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
Massively Overthinking: Contemplating Colossus and Camelot Unchained
You had to know we were going to talk about Camelot Unchained in this edition of Massively Overthinking, right?
Last week, City State Entertainment announced...
Camelot Unchained’s Mark Jacobs apologizes for Colossus reveal, promises roadmap and siege video tomorrow
A week ago, Camelot Unchained studio City State Entertainment stunned MMORPG players - and its own Kickstarter backers - with the news that it...
Activision-Blizzard Q4 2019: Revenues are down YoY for the fourth straight quarter
So here we are in 2020, looking back at the last quarter of 2019 for Blizzard. Nothing big happened or anything, just a massive...
Black Desert’s Kunoichi rolls out to PS4, awakens on Xbox One, and drinks all the wine
It's patch day once again for console players of Black Desert, as this week Pearl Abyss has finally added the Kunoichi to the PS4...
Fortnite adds Harley Quinn bundle and challenges with Birds of Prey movie tie-in
It looks as if DC Universe Online isn't the only online game getting its transmedia synergy on with the upcoming Birds of Prey film...
WoW Classic is getting the 2005 version of the Darkmoon Faire this month
Not gonna lie, the most fun thing I did this morning is skimming all the confused social media comments from people who think the...
French World of Warcraft fans release epic live-action War on Lordaeron short film
I'm gonna tell you to go get some popcorn now, and not because of drama. It's because it's movie time! World of Warcraft movie...
Blizzard’s Diablo just picked up a new overseer, and some fans are worried
Well now, the Diablo franchise just got a wee bit more interesting. Prominent Epic and Microsoft developer Rod Fergusson announced last night that he's...
Whatever happened to MechWarrior Online?
Every once in a while, I'll be tabbing through my feeds and see an update on the MechWarrior Online site. I get excited for...
SWG Legends announces new plan to combat latency caused by its own dang popularity
Lag, lag, go away! If you play the popular Star Wars Galaxies rogue server known as SWG Legends, you're probably right there with everyone...
Leaderboard: Four months after the Blitzchung Hong Kong mess, are you still boycotting Blizzard?
MOP reader Pepperzine recently dropped us an email about Blizzard that we've put off until today very intentionally. Why? Because tomorrow, Activision-Blizzard releases its...
H1Z1 aka Z1 Battle Royale’s concurrency shot up 900% last month – here’s why
If you happen to be one of those weirdos who is constantly thumbing through SteamCharts to see how games are doing (i.e., me), you...
Overwatch’s new hero pools hit the PTS as Blizzard gift-wraps new goodies for workshop modders
I'm going to tentatively say here that this might be the best (or at least most smooth) thing Blizzard has done in a month...
New French lawsuits accuse EA’s FIFA franchise of promoting illegal gambling
None of the FIFA titles is a pure MMO, of course, but every MMO player interested in how monetization across the industry is being...
Black Desert: The Guardian awakens, Valentine’s Day begins, and players raise money for charity
If you happened to miss our Desert Oasis piece on Black Desert's Guardian awakening last week, today is the day to get caught up,...
Ultima Online pegs March for update 108, teases something big for the ‘largest audience ever’
Ultima Online's first newsletter of the new decade is a hodge-podge, but let's get to the big tease first. What is it? We don't...
Cyperpunk 2077 won’t be ‘mixing’ its singleplayer and multiplayer modes
Still grumpy about Cyberpunk 2077's delay from April to September? Even grumpier about the revelation that multiplayer - the thing we care about around...
Fallout 76’s Wastelanders update will finally launch on April 7 – here’s the new trailer
As it turns out, the Wastelanders delay from 2019 to 2020 wasn't just a brief one: Bethsoft announced this morning that Fallout 76's big...
Anthem’s weekly updates stay thin as the launch anniversary approaches
If you were hoping from something big from Anthem this week, with the anniversary of its launch rushing up on us soon, well, I'm...
The Daily Grind: Do you avoid MMORPG raiding – and why?
As part of the preview of upcoming Guild Wars 2 content for 2020 yesterday, ArenaNet's Andrew Gray made some comments on raiding I thought...
