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
Fractured declares its break-all-the-things stress test a mess, gleefully plans next one
It's not often you hear MMO developers outright call their own stress test a "mess" with a cheeky grin, but hey, expect no less...
Path of Exile’s Conquerors of the Atlas and Metamorph League launch today
It's a big day for Path of Exile PC players as Conquerors of the Atlas arrives on the platform. If you heard MJ squeeing...
Ask Mo: The hits and misses of MassivelyOP’s 2019 predictions
The day has come: the day when we look back at last year's predictions for this year and see how we did. Yep, this...
Star Wars Galaxies Legends plans Life Day, new heroics, and a contest judged by George Lucas’ son
SWTOR and Fortnite aren't the only games in our wheelhouse that are jumping on the Star Wars Rise of Skywalker hype train. According to...
Massively OP’s 2019 Awards: Biggest MMO Surprise
Massively Overpowered’s end-of-the-year 2019 awards continue today with our award for Biggest MMO Surprise, which was awarded to the buyouts of Trion Worlds and CCP...
RIFT players tussle over the return of Planeswalker summons as Trove console goes Into the Deep
Ah dangit. Yesterday's post on RIFT's Fae Yule was supposed to be fun and games, literally. It's Christmas, people. But apparently there's a bit...
The Daily Grind: What was the best new zone added to an MMO in 2019?
Thanks to MOP reader Agemyth's suggestion way back in 2016, we’ve been debating the best new zone added to an MMO for the last couple of...
Elder Scrolls Online’s new trailer teases Dark Heart of Skyrim for 2020
At The Game Awards tonight, ZeniMax revealed a sweet new Elder Scrolls Online trailer as promised, capping off the game's Season of the Dragon...
Amazon’s New World is launching in May of 2020 – check out the new videos
Amazon's been teasing big news for New World, the survivalish MMORPG that it had in alpha testing earlier this year but dropped back out...
Perfect World has finally revealed Magic: Legends, its Magic the Gathering MMORPG
You know how Perfect World and Cryptic have been talking up a new Magic the Gathering MMORPG for like... years? It's still happening, and...
All the big news from tonight’s Game Awards 2019 event
Geoff Keighley's Game Awards are not usually something we cover directly here on MOP, given that they branch far and away from MMORPGs and...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMO stories of 2019
Earlier this week, we granted our formal award for the biggest MMO story of the year. But biggest doesn't necessarily mean best or most...
Amazon’s New World is apparently slated for 2020, according to new Steam page
Amazon Game Studios has been teasing some sort of reveal for its MMORPG New World all week, which has surely been a comfort to...
Gamigo’s taking another swing at getting ArcheAge Unchained’s ArchePass live today
We have a joke around the MOP offices that we are not an uptime monitor. Our site does not exist to chronicle the uptime...
Pearl Abyss drops new Crimson Desert screenshots and design notes
So, other than MOP's Carlo (who's absolutely losing his mind over the game), who's hyped for Pearl Abyss' Crimson Desert? Because the Korean mega-studio...
Massively OP’s 2019 Awards: Worst MMO Business Model
Massively Overpowered’s end-of-the-year 2019 awards continue today with our award for Worst MMO Business Model, which was awarded to Star Citizen last year. This faux-ward...
Star Citizen fan says he spent $31,000 on the game following a near-death experience
Gather round, Star Citizen skeptics and superfans, because it's story time over on the game's subreddit.
Redditor ILMsux has posted a gripping story about a...
Dang, Astellia Online is sunsetting in its native South Korea
Well, this is not a good sign: Nexon announced last night that it's closing Astellia Online in its native South Korea. If you'll forgive...
EverQuest II’s Frostfell has arrived with new goodies from Santa Glug
Gonna be honest, a dancing gobbo in a santa hat is a bit creepy to me, but I was informed that gobbo is in...
Blade & Soul’s Will of Iron launches today with a new dungeon and Destroyer spec
Will of Iron is officially live today in NCsoft's Blade & Soul, presumably the last major update of the year for the game's western...
