Matt McKnight, Turbine's new West coast Studio Director, has spent over a decade entrenched in various aspects of game development. Prior to joining Turbine, Matt served as CEO and President of Sniper Studios where he helped forge strategic alliances with key players in the industry. Matt also worked at Electronic Arts where he played key roles in the game development organization working on the Madden and Bond franchises.

An online entertainment veteran, Turbine is recognized globally for its industry-leading technology platform, groundbreaking game graphics and its exceptional ability to create and operate multiple massive, persistent online worlds that power hundreds of thousands of interactive social gaming experiences. Turbine currently operates three award-winning franchises around the globe and is one of the largest privately-held online gaming studios in North America.

In April 2007, Turbine launched The Lord of the Rings Online™: Shadows of Angmar™ (Lotro Gold), the first and only MMORPG based on the books of J.R.R. Tolkien, and has quickly established itself as an emerging leader. The Lord of the Rings Online was named PC Game of the Year 2007 at the 25th Annual Golden Joystick Awards and The New York Times proclaimed it "a major achievement of interactive storytelling, the first game truly worthy of the 'Lord of the Rings' franchise and a must-play for just about anyone with an interest in Tolkien or the future of online entertainment." The Lord of the Rings Online™: Mines of Moria™, Lotro Gold's first retail expansion, will ship on November 18, 2008. Turbine also created and operates Dungeons & Dragons Online™, which was named Best Multiplayer Game of 2006 by the British Academy of Television & Arts, and Asheron's Call®, which was named one of the Top 50 Games of All Time by GameSpy and is one of the longest running massively multiplayer online games in the industry.