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
Apple argues Epic’s lawsuit is ‘part of a marketing campaign’ to ‘reinvigorate interest in Fortnite’
The Epic/Apple legal drama continues as this week Apple's filed its response to Epic's request to force Fortnite back on the Appstore, and you...
Crowfall just picked up former SWG comms director Diane ‘Tiggs’ Migliaccio as its new community manager
There's a fresh face over at Crowfall, though it's one long-time MMORPG veterans will remember: Crowfall has picked up a new community manager, Diane...
Ship of Heroes talks class picks, chaotic fights, and more beta events this fall
If you were following Ship of Heroes this past summer, you know that Heroic Games ran several beta events for backers and looky-loos during...
PAX Online 2020: Destiny’s Sword lets players roll characters in free-to-play demo
When last we checked in on Destiny's Sword, it was back in June, when 2Dogs Games admitted that COVID-19 had slowed the game's progress...
Neverwinter rolls out Redeemed Citadel milestone II, plus mount overhaul and newbie leveling
PC players are due for a hefty patch in Neverwinter today, as the second chunk of the Redeemed Citadel campaign goes live, bringing with...
Conan Exiles’ Isle of Siptah expansion launches today as Funcom celebrates 10M users
It's expansion day for Conan Exiles as Isle of Siptah officially launches. You might be tempted to quibble over the use of the word...
The Daily Grind: How much do MMOs succeed on faith vs. mechanics and fanbases?
A while back, MOP's Eliot, Chris, and I were discussing Last Oasis and why it didn't take off. Collectively, I think we determined it...
The Daily Grind: What’s the weirdest stunt you’ve ever seen players pull in an MMO?
I've seen a lot of weird stuff in my day as an MMORPG player, but I'd never seen anyone eat 999 eggs before Ross...
MMO Week in Review: LOTRO’s mini-expansion, WoW’s covenant fuss
As part of our recaps at the end of every calendar year, we always do a piece here on MOP about developer quotes and...
MMO Business Roundup: Guild Wars 2 voice acting, EVE Online mental health, Good Game, and more
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO - and MMO-adjacent - industry news!
Guild Wars 2: If you've been bummed about Guild Wars 2's pandemic-times...
Star Wars Galaxies Restoration III is a new rogue server blending the CU with the NGE
One of the best (and arguably also worst) parts of the Star Wars Galaxies emulation community is just how many servers we have to...
Elite Dangerous is reviving its in-game storytelling with the return of Galnet and community goals
Earlier this year, the Elite Dangerous community was justifiably grumpy over the revelation that Frontier had seemingly put an end to communtiy features such...
Amazon is apparently working on a new unnamed sci-fi MMO
Former SOE and Daybreak boss John Smedley has been a fixture at Amazon Game Studios for the last few years, working on at least...
The Daily Grind: What’s the worst MMO you’ve ever played?
Earlier this month, I first heard about Josh Strife Hayes, a YouTuber doing noble work by playing his way through a pile of unloved...
Massively Overthinking: Contemplating in-game advertising
Last week, EA announced that it would finally be removing all the in-game ads from UFC4 after a few days of intense complaining from...
MMO gamers held an inspiring memorial for a fallen friend on Warhammer Online’s Return of Reckoning server
As part of our Massively Uplifting column this past week, we covered an emerging story on the Warhammer Online Return of Reckoning rogue server,...
Black Desert counts 40M players as its PC version buffs music and adds new Shai instruments
Pearl Abyss has officially turned 10 years old today, and it's brought some hard liquor to the party. Did I say hard liquor? I...
Ubisoft’s long-delayed Skull and Bones promises new ‘vision’ and a ‘comeback’ next year
If it seems as if you've been hearing about Ubisoft's Skull and Bones for an absurdly long time without a game to show for...
Elder Scrolls Online’s final DLC of the year is now called Markarth, not Darkstorm
Elder Scrolls Online's chapters and DLC run almost like clockwork every year, so we all knew there was one last DLC comning in 2020,...
XLGAMES finally confirms ArcheAge 2, a next-gen large-scale AAA MMORPG
ArcheAge 2 is more than a rumor now - it's a sure thing. The news comes according to Korean website Ruliweb, which reports that...
