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
New World is already gearing up for its ‘preview event’ next week
As August marches onward, New World fans are eagerly anticipating the promised preview event launching on August 25th, which will let in all the...
Apple’s retaliatory measures against Epic Games threaten Unreal Engine, not just Fortnite
As we've been covering, Epic Games is suing Apple and Google for "unfair and anti-competitive actions" as to their payment markets, over which Apple...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most annoying travel system in an MMO?
A while back, I finally talked my husband into buying his Elf Warden a basic Hobbit house in Lord of the Rings Online. He...
Starbase previews fleet PvP tourney video, works on player progression and exploration design
It's been months since we checked in on Starbase directly rather in our weekly roundup, so we're going to do just that today and...
TERA and Closers studio En Masse Entertainment is closing its doors (but the games will survive)
I kinda can't believe I'm typing this, but it appears that En Masse Entertainment, which has run TERA here in North America for the...
Wurm Online tops concurrency records and will add yet another new server
Wurm Online has been fully on Steam for just over three weeks now. The surge of new players prompted Code Club to to roll...
So Epic Games is taking on Apple and Google – but can it win?
Last week, Epic Games kicked off both an internet drama and a lawsuit when it instigated legal action against both Apple and Google over...
Meridian 59 honored the late MMO developer Brian Green in yesterday’s memorial
Last week, we covered the tragic news that Brian Green, better known as Psychochild around here, had passed away, far too young at the...
Valiance Online has extended its open beta event another two weeks
PlayNYC, the newly digital games con in New York, ended yesterday, which means Valiance Online's brief open beta whereby anyone could play should have...
Jagex is publishing a new game, this one a ‘multi-format living’ UE4 multiplayer action RPG
I dunno about you, but I always get a little nervous whenever Jagex announces a new game, given how so many of them have...
The $420K ArcheAge class action lawsuit settlement is finally paying out
I'm quite sure our readers will remember the class action lawsuit a group of gamers lodged against Trion Worlds way back in 2015 -...
The Daily Grind: What borky system in your favorite MMO needs some love?
A few weeks back, a new SWG Legends chef was chatting me up on Discord, asking what were frankly very reasonable questions about some...
MMO Week in Review: EVE Echoes, Epic Games, and Reflections in Crystal
Well, at least this week wasn't boring! While gaming headlines were dominated by the emerging Epic Games lawsuits against Apple and Google over Fortnite...
Electronic Arts is rebranding all its EA Access and Origin stuff as EA Play
Less than a week ago, we covered EA's new plan to port EA Access, which was originally part of the EA Origin hodgepodge, over...
This is the weirdest Fortnite lawsuit you’re going to read about all week
While Epic Games busies itself taking on some of the biggest digital platforms in the world, it's being sued by a Samson of its...
Star Citizen promotes its latest buyable ship, stays mum on Squadron 42 progress
Star Citizen is having a busy August, what with the release of alpha 3.10 and breaking last year's sales records and all. This week,...
Vendetta Online pretty much just went free-to-play last night
One of the first cross-platform MMORPGs ever just got even more friendly to the free-to-play PC crowd. Sci-fi MMO Vendetta Online announced last night...
Make My MMO: Crowfall extends its beta as the superhero MMOs vie for testers
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Crowfall blasted into beta, becoming the latest crowdfunded MMORPG to break through that barrier. In fact, it's even extended...
Ubisoft ousts its seventh manager in sexual misconduct investigation
Ubisoft reckoning with its workplace culture continues, most recently with the firing of Assassin's Creed Valhalla creative director Ashraf Ismail. According to Kotaku, Ismail...
MMO Business Roundup: GDC 2021, Netmarble, NYCC, voice actors, Gamescom, Steam’s autumn festival
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news!
GDC 2021: Fresh off the digital GDC Summer 2020, Informa Tech announced that its...
