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
MMO Business Roundup: Improbable’s defense contracting, Amazon Games’ internal support
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news!
Improbable: Back in January, CNBC did a big story on Improbable, the massive Herman...
Sea of Thieves’ first season has arrived with a new voyage type and LTM
Season one of Sea of Thieves' new business-and-content model has officially arrived today. Here's hoping this take lasts long than that whole "three live...
EverQuest Online Adventures’ rogue server project, EQOA: Return Home, is still chugging along
Back in 2019, we covered a heartwarming story about EQOA: Return Home, a player-run emulator for EverQuest Online Adventures, which readers will recall was...
Snag an Echo of Soul loot-hoovering Blue Ciskai minipet in honor of The Blue update
Echo of Soul made headlines in 2020 for its brief-lived Steam Blue version, which folded back into the version that Gamigo has been faithfully...
Darkfall: Rise of Agon is expanding its paid dev team and launching in Asia
Here's some big news for fans of the Darkfall saga: The last Darkfall version still standing, Darkfall: Rise of Agon, is headed to a...
Posting record 2020 revenues, EA recommits to the Star Wars franchise that made it $3B
It's been an EA day today as reactions to the company's Q3 FY21 financial report continue to collect around the industry, largely because the...
Ultima Online has a string of narrative events rolling out all spring
Ultima Online's latest newsletter is live, with a look at what's coming in the new future and some teases for New Legacy. For example,...
Guild Wars 2’s Lunar New Year events are set to go live today
So we've got some good news and bad news. The good news is that Guild Wars 2 is going live with its Lunar New...
Destiny 2 just revealed Season of the Chosen and a full roadmap through May
As promised, Bungie's brought the goods for Destiny 2 today by way of Season of the Chosen, launching next week on February 9th and...
MMO Business Roundup: Gamestonk is tipping toward over as shares dip below $100 a pop
Welcome back to a fresh roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent business news!
Gamestonk: It's starting to look as if last week's wild GameStop stock squeeze...
Last Oasis’ latest update rebalances the essential act of blowing stuff up
It's a smidge delayed, but it's here today: Last Oasis is pushing out a big patch on Steam. Developer Donkey Crew says it's holding...
The Daily Grind: What’s the worst MMO game mechanic ever?
Weeks ago, I saw a thread on the MMORPG subreddit about the worst mechanics in MMOs. I clicked on the link, scoffing, thinking surely...
Blizzard teases February’s BlizzConline 2021 outlook, 30th anniversary bundles
Yes, BlizzConline is still happening, and yes it's still called that. Blizzard has dropped a new trailer for the all-digital show today along with...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most obscure MMORPG you’ve ever actually played?
We have a random column here on MOP where we rattle off new or obscure titles - usually we call it MMOs You've Never...
MMO Week in Review: Gamestonk, Amazon, Jagex, and Blackwood
Well this was a fun week - the week everyone learned how to stock market, and it was all thanks to GameStop, which is...
Magic Legends previews overland combat and map ahead of spring open beta
I kinda feel a smidge sorry for Magic Legends this week as its open beta announcement and slew of videos have been a bit...
Discrimination class-action lawsuit against Riot proceeds in spite of Riot’s arbitration success
In the summer of 2018, which seems like an eternity ago now, Kotaku published a massive expose of Riot Games' "culture of sexism," the...
Path of Exile is still working out some post-Echoes of the Atlas bugs and issues
With Echoes of the Atlas and its first patch behind us, Path of Exile is looking ahead to a few other changes in the...
Destiny 2 adds new seasonal challenges, discontinues Crimson Days event
There's good news and bad news for Destiny 2 fans. The bad news is that the Season of the Hunt is almost over. The...
With some trading restrictions lifted, GameStop stock is taking off again
The GME train keeps on a rollin' here on Friday. As daytraders and retail stock-buyers have been organizing on Reddit to buy GameStop stock...
