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
It looks like Daybreak’s been hit with yet another round of layoffs
Former H1Z1 Technical Director and PlanetSide Arena dev Josh "Autenil" Kriegshauser posted a tweet this evening suggesting that Daybreak has once again undergone layoffs.
"Sorry...
ArcheAge Unchained fans are getting antsy about proposed cosmetic gifting
During Gamigo's ArcheAge Unchained stream this afternoon, the chat erupted with cries of "pay-to-win confirmed" over the revelation that cosmetic gifting will be in...
Fiesta Online is getting a… battle royale mode? And it’s live right now
Remember in 2018 when adding a battle royale to your MMORPG was all the rage? (Heck, remember when adding a battle royale to your...
Mark Kern didn’t just quit WoW Classic: He accused his old Firefall studio of Chinese corruption
Earlier this week, we reported that former World of Warcraft Team Lead Mark Kern had very publicly posted that he was quitting WoW over...
Blizzard won’t punish the US college Hearthstone players who protested in support of Blitzchung – so they quit
On Wednesday, we reported that a Hearthstone collegiate team from American University in Washington, D.C., had staged a brief protest in support of Hong...
Astellia Online is opening up a fresh EU server today
Wondering how Astellia Online's doing population-wise since its launch? Apparently well enough, as Barunson is prepping to open another server.
"Since the official launch of...
The Daily Grind: Do you actually engage with player-generated content in MMOs?
Two videos inspired today's Daily Grind. One is a recent episode of Extra Credits about player-generated content in games - what we've always called...
Ship of Heroes’ character creation tool donor beta is set for November 1
Just an hour ago, we joked that City of Titans and Ship of Heroes were just about to have a big ol' showdown as...
Analysts fret over Blizzard’s prospects following wildly unpopular ban of Hong Kong Hearthstone esports star
Anger over the "international incident" sparked by Blizzard's ban of a Hong Kong Hearthstone pro player and apparent firing of two Taiwanese commentators over...
TERA previews Skywatch Aerial Island, Halloween events, and the Harvest Festival
TERA players are in for a big October: Not only is the Skywatch: Aerial Island update rolling to PC, but Halloween is in the...
Steam’s Remote Play Together will let local multiplayer games go global
If you've ever had a game that worked only with local multiplayer and you had to either do some fast-hacking or just give up...
Guild Wars 2 studio ArenaNet chased the 2016 Gaile Gray account hacker all the way to Germany – and lost
Back in 2016, MassivelyOP covered an odd story about the Guild Wars franchise and a hack that seemingly involved the account of then-ArenaNet employee...
Shroud of the Avatar finally admits the Kickstarter book is not happening, offers in-game items instead
Yesterday, we covered the bizarre but perhaps expected news that Portalarium has transferred Shroud of the Avatar and other assets to Catnip Games, which...
Funcom roundup: Secret World Legends’ Samhain, Moons of Madness’ launch, and Tencent
Funcom is up to some stuff this week! For starters, Secret World Legends is patching in Samhain today. One of the better Halloween events...
Legends of Aria is overhauling its PvP system once again
Remember this past summer when Citadel Studios announced that it was finally launching Legends of Aria on Steam with a huge overhaul patch that...
Shroud of the Avatar changes hands as Portalarium transfers assets to Catnip Games
Hey you know when's a good time to drop potentially bad news? Underneath somebody else's even bigger bad news. Apparently, today it's going to...
PC preorders for Red Dead Redemption 2 and Red Dead Online have now begun
We interrupt this week's raging dumpster fire to point you to last fall's dumpster fire! Yes, Rockstar Games has officially opened preorders for the...
Players, pros, and politicians join in protest over Blizzard’s censorship of Hong Kong Hearthstone pro
The furor over Blizzard's ban of a Hong Kong Hearthstone pro player and apparent firing of two Taiwanese commentators has only increased since its...
Enter to win a Neverwinter Couturier Pack for PC courtesy of PWE and MOP!
With the launch of Uprising now rolled out to Neverwinter's PC and console players, PWE has kindly given Massively OP 50 Couturier Packs keys...
Conan Exiles drops free patch and Debaucheries of Derketo DLC today
It's DLC day for Conan Exiles, and we hope you like "steamy" because that's how Funcom is characterizing The Debaucheries of Derketo. "Give in...
