Only problems are those stupid bastard posters like sheaza, slippery, dumdalus, hurin, Jagoff and his concubine Kumoniin

This came from a friend of mine who used to work for Turbine and still knows a few of the executives in the company: He was told by one of those executives that one third of the Turbine employees had been laid off and the programming staff has been... — read more 

Yes, it's Turbine. Can't even keep their promises. Who said the Lord of the Rings Online servers moved to New Jersey? Sorry everyone, but you're being deceived again by yet another dishonest company.

good luck to all laid off from turbine. lotro crew, hang in there.

Layoffs have struck again. I don't know exactly how many people are affected, but the reductions seem to be pretty sizable and reach across many levels of the organization.

No, Massively is reporting NOTHING like that at all. Please remember that anyone can post anonymously to this site before you start spreading the BS in all of the below comments. Support your favorite Turbine MMO, show loyalty for the team you have... — read more 

man this is not good

Don't fret guys! The game is in great shape and we look forward to a very adventerous year in 2014! My heart goes out to all Turbine employees effected this week! Have a great year of Questing from the DDO Team!... — read more 

Don't allow people to post anonymously. at least make it so you ned to put your email in or somemthing similar. You guys should know better then to allow this with a major MMO company! Because no moderation ofcomments or registration is needed this... — read more 

an examination of the admitted to layoff list showed what appeared to be the entire QA staff. Add to this the ORIGINAL declaration by sapience of 100 layoffs and the writing is on the wall. LOTRO has moved into maintain / shutdown mode, and will... — read more 

The post below is not accurate. I am not able to report to you how many layoffs occurred. With regards to my status I am still employed by Turbine. It is conditional employment though. I have two weeks to find true love or my job is eliminated. They... — read more 

100 full time employees were laid off. I was one of them. They wouldn't even let me take my ban hammer with me when I left.

Amen brother

I worked for Turbine for 3 years and it was awesome. Don't let the haters out there slander your thoughts on the company. I left a few months ago, but it had nothing to do with the company or the people. I would go back in a heartbeat. The simple... — read more 

There are at least 20 employees who've admitted to being let go so far, and I dont think that's everyone. Best wishes to everyone involved.

i was a temp. i was let go last week. i liked it @ turbine. will move one. peace out.

Few people from the testing group, some designers and content folks, one producer - I do not think more than 15 people were let go

Hannah Foell (@hannanimal) was let go too. She is awesome and will be missed by the community https://twitter.com/hannanimal/status/433777920084283392

Half the info here is baloney!

DDO developers laid off were Melange, ChainsawGolem, and TheRockingDead. All three were content designers, and are friends of mine. TheRockingDead had been working on DDO for a long time. He made Rainbow in the Dark. With them gone, there's four... — read more 

Melange, ChainsawGolem, and TheRockingDead. One of em was responisble for Rainbow in the dark quest. One of the better quests in the game! Hopefully these guys bounce back and find work! If you can hack Turbine and DDO you should fit in anywhere!... — read more 

Just like Flappybirds. There is going to be a slew of media attention any day now to these addictive MMO games that will expose the true nature of them to the world! Jobs will be lost. Games will be shut down. Characters will be deleted. Nerds will... — read more 

There were a lot of jobs cut, but they weren't from Infinite Crisis. It was a heavy slash to the development teams for both DDO and LotRO.

I wouldn't be surprised if most of the jobs eliminated were from the LOTRO team. I do not think this area grew much, from the revenue perspective I'd bet they were losing money. The DDO area is pretty much the same thing, a money-losing venture.

Are you going to continue development of Infinite Crisis? Man, I'd hate if Infinite Crisis was to be killed.

the numbers presented here are hugely exaggerated - the cuts were more modest than any poster noted here - if you have been around you should have known that this was coming, so chill a bit and move on

Seems like it is getting bigger and bigger as the hours pass! From game to game people are losing jobs! http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/12/warner-bros-interactive-cuts-jobs-at-infinite-crisis-developer-turbine/

The post just below (attributed to MajMal in the QA department and with subject line "WB did it") was not made by the actual MajorMalphunktion. Someone is trolling. Expect more trolls as members of the DDO Vault continue to find the link to this... — read more 

They pulled the plug on the hamster wheel! Do000000OOOOOm!11!!! Ship is sinking fast! Get your life jackets!

I do not think anyone knows exactly what's happening right now and what the impacts to the community or communities will be. The numbers are all over the place but the fact is that we know for sure that some of the best developers with years and... — read more 

There is a huge discussion thread on this topic on ddovault.com

Up to 100 folks will get pink slips. Somehow, I was able to avoid it so far - will not be sticking for long, I can tell you that much. This is horrible and some of the best folks were let go. In 2012 we had almost 500 people and I think we will have... — read more 

That's bummer - just saw his Twitter status - good luck guys

1/2, 1/4 or 3/4 of the developers? It seems that we have the same post over and over, the only thing that changes is the number. I'll notify the admin... Stupid, people are losing jobs and have families to feed, do not kid about this kind of stuff. I... — read more 

Horrible company. The game's somewhat succeeded in spite of Turbine. Horrible in-game support and totally unresponsive to customer needs. Have any in-game problem and you will get no help or support regardless of whether you have spent dollars or... — read more 

Goodluck guys!

They canned 1/2 of the Turbine devs and staff! Rumor has it DDO and LOTRO will all be put into Maintenance mode before the next quarter with no more updates to come after the next batch of new content that is already developed and being bug tested... — read more 

They canned 1/4 of the Turbine devs and staff! Rumor has it DDO and LOTRO will all be put into Maintenance mode before the next quarter with no more updates to come after the next batch of new content that is already developed and being bug tested... — read more 

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