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
Star Wars Galaxies Legends teases Bespin, previews new Days of the Aned-Kla festival
It's a weird year when rogue servers are getting more love than some live MMOs, but we're not sorry to see it. One of...
Japanese survivalbox Craftopia is set to launch early access on Friday
All summer, we've been keeping watch over Craftopia, a Japanese multiplayer "open world survival crafting game," and I think it would be fair to...
Corepunk plans December closed beta, talks questing and character customization
We've had our eye on upcoming Unity-based MMORPG Corepunk since its original announcement by Dutch studio Artificial Core back in December, and in spite...
The Daily Grind: What’s the worst minigame in an MMO?
I'm not a minigame person in general - for example, I have long made known my rage for Polymock. (Curse you, Polymock!) But I...
Dual Universe studio Novaquark issues password resets following registration ‘security issue’
If you've signed up for a Dual Universe website account, you probably received a worrisome email this afternoon informing you of a password reset...
Enter to win a month of Supremacy 1 premium gametime courtesy of Bytro Labs and MOP!
Last week, we covered the summer launch of Supremacy 1 in-browser and on mobile (both iOS and Android). German studio Bytro Labs bills the...
SuperData July 2020: Pokemon Go is making all the monies right now
We'd like to think that Niantic is learning a huge lesson from its continuing efforts to making Pokemon Go more accessible: SuperData says it's...
The Daily Grind: Is it ever too late to start playing an MMORPG?
I'll go first: Nope, it's not. Unless the game is sunsetting tomorrow, it's never too late. It's a video game, folks. You sit on...
MMO Week in Review: Shadowlands in two months, Cantha next year
It was one helluva week for MMORPGs: World of Warcraft announced Shadowlands' launch date, Guild Wars 2 confirmed that Cantha-themed End of Dragons launches...
Make My MMO: Dual Universe’s beta – its ‘fully playable version’ – is up and away
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Dual Universe hit true beta, dropping its NDA and swelling its ranks far past the 20,000 testers who were...
PSA: OK procrastinators, you’re running out of time to get your free LOTRO and DDO stuff
Last spring, when the pandemic was ramping up here in the US and states were closing down everything in a panic, MMO studios around...
ArcheAge Unchained is free-to-play this weekend with the SUMMERTRIAL code
If you've been eyeing ArcheAge Unchained over the last year but hadn't wanted to pull the trigger on a buy-to-play experience, especially after the...
Torchlight III delays its next early access patch to at least September 8
You know, if there's one constant in Torchlight III's development, stretching all the way back into when it was an MMO called Torchlight Frontiers,...
The Daily Grind: What’s your most embarrassing MMO fail story?
A while back my husband was playing Overwatch when he was in a match with two guys who obviously knew each other and both...
Massively Overthinking: The MMOs we intentionally avoid
A few weeks back, I read a Twitter thread about people who avoid specific games and types of games, and the folks chiming in...
Albion Online players have accessed corrupted dungeons 1M times since Rise of Avalon launched
It's been only a few weeks since Albion Online's massive Rise of Avalon patch graced the live servers, but Sandbox Interactive has apparently spent...
Game preservation champion The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment has closed its doors
VentureBeat is reporting today that MADE, aka the Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment, is closing down its Oakland, California, base. It had already...
Six years after planning a Steam launch, Ultima Online might finally be launching there
Ultima Online studio Broadsword has been teasing all year that it had a big announcement coming for the game this year after publish 109,...
Gamescom 2020: WoW Shadowlands’ launch date, Star Wars Squadrons’ new trailer
We're updating this post at the bottom - scroll on down for the latest!
Forced to go digital thanks to the global pandemic, Gamescom 2020...
PlanetSide 2 announces Shattered Warpgate content campaign
Just a day or two ago I was chatting with an MOP commenter about how PlanetSide 2 really took off this year, getting more...
