Editing Archived AC News - 2008 (section)

=== May ===
'''Hotfix'''

On Wednesday May 28th, all worlds will be down from 7am -2pm Eastern so that we may apply a patch to the game. This patch will have a fix for the pet attacking issue as well as a few other minor game changes. May 12, 2008 - 3:49 PM - by Frelorn

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'''Compensation NPCs Permanent - [http://forums.ac.turbine.com/showpost.php?p=404596&postcount=5 Link]''' 

Frelorn posted in [http://forums.ac.turbine.com/showthread.php?t=38613 this thread] that Turbine has no plans to remove the new compensation gift NPCs in a future patch.

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'''Tell The AC Community Team - [http://forums.ac.turbine.com/showthread.php?t=38580 Link]'''

Tolero from the Turbine Community Team has posted a new thread over on the Turbine Boards:

:''I'll be asking you questions, and here in my thread, you tell me: What comes to mind; what you think; how you feel; etc, as it relates to the question(s) at hand. If you missed the previous week's questions, they'll be listed below and you can answer them here too. Thank you so much to everyone for offering their answers!<br>
:__________________<br>
:''Question 1<br>
:''If you could describe your favorite play style in one word, what would that word be?<br><br>

:''Question 2<br>
:''What is your favorite thing about AC?<br><br>

:''Question 3<br>
:''If our CEO gave you three wishes, what would you wish for?<br><br>

[http://forums.ac.turbine.com/showthread.php?t=38580 Head over to the thread], read the posting guides, and post your responses.

--[[User:An Adventurer|An Adventurer]] 12:53, 13 May 2008 (CDT)

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'''May Event "Introductions" Thursday May 15th''' - [http://forums.ac.turbine.com/index.php Link]

The May event is scheduled to go live on Thursday May 15th. All worlds will be down from 7am - 2pm Eastern. You can find out more by checking out the [http://ac.turbine.com/?page_id=581 May Event page]. -- Freelorn

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'''Turbine picks up $40 Million in new venture capital''' - [http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/01/turbine-picks-up-40-million-keeps-mum-about-its-next-steps/ Link]

''Turbine has raised $40 million, <nowiki>[possibly]</nowiki> to expand the Lord of the Rings Online around the world more quickly; Crowley says the Asia expansion alone will bring millions of subscribers to that game. Turbine also wants to fund the expansion of properties like Dungeons & Dragons Online, which on its own isn't generating enough revenue to fund expansion. And then the company has a couple of more secret projects in the works. . . "We do have some unannounced projects. We have not articulated those yet, with the exception of the announcement of the Moria expansion to Lord of the Rings Online. We have a couple of more announcements as the year goes on. It's very exciting in terms of expansion of our IP portfolio and geographies." - Read [http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/01/turbine-picks-up-40-million-keeps-mum-about-its-next-steps/ more].''