Turbine to Showcase Highly Anticipated Online Games at Penny Arcade Expo.WESTWOOD, Mass. -- Turbine, Inc., a premier publisher of online subscription entertainment, announced today that it will showcase its highly-anticipated massively multi-player games to consumers for the first time at the upcoming Penny Arcade Expo The Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) is an annual gamer festival held in Washington. PAX was created by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik, the authors of the Penny Arcade (PAX) in Bellevue, WA on August 26-28. Both Dungeons Dungeons may refer to:
n. A game in which players assume the roles of characters and act out fantastical adventures, the outcomes of which are partially determined by chance, as by the roll of dice. (MMORPG (Massively Multiuser Online Role Playing Game) A role playing game on the computer played by many people. An MMORPG differs from a regular computer role playing game because its environment is perpetual. ) based on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, will be available for fans to experience first hand at the event. "Penny-Arcade is considered to be an influential voice in the gaming community A gaming community is usually a group of like minded individuals working towards a goal (such as promoting fair play and team work) or supporting each other within games (usually online video games such as MMORPG's or FPS's) RTS(real time strategy) games are developing larger and we look forward to introducing Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach and The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar to gamers at their event," said Tom Nichols, vice president of marketing, Turbine, Inc. "I'm personally excited about Turbine's presence at PAX. Like any self-respecting geek A technically oriented person. It has typically implied a "nerdy" or "weird" personality, someone with limited social skills who likes to tinker with scientific or high-tech projects. The origin of the term dates back to the late 1800s. , much of my adolescence was spent in the basement rolling 20-sided dice. I can't wait for the online version of D&D(R) to launch," commented Tycho Brahe Tycho Brahe: see Brahe, Tycho. of Penny-Arcade. The Penny Arcade Expo was established by the founders of www.penny-arcade.com, the hit web comic and journal that cover videogames and popular culture. The second annual gaming festival is expected to draw thousands of gamers from across the country. Members of the Turbine development team will be available for demos and interviews at the company's booth at the Meydenbauer Center The Meydenbauer Center is a convention center in Bellevue, Washington. It is a prominent landmark from nearby Interstate 405 (Washington). The center opened in 1993. It has a 36,000 square foot exhibition hall, a 12,000 square foot meeting room, a 410 seat performing arts theater, in Bellevue, WA, August 26-28. Both Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach and The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar will be shown on gaming platforms powered by the Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Processor with HT Technology+ Extreme Edition and servers powered by the Intel(R) Xeon(TM) Processor. About Turbine, Inc. Turbine, Inc. is a premier producer, publisher and operator of online subscription entertainment and is headquartered in Westwood, Mass. With studios on two coasts, the company is the largest privately-held online games company in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Turbine's catalogue includes some of the most famous online entertainment brands, including Asheron's Call(R), Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach and The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar. For more information on Turbine and its services, please visit www.turbine.com. About Penny-Arcade Founded in 1998, Penny-Arcade is a comic and journal which covers video games and popular culture. Boasting a readership of over 4.5 million viewers generating 35 million pageviews per month, Penny-Arcade is considered one of the most influential voices in gaming. For more information on Penny-Arcade, please visit www.penny-arcade.com. TURBINE, the TURBINE logo and ASHERON'S CALL are registered trademarks or trademarks of Turbine, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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