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Massively OP’s 2019 MMO Video Game Music Awards
Many of us here on the Massively OP staff have our own personal pet projects and interests that might not be as widespread as...
Battle Bards Episode 158: Winter returns
Do you feel a little… frozen this winter season? Winter is something amazing to behold, especially when video game composers attempt to capture its unique magic...
Battle Bards Episode 157: Chronicles of Spellborn
An odd, offbeat, and short-lived MMO, Chronicles of Spellborn hardly registered on most of the gaming community’s consciousness. However, this fantasy title has not...
Jukebox Heroes: The best of Grim Dawn’s soundtrack
While I might be too late for 2019's Halloween season, I think I can safely get a jump on 2020's fright fest with a...
The Daily Grind: What was the best MMO soundtrack or song released in 2019?
I hope you are all prepared for December, fellow gamers, because the Massively OP award season is right around the corner! That's always a...
Occupy White Walls celebrates a year on Steam with a DLC pack
Has it really been a year since the art curation MMO Occupy White Walls released into early access? Apparently it has, and the devs...
Battle Bards Episode 156: Feeling blue
Is blue a color? An emotion? A song? An overused alien skin tone? One thing is for certain: Blue shows up an awful lot...
Guild Wars 2 has lost yet another developer, this time to Bungie
Even if you disregard the poor community reception of some of ArenaNet's recent initiatives, it's been a rough couple of months for Guild Wars...
Flameseeker Chronicles: The best of Guild Wars 2’s Living World soundtrack
One of my earliest impressions of the Guild Wars franchise, before I even owned it, but had only played it at a friend’s house,...
Jukebox Heroes: The best of Ys Online’s soundtrack
Stretching back to the late 1980s, the Ys role-playing series has had a long and fruitful run, with nearly five million copies of its...
LOTRO weathers Minas Morgul launch day bumps, promises soundtrack
Because evil never sleeps in Mordor, it is always coming up with new ways to mess up game launches. That's the true insidious nature...
Battle Bards Episode 155: FFXIV Shadowbringers
Welcome to the “Cursed Episode” of Battle Bards, where you’ll be risking bad luck and poor RNG rolls just by hearing it! But it...
Jukebox Heroes: The best of Fallout 76’s musical score
Last week, composer Inon Zur took to Twitter to celebrate a big moment: "Dear Friends,
Fallout 76 has been nominated for Best Original Video Game...
Jukebox Heroes: Exploring World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth’s patch music
One of my favorite modern trends of MMORPGs is that studios are no longer saving the entirety of a soundtrack for the base game or expansion releases. Oh sure, those usually get a great album push -- especially if it's one of the bigger games -- but for a while now, many studios have also been releasing new music on a steady basis with significant content patches.
The MOP Up: KurtzPel is getting a dash of Lime
KurtzPel is getting its newest hero, Lime, very soon, and to lead up to her release the game is winging a CP and AP...
Jukebox Heroes: Exploring EverQuest’s official soundtrack
It is fairly rare for an MMORPG to sell an official soundtrack these days unless the game is fairly prominent (i.e., Final Fantasy XIV...
Battle Bards Episode 154: Death and decay
Get an early jump on Halloween with the Battle Bards, as they grab the nearest shovel and start unearthing all sorts of morbid and...
Second impressions: Astellia Online’s launch version is a solidly average MMO
So... here's the thing about Astellia Online. You remember my first impressions piece? I freely acknowledged that the game was fundamentally a fine title...
Sandbox MMO Project C launches $149.99 founder packs, plans October closed alpha
Remember Project C? It's the SpatialOS-based open-world persistent sandbox MMO by Darewise, the same company that along with studio Nvizzio struggled to make the gorgeous space...
Battle Bards Episode 153: Elder Scrolls Online Summerset
Gryphons, Elves, and gobs and gobs of singing people — that’s Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset for ya! The Battle Bards return to Tamriel to...
