WESTWOOD, MA \u2013 June 18, 2009 \u2013 Turbine, Inc., the premier creator and operator of massive, persistent online worlds that foster powerful social gaming communities, today announced that The Lord of the Rings Online\u2122: Mines of Moria\u2122 has been named the winner in the \u201cGaming\u201d category for the 2009 Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange (MITX) Awards. The MITX annual awards program recognizes achievements in the development and implementation of innovative technologies. The Lord of the Rings Online, the award-winning massively multiplayer online game, expanded in the fall of 2008 with the launch of the critically acclaimed Mines of Moria, taking players into one of the largest and most dangerous online underground environments ever created.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are honored to be named among the best in New England technology by the MITX organization,\u201d said Jim Crowley, president and CEO of Turbine. \u201cIt has been an exciting year for Turbine and this recognition is yet another validation of our vision for being the best in online entertainment.\u201d More..<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WESTWOOD, MA \u2013 June 18, 2009 \u2013 Turbine, Inc., the premier creator and operator of massive, persistent online…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[107],"tags":[338,109],"class_list":["post-32569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gaming","tag-lotr-online","tag-turbine"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t