26
Sex and the City.
zahratustra
June 5th, 2008, 20:17
I feel sudden chill descending upon me.... :)
woges
June 5th, 2008, 20:36
Well another guess (you'll love this one I'm sure) Harry Potter Online.
zahratustra
June 5th, 2008, 22:07
That's not a guess woges. That's almost a certainty!http://i27.tinypic.com/261bxa9.gif
Lucky Day
June 5th, 2008, 22:59
well since they own thousands it could be anything from Looney Tunes to DC Comics to...anything.

Since they aren't suing CoH right now I'm going to say its not superheroes.
Ionstormsucks
June 10th, 2008, 20:48
Harry Potter MMO... my personal nightmare.
woges
June 11th, 2008, 02:06
What do you think would be a good MMO for Xbox & PS3 (http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/ddonline/news.html?sid=6192362) hmmm?
Ionstormsucks
June 11th, 2008, 20:22
What do you think would be a good MMO for Xbox & PS3 (http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/ddonline/news.html?sid=6192362) hmmm?

Ya... sounds like Harry... mehhh