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
PlanetSide 2 is finally nerfing the Firestorm implant in today’s update
Daybreak's Rogue Planet Games is rolling out an update for PlanetSide 2 this morning, focused on tweaks to the Firestorm implant that effectively nerf...
Black Desert offers free play event ahead of transmedia synergy collab with Netflix’s Cursed
So here's one I did not expect to see in my inbox this morning: Pearl Abyss has apparently teamed up with Netflix for a...
Nexon’s UE4 crossplatform MMO V4 is officially live for PC, Android, and iOS players
We've had an eye on the hard-to-search-for V4 since August 2019, when news of Nexon's next Korean MMO first reached our shores. And the...
Albion Online’s Rise of Avalon launches August 12, hits player testing today
We've been talking about Albion Online's Rise of Avalon update for weeks, but as of today, we finally have a target date for launch:...
Blade & Soul’s Dark Passage patch is live today with a new 12-person raid
Happy patch day for Blade & Soul fans! Dark Passage is officially live today. At the core of the update is the Silversteel Laboratory,...
TERA’s multi-month summer festival offers icy treats and sandcastles
This may be the closest you get to a beach party this summer, so drink it up: TERA's summer festival has officially begun this...
Yoink a MU Online, C9, Flyff, or Rappelz gift bundle in Webzen’s summer 2020 giveaway
Webzen is celebrating summer once again with a long list of events across its whole catalogue of MMOs, including including MU Online, Rappelz, Flyff,...
Ultima Online’s 109th update has arrived with new dynamic tools for event GMs
Happy patch day to Ultima Online fans! Publish 109 is live for the almost-23-year-old MMORPG, and it's a bit different from previous publishes, which...
Hello there! Star Wars The Old Republic just officially launched on Steam
Remember back when EA refused to put much of anything on Steam, lest it compete with its own Origin platform? Those days have fast...
LOTRO has now been suffering downtime and tech issues for an entire week
It turns out to have been a bad week to start subbing to Lord of the Rings Online.
As we've been covering, LOTRO is now...
The Daily Grind: Do you rely on reviews for your MMO purchases?
On MOP, we don't do formal reviews; we've spent the last 10 years arguing that MMORPGs change so dramatically from year to year that...
Enter to win a Population Zero Steam key from Enplex and MassivelyOP
Make no mistake, Population Zero isn't giving up: Last week, the early access Steam MMO pushed out another update in the wake of its...
The Daily Grind: How do you feel about ‘oh shit’ buttons in MMOs?
I hate "oh shit" buttons!
Justin and I were joking about this on a podcast a while back, but I mean it quite seriously. I...
MMO Week in Review: One does not simply log into LOTRO
I mean you can try, but you can't actually do it right now. It's calling you like the ring calls Boromir, but you're Gimli...
Betawatch: Magic Legends begins invites for its second closed alpha
I bet you thought Betawatch this week was going to be all about World of Warcraft's Shadowlands beta, which did indeed begin and we've already...
MapleStory preps Rise: Surge of Power event for July 22, Yum Yum trip for August 12
MapleStory can't stop, won't stop: It's now gearing up for what Nexon is calling a "massive summer update," Rise: Surge of Power that picks...
Wild Terra 2 offers roadmap with new territory and skills leading into 2020 early access
When Juvty Worlds announced Wild Terra 2 last autumn, eyebrows shot up around the MMO world. But since then, the studio has been laser-focused...
Population Zero’s latest early access update rebalances perks and tackles performance
Population Zero made big moves this week to rescue itself from the doldrums of a weak Steam launch thanks to a large content update...
City of Titans is releasing a big avatar builder patch next week
It's been a while since we've heard a whole lot from the City of Titans team, but Missing Worlds Media is back with a...
Albion Online celebrates three years online and spring playerbase peaks
Remember 2017? It wasn't great, but anything looks good compared to 2020, right? It was also when Albion Online launched. No, not the Steam...
