jeremy soule
The Game Archaeologist: The rise and fall of Landmark and EverQuest Next
The year was 2013. Sony Online Entertainment was still a functioning and seemingly robust MMORPG studio, and its yearly SOE Live convention was a...
Jukebox Heroes: Ten MMOs that strongly support their soundtracks
It's one thing to put a lot of music in your MMORPG or even to release that launch-day album. It's another thing entirely to...
Former Elder Scrolls and Guild Wars franchise composer is accused of sexual assault
The gaming industry is in the midst of its own #MeToo moment, and one of the industry vets who stands accused is popular composer...
Jukebox Heroes: The 10 greatest MMO soundtracks of all time (as voted by you)
A few weeks ago we witnessed the showdown of the ages (or at least the epoch known as "late January 2019"), as Massively OP...
Guild Wars and Elder Scrolls franchise composer Jeremy Soule starts Patreon for exclusive music
It's not really a holiday season around Massively OP if we're not asking that annual question, "What is composer Jeremy Soule up to these...
Hyperspace Beacon: Why SWTOR failed EA
Some have called Star Wars: The Old Republic a failure. And if former Lead Designer Daniel Erickson is correct, then EA is one of...
Jeremy Soule releases a preview album for his long-awaited Kickstarter symphony
Backers of Jeremy Soule's 2013 Kickstarter campaign are still awaiting the long-promised symphony by the video game composer, but at least they have a...
Jukebox Heroes: The 2017 Online Video Game Music Awards
Oh, I can hear all of you out there, mewing with frustration that Massively OP hasn't yet announced the truly important awards yet this...
Make My MMO: Camelot Unchained inches closer to beta one (December 2, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Camelot Unchained's weekly progress report is on the shorter side (for CSE) given that the game's monthly newsletter just went...
Another year passes and Jeremy Soule’s Kickstarter album is still unreleased
How about this for a new November tradition at Massively OP: Let's get together at this time every year to see if video game...
Jukebox Heroes: Elder Scrolls Online’s Morrowind soundtrack
Lately I've felt the need to get into gear and cover a lot of the more recent MMO soundtracks that have released alongside their...
Elder Scrolls Online wraps up its Morrowind video guide series and teases new soundtrack
Now that Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind has launched, chances are that anyone interested in this expansion is in there playing instead of moping about...
Maclaine Diemer opens up about composing Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns
Today we are sitting down with ArenaNet Lead Composer Maclaine Diemer, who players might best know from his work on Guild Wars 2: Heart...
Jukebox Heroes: Your favorite MMO themes, #12-7
It's starting to get serious now.
As we well know, people are highly opinionated about everything, but when it comes to music, there seems to...
Jukebox Heroes: Your favorite MMO themes, #18-13
Last week we were off to a great start as we listened to the first batch of player-voted favorite MMO themes. As I said...
Make My MMO: Crowfall’s big world playtest, Star Citizen’s alpha 2.6 (December 3, 2016)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, ArtCraft says over 9000 gamers have been invited to try to break the three alpha servers active during Crowfall's "Big...
Where is Jeremy Soule’s Kickstarter symphony?
Back in 2013, Composer Jeremy Soule (Landmark, Guild Wars 2) launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $10,000 to fund his personal project of creating...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMORPG soundtracks
MOP's Justin Olivetti created the music-centered Jukebox Heroes column back on Massively-that-was and brought it along to us here, and to this day it's...
Battle Bards Episode 76: Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns
“It’s high time that we talk about the Heart of Thorns expansion for Guild Wars 2!” Syl says, and we couldn’t agree more. The Battle...
Elder Scrolls Online releases a second soundtrack album
The Elder Scrolls franchise is well-known for its musical legacy, and while Elder Scrolls Online doesn't have the efforts of Jeremy Soule (aside from...