Turbine gets new CEO, but what happened to the old one?
Turbine Studios, developer of Lord of the Rings Online and D&D Online, announced a new CEO yesterday to replace long-time CEO Jeff Anderson (pictured). New CEO Jeff Crowley, who came from outside the industry, was brought on board a couple months ago as "one of many [hires] that Turbine has recently made to invest in new talent that will drive the next wave of the company's growth." Translation: The Turbine board wasn't happy with the management or money the company was making and decided to make changes.There's no mention of Anderson's fate in the press release, but word is that he's been pushed out of the company. It'll be interesting to see how Crowley handles the company, Anderson was always the public face of Turbine and its games. It'll also be interesting to see if Crowley survives the behind-the-scenes issues which caused the shakeup in the first place.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Wes @ Oct 6th 2007 11:57PM
All he has to say to survive a few months is Yes Board Director Ma'am!
Eliot @ Oct 7th 2007 1:06AM
They decided that the relative ease at which Jeff Anderson could be modeled in 3D was not enough of a qualification to keep him as CEO.
blooh (CDF - Ass Ring) @ Oct 7th 2007 1:23AM
oh mr crowely...
did you talk to the dead?
leelee @ Oct 7th 2007 3:20AM
he was fired. lotro numbers have dropped like a rock, to 200k or so. still good, but fading fast, and he was blamed for the failure of turbine to retain subscribers
turbine also did some targeted layoffs in the last few months
now the board is going to try to pit lipstick on the pig to sell it to an overeager, overpaying large media company
Conejo @ Oct 8th 2007 9:55AM
Turbine seems to fire quietly. i recall the lead Dev for DDO was let go, everyone suspects it is because he was turning the game into crap (he was), but nobody internal would even acknowledge he was gone.
cc123 @ Dec 3rd 2007 3:15PM
Neener™