music
Jukebox Heroes: World of Warcraft’s best music, part 2
Probably the most challenging aspect of creating a "top 32" list of the best World of Warcraft music isn't coming up with a track...
Multiplayer sci-fi sandbox Pantropy has launched its $91K Kickstarter
Last September, we first heard about Pantropy, a "sci-fi faction multiplayer shooter with mechs and focus on building and crafting" and a really cool...
Fortnite: Valentine’s day, 3.4 million concurrency, and fixing the ‘extreme load’ problem
This right here would be why Epic Games isn't all that wrecked over having to put down Paragon: Fortnite hit a new peak concurrency...
David Brevik reveals a new indie title in the vein of Diablo and Terraria
Diablo, Hellgate: London, and Marvel Heroes creator David Brevik has just announced his newest game -- and it's both similar and unlike anything he's...
Battle Bards Episode 114: Vroom vroom!
Yes officer, these Battle Bards were well above the speed limit and violated many noise complaints in the local neighborhoods. But it was for...
Jukebox Heroes: World of Warcraft’s best music, part 1
A week ago, I started to engage in an interesting thought experiment. I started jotting down what I thought were the best World of...
One Shots: Poppin’ some bubbly
We are going to kick off this week's exhibition of player screenshots with a few email submissions (yes, some of you still email them...
Whatever happened to Ascent: the Space Game, Aura Kingdom, and Fragmented?
Ever pause during your day and find yourself wondering, “Whatever happened to that game?” With hundreds upon hundreds of online titles these days, it’s surprisingly easy...
Battle Bards Episode 113: Anarchy Online
Alien, quiet, and weird — that’s the Anarchy Online soundtrack for you in a nutshell. For the first episode of 2018, the ever-contentious Battle...
LOTRO players pull off massive multi-day Winterstock concert
In case you missed it, over the past few days the Lord of the Rings Online community has been running one of the largest ...
Jukebox Heroes: Black Prophecy’s soundtrack
With just about a year of live operation to its name before closing, Black Prophecy wasn't really here long enough to cement itself into...
Elder Scrolls Online breaks out its fourth soundtrack album
Soundtrack lovers, here's a pleasant surprise for the end of the week: A brand-new album from Composer Brad Derrick and Elder Scrolls Online.
Derrick continues...
Choose My Adventure: Starting fresh in Project Gorgon
I'm really glad to be heading into Project Gorgon for the first CMA of the year. Not just because it's a title which I...
EverQuest trots out a new lizardy lockbox
Even with all of the discussion going on about lockboxes these days, it doesn't seem to be slowing down the release of such packs...
Raph Koster on MMO ecosystems, the balance of power, and tennis
Most MMORPGs have the core sandbox problem: Whoever gets there first, controls all the toys and has the power to drive everyone else away....
Battle Bards Episode 112: MMO minigame music
It’s time to take a diversion to play — and listen — to the minigames tucked inside of our MMOs! The Battle Bards haul...
LOTRO Legendarium: Looking back at the road we traveled in 2017
"The road goes ever on" is one of the most well-known phrases from Lord of the Rings, alluding to the ongoing journey of the...
Destiny’s forbidden Music of the Spheres album is leaked
One of the oddest sagas in video game soundtrack history continues this month. Destiny fans might recall that there was a major companion album...
2017: A year of Battle Bards and awesome MMO music
If you are not familiar with Battle Bards, it's an MMORPG video game music podcast that was co-created by Massively OP's Justin Olivetti back...
Jukebox Heroes: MMO carols for your gaming joy
If someone -- and we are not necessarily suggesting you -- were to create an MMO Christmas carol album, what songs would be included?...
