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 Year in Review: FFXVI, ArcheAge 2, and the Bethsoft buyout (September 2020)
Three big stories dominated September: Microsoft bought out the entirety of Bethsoft, including ZeniMax Online Studios, Elder Scrolls Online, and Fallout 76; Square-Enix announced...
MassivelyOP’s 2020 Golden Yachties: Best inappropriately sexy MMO post
MassivelyOP’s not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for best inappropriately sexy MMO post. (If you’re wondering what the heck a Golden Yachtie...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: MMORPG of the Year
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for MMORPG of the Year, which was awarded to Elder Scrolls Online last year.
Longtime...
MMO Year in Review: Business business business (August 2020)
August turned out to be a month full of industry moves, good and bad. It was the month that saw the start of the...
MassivelyOP’s 2020 Golden Yachties: Best worst post title
MassivelyOP’s not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for best worst post title. (If you’re wondering what the heck a Golden Yachtie is,...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Most Anticipated MMO
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for Most Anticipated MMO, which was awarded to Book of Travels and Torchlight Frontiers...
The Daily Grind: Which gaming company told the biggest fib in 2020?
We have a rule at MOP: "Save your recordings." This is specifically because studios have said things to us on the record and then...
MMO Year in Review: Lord of the Rings Offline (July 2020)
I always joke that MOP is not an uptime monitor, but in July, it sure felt that way, as following the launch of its...
MassivelyOP’s 2020 Golden Yachties: Best MMO crime of the year
MassivelyOP’s not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for best worst MMO crime of the year. (If you’re wondering what the heck a...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: MMO Expansion of the Year
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for MMO Expansion of the Year, which was awarded to Final Fantasy XIV's Shadowbringers...
The Daily Grind: What MMO will change its business model dramatically in 2021?
Years ago, it was a MOP tradition around the end of the year to speculate on which MMORPG that hadn't yet gone free-to-play would...
MMO Year in Review: Solidarity (June 2020)
June 2020 in the US was dominated by widespread protests over racism and law enforcement abuse, and MMO companies rushed to show solidarity, donate...
MassivelyOP’s 2020 Golden Yachties: Best worst transmedia synergy
MassivelyOP’s not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for best worst transmedia synergy. (If you’re wondering what the heck a Golden Yachtie is,...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Not-So-Massively Game of the Year
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for the Not-So-Massively Game of the Year, which was awarded to No Man's Sky...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO boasts the best console experience at the end of 2020?
I thought 2019 was a big year for console thanks to Black Desert's multiple console launches, but 2020 was far from shabby itself. The...
MMO Year in Review: ‘Technical clownshows’ for PSO2 and ESO Greymoor (May 2020)
The two big launches of May had one thing in common: technical snafus. Phantasy Star Online 2's western PC "technical clownshow" launch even generated...
MassivelyOP’s 2020 Golden Yachties: Best MMO rumor we want to be true
MassivelyOP’s not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for best MMO rumor we want to be true. (If you’re wondering what the heck...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: MMO with the Stormiest Future
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for the MMO (or Studio) with the Stormiest Future, which was awarded to Daybreak...
MMO Year in Review: Elyon’s pivot, Elyria’s fizzling storm (April 2020)
In April of 2020, the hotly anticipated Ascent: Infinite Realm took a sharp turn, changing its name - to Elyon - and shifting more...
MassivelyOP’s 2020 Golden Yachties: Best MMO troll
MassivelyOP’s not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for the best MMO troll of 2020. (If you’re wondering what the heck a Golden...
