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, Guild Wars, Guild Wars 2, Trove, Glitch, Elder Scrolls Online, Ultima Online
Albion Online’s daily pop rises to 140K players ahead of summer mobile launches
2020 was good for Albion Online and its studio Sandbox Interactive: We've been reporting over the last year how the game has continued to...
The Daily Grind: What’s the oldest MMORPG character you still play?
Every year or so we'll do a conversation topic about the oldest MMO we still play. But realistically, the same couple of MMOs always...
Ascent The Space Game is back from stasis with a big client update on Steam
Five or six years ago, indie MMO players were enthralled by Ascent: The Space Game, a sci-fi sandbox made by a solo developer. It...
PAX East 2021 has been canceled and replaced with PAX Online 2021 in July
PAX East has effectively been canceled for 2021, to no one's surprise, I'm sure, given the continuing global COVID-19 pandemic.
"While we hoped PAX East...
The Daily Grind: What are some MMOs where ‘bringing the player not the class’ really works?
Back during BlizzConline, I wrote a piece on Overwatch 2 that mentioned offhandedly that it sounded like Blizzard was creeping toward a "bring the...
MMO Week in Review: Betas for Magic Legends and WoW Classic Burning Crusade
Magic Legends soft-launched on PC this week with an open beta that attracted a lot of attention and lot of grouching too, culminating in...
Tencent is launching multiplayer survival game Undawn on PC and mobile this year
Did the world need another multiplayer survival title? Maybe not, but nobody's gonna be sad to get a good one from a solid publisher...
The Daily Grind: How do you push for change in a broken MMO?
The Path of Exile community has been roiling over the past couple of weeks, first because of the Harvest crafting nerfs and then because...
Massively Overthinking: What are your MMO character customization dealbreakers?
Back in February, when BlizzConline was at its height, part of the World of Warcraft community lost its mind over the revelation that Blizzard...
Elder Scrolls Online has three weeks of events planned thanks to its 7th birthday and April Fools’
It's hard to believe that almost seven years ago, Elder Scrolls Online finally lurched out of the gates into the hands of PC players....
ArcheAge’s Akasch Invasion patch is live with the new Gunslinger skillset
As promised, ArcheAge and ArcheAge Unchained are getting a blast of new content today in the form of the Akasch Invasion. "With the new update...
So, how did Magic Legends’ soft launch go?
PWE's Magic Legends has been out in the wilds of soft launch open beta for two days now, so it's time for a check-in....
Grab a Mortal Online 2 key for this weekend’s beta stress test! [Added more keys 3/26/21]
So, who wants to play some Mortal Online 2 beta this weekend? Yep, the folks behind MMO sandbox Mortal Online have been working on...
Trove’s Crack the Court update is live with a new delve biome, hovercycles, and UI mod tweaks
If you follow Gamigo's Trove social media, you've been watching the studio chatter about Cracking the Court all week as it was put through...
Black Desert cancels spring season server, plans ‘growth server’ for newbies instead
There's a ton of Black Desert PC info rolling out this afternoon. First up: Seasons are about to go away for spring break, literally....
Former Daybreak and H1Z1 vets Anthony Castoro and Jace Hall raise $9M for a ‘genre-defining metaverse’
The last time we heard the name Jace Hall, it was just about two years ago, when the version of H1Z1 esports he was...
SWTOR’s Dark Descent live on the PTS with its first galactic season – and it’s got a new companion
Last week, BioWare took the wraps off Star Wars The Old Republic's 6.3 update, The Dark Descent, which is slated for "spring 2021." And...
WoW Classic’s Burning Crusade beta has finally begun
After a false start yesterday, it's finally go time for World of Warcraft Classic's march to The Burning Crusade. Blizzard opened the doors for...
New World alpha teases its overhauled quest design as AGS expands to Canada
When New World shifted its design balance from being less about PvP to more about PvE last year, many MMO gamers worried about the...
Magic Legends has soft launched into open beta, bringing Magic the Gathering to PC fans
PWE and Cryptic's Magic the Gathering game has been delayed and demoted from its original MMORPG status over the years, but now it's finally...
