Bree Royce
Editor-in-Chief
Bree is an unrepentant escapist with a predilection for MMOs. When not compulsively proofreading cereal boxes and newspapers, she can be found modding, PvPing on the auction hall, and touring the Next Big Thing with her guild on a quest for the elusive perfect game.
Working As Intended and Ask Mo are her pet op-ed columns, but she also pens Daily Grinds and compiles Massively Overthinking, the Week in Review, and Make My MMO. You can hear her ramble about MMOs every week on the Massively OP podcast. If you're nice, she'll even talk about something other than Star Wars Galaxies.
Personal blog: SkycandyTwitter: @nbrianna
Favorite MMOs: Star Wars Galaxies, City of Heroes, Lord of the Rings Online, Guild Wars, Guild Wars 2, Ultima Online
PSA: OK procrastinators, you’re running out of time to get your free LOTRO and DDO stuff
Last spring, when the pandemic was ramping up here in the US and states were closing down everything in a panic, MMO studios around...
ArcheAge Unchained is free-to-play this weekend with the SUMMERTRIAL code
If you've been eyeing ArcheAge Unchained over the last year but hadn't wanted to pull the trigger on a buy-to-play experience, especially after the...
Torchlight III delays its next early access patch to at least September 8
You know, if there's one constant in Torchlight III's development, stretching all the way back into when it was an MMO called Torchlight Frontiers,...
The Daily Grind: What’s your most embarrassing MMO fail story?
A while back my husband was playing Overwatch when he was in a match with two guys who obviously knew each other and both...
Massively Overthinking: The MMOs we intentionally avoid
A few weeks back, I read a Twitter thread about people who avoid specific games and types of games, and the folks chiming in...
Albion Online players have accessed corrupted dungeons 1M times since Rise of Avalon launched
It's been only a few weeks since Albion Online's massive Rise of Avalon patch graced the live servers, but Sandbox Interactive has apparently spent...
Game preservation champion The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment has closed its doors
VentureBeat is reporting today that MADE, aka the Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment, is closing down its Oakland, California, base. It had already...
Six years after planning a Steam launch, Ultima Online might finally be launching there
Ultima Online studio Broadsword has been teasing all year that it had a big announcement coming for the game this year after publish 109,...
Gamescom 2020: WoW Shadowlands’ launch date, Star Wars Squadrons’ new trailer
We're updating this post at the bottom - scroll on down for the latest!
Forced to go digital thanks to the global pandemic, Gamescom 2020...
PlanetSide 2 announces Shattered Warpgate content campaign
Just a day or two ago I was chatting with an MOP commenter about how PlanetSide 2 really took off this year, getting more...
Atlas, still in early access, addresses reviving PvP and buffing the core game
Atlas has had a long journey since its stumbly early access rollout in 2018, back when it was still promising to be an “MMO...
MMO Business Roundup: Fortnite iOS’s lost parity, Halo Infinite’s debunked rumors, Funcom’s movie
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent (mostly adjacent today) industry news.
Fortnite iOS players who don't read the news are in...
Sony invites you to register to preorder the PlayStation 5 price-unseen
My kids don't know it yet, but they are probably getting a PlayStation 5 within the next year. It's likely to be a big...
Nexon’s mobile/PC MMO V4 adds new content and customization perks today
V4, Nexon's mobile-and-PC MMORPG, has barely been launched for a month, and it's already celebrating a milestone: a million downloads. This week, the game...
ARK Survival Evolved celebrates three years since official launch, drops Crystal Isles map for console
So I was looking at my calendar this morning and I realized that this week is ARK Survival Evolved's third birthday since its official...
Superhero MMO Ship of Heroes opens its doors to all gamers for this weekend’s invasion test
Ship of Heroes is gearing up for yet another test of its large-scale invasion content this weekend, and it's inviting you. Yes, you. Everyone,...
Black Desert begins Hashashin pre-creation as console announces a physical edition
It's a big day for Black Desert as the Hashashin pre-creation event has kicked off ahead of the class' formal launch on PC next...
Bless Unleashed is running a PC closed beta test next month – here’s how to sign up
If you're over there watching Bless Unleashed run its PS4 beta and wishing you could play it on your PC, first of all, that's...
Guild Wars 2’s End of Dragons expansion takes us to Cantha in 2021
There's gobs of addenda to this post as the stream rolled along today, so scroll down to the bottom for the big news!
There's a...
New World’s open preview event has just begun
Amazon's New World has just kicked off its don't-call-it-a-beta beta preview event. The event is a follow-on to last month's density stress test (seriously,...
