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
Legends of Aria’s $19.99 Dark Sorcery DLC has officially launched
It didn't quite make its original March deadline, but it came damn close: Early access MMORPG Legends of Aria has officially launched new DLC...
Fallout 76 PC players can scoop up a game copy on Steam – for free
So here's a nice surprise: We knew Fallout 76 was coming to Steam, but we didn't know that existing players could claim a free...
Elyon aka Ascent Infinite Realm ‘pivot’ is confirmed by western publisher Kakao
Yesterday, we covered the news from the Korean beta that Ascent: Infinite Realm was being rebranded with a new name, along with a video...
ArcheAge, RIFT, Trove, and more Gamigo MMOs launch a reforestation charity initiative
Gamigo is announcing a big charity project today with Eden Reforestation Projects, which will raise money to plant trees all over the world while...
Albion Online wants to boost players’ ‘incentives for backstabbing and going to war’
Over the last few months, Albion Online's Sandbox Interactive has continued its push to rebalance the endgame meta - specifically, the power and potency...
Pandemic roundup: Humble Conquer COVID-19, Bethsoft events canceled, EA ‘stay and play’
Welcome back to another roundup of the impact of COVID-19 on gaming.
A huge stack of game studios have chipped in to support Humble's Conquer...
April Fools’ Day around the MMO ‘verse, 2020 edition
Happy April Fools' Day, folks. Here's a look at a few of the goofball pranks and patches we spied in MMOs this morning!
First, up...
Grab a key for Shadow Arena’s final beta, courtesy of Pearl Abyss and MOP
As we've been covering, Pearl Abyss is gearing up for a 2020 release of Shadow Arena, the standalone battle royale based on Black Desert's...
The Daily Grind: Are there MMOs that don’t deserve second chances?
MOP reader Steve recently posed us an interesting question: Is it time for gamers to stop giving second chances to bungled MMOs and live...
Star Citizen studio Cloud Imperium just picked up another $17.25M from investors
Looks like Star Citizen and Squadron 42 company Cloud Imperium just got a bit more rope, as its investor groups have bought up more...
COVID-19 roundup: #PlayApartTogether, Blade & Soul perks, and Twitch Aid’s $2.7M charity raise
Welcome back to another quick roundup of pandemic-related MMO and gaming news. We'll start with the big one: The World Health Organization, which made...
The Daily Grind: Are you angry about the collapse of Chronicles of Elyria?
Last week, Soulbound Studios announced that in spite of just reaching a semblance of pre-alpha for Chronicles of Elyria, it was out of money...
MMO Week in Review: Elyria’s suspended storm, Guild Wars 2’s lie of omission
Even in the middle of a pandemic, the MMO industry manages to keep ramping up the news. Not only did Chronicles of Elyria give...
Make My MMO: Chronicles of Elyria becomes the highest-profile MMORPG Kickstarter to crash and burn
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Soulbound Studios, the team behind MMORPG Chronicles of Elyria, announced that the game was on indefinite hold and all...
Check out Rogue Company, Hi-Rez’s upcoming cross-platform team shooter
Rogue Company: It's definitely not Rogue Squadron on a Bad Company binge. It's Hi-Rez Studios' next big thing under the First Watch Games label:...
Guild Wars 2’s Super Adventure Box is coming mid-April, not next week, and there’s no new World
I've joked a few times this week about how badly my kids want to play Super Adventure Box in Guild Wars 2, and I...
World of Warships’ exercises and recipes, World of Tanks’ overhaul, and War Thunder’s movie set
Welp, here's something I've never seen before: An online game is offering up workouts and recipes that players can do from home while under...
Guild Wars 2 Game Director Mike Zadorojny left for Amazon Games Studios – in November
Two weeks ago, we reported that Guild Wars 2 Game Director Mike Zadorojny had quietly departed ArenaNet last fall. Originally leaked by a troll...
Villagers and Heroes has announced its next expansion, called Eclipse
Villagers & Heroes is a staff favorite here on MOP - it took our indie of the year award in 2019, after all. And...
Here’s what you can do in Ship of Heroes’ surprise beta right now
Last week, Ship of Heroes' Heroic Games announced a "surprise" beta test round - open to the public - during the COVID-19 outbreak. Now,...
