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
Over a million people subbed to RuneScape in 2019, with ‘many millions’ more playing F2P
Ah RuneScape - the MMO everyone seems to be playing, but nobody you know. It's made our "underrated" lists repeatedly over the years while...
Neverwinter previews its hellish Vallenhas transformation in Infernal Descent
We've been teasing Neverwinter for the over-the-top hellishness of its Infernal Descent campaign, and we're pleased to say that will not end with this...
Black Desert Guardian pre-creation has begun on PC as the Dark Knight snags succession skills
It's patch day across Black Desert! Really, there are so many versions, it's almost always patch day for Black Desert. Here's what's on deck...
Here’s what’s changing in Dual Universe’s economy when alpha 3 launches
Let's talk about money. Space money. Dual Universe dev Novaquark tweeted out a blog post that almost flew under the radar, and it shouldn't...
Guild Wars 2’s Lunar New Year festival is live with a new cape and player-designed guild emblems
The Lunar New Year is just a week and a half away, which means a bunch of MMOs are about to start in on...
Valiance Online, still gunning for launch this year, drops a brand-new flythrough video
Let's not sugarcoat this: Valiance Online has almost been crowded out of players' vision when it comes to the City of Heroes spiritual successors....
PWE’s new ‘MMO’ Magic Legends confirms spring beta, PC launch in 2020, console launch in 2021
Editor's note: At 2:15 p.m. EST today, PWE sent official notice that the date given in its original press release this morning is incorrect....
ArcheAge players score $420,000 in ancient class action suit over consumer law violations
We've been following the saga of the ArcheAge lawsuit for what seems like ages now. Back in 2015, three gamers filed a class action lawsuit...
The Daily Grind: Which game made the biggest contribution to killing MMORPGs in 2019?
Back in 2016, we asked our commenters to propose new awards categories for us here on MOP, and while we didn't go with this...
Fantasy Toonz is a in-development open world MMO featuring battle royale arenas
If you're one of those people who hates the word "toons," you're not gonna like what this one's called. In fact, if you're also...
Checking in on long-running Vendetta Online and the expansion that didn’t happen
It's been a hot minute since we checked in on Vendetta Online - maybe a long enough hot minute that nobody even says hot...
2012’s Riders of Rohan expansion gallops to LOTRO’s Legendary servers in February
Just last week I asked Justin how long he'd have to wait for his progression server toons in Lord of the Rings Online to...
The Daily Grind: What was the most innovative MMO of 2019?
Many years ago, we used to give an award for the most innovative MMO. It fell by the wayside as we expanded our awards...
MMO Week in Review: Magic Legends seems less like an MMO by the day
It was a weird and twisty week in the MMO genre: We talked about Magic Legends' earth elemental butts and not-very-MMO-like state, discussed how...
Make My MMO: Crowfall investment, Demi’s Kickstarter, and Albion’s Queen
We're back to our regular roundup after the holidays, which means we've got quite a bit to talk about - and not all of...
Destiny 2’s launching a charity campaign to help victims of the Australian brushfires
Bungie is joining CCP Games on the short list (so far) of games studios using their titles to help with the Australian brushfire crisis....
Crowfall preps beta, raises another $12M from investors to bring total funding to $35M
Crowfall's founder update hit the ArtCraft site this afternoon, and it's a doozy. The studio's J Todd Coleman says development progress is "fantastic," and...
GTAO, Apex Legends, Warframe, and H1Z1 are among PlayStation’s most-downloaded games of 2019
One of the frustrations we always have when reporting on playerbase size in the MMO industry is that the console market is way more...
China is cracking down on online games and streaming even more with ‘Healthy China 2030’
Even setting aside the Blitzchung fiasco that sent China's video game industry into the spotlight at the tail end of 2019, the western games...
Leaderboard: What would you want to see out of a new Star Wars MMO?
Rumors have been swirling this week about expansions to the Star Wars universe that could be a big deal for gaming. According to multiple...
