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
Guild Wars 2 players raise eyebrows over new cash shop sword similar to one found in Gamigo MMO RIFT
Guild Wars 2 dropped a new cosmetic sword in the cash shop this week that's caused a ripple of fuss on the forums and...
Leaderboard: Does the ESA’s new transparent lockbox policy go far enough?
Last week, just as the FTC's video games monetization abuse investigation got underway, the ESA announced that many of the major and minor games...
Ashes of Creation is revivifying its standalone Apocalypse battle royale mode – on Steam
In November of last year, Ashes of Creation company Intrepid Studios startled both Kickstarter supporters and general MMO watchers by announcing that its battle...
Sandbox MMO Project C solves bugs – and adds one on purpose – in its latest pre-alpha update
Still keeping an eye on Project C? That's the SpatialOS-based open-world persistent sandbox MMO by Darewise, the same company that along with studio Nvizzio struggled...
Still on the fence about WoW Classic? There’s one more beta between now and launch
If you're still anxious to tinker in WoW Classic ahead of the launch, Blizzard's opened one more opportunity for you - and it doesn't...
Gamigo drops more ArcheAge teases on labor points, monetization, and housing
Yesterday, Gamigo put up a teaser website under the old Trion domain promising a big Gamescom reveal. Accompanied by an ArcheAge account tweet hinting...
Black Desert: Xbox One opens Kamasylvia and PS4 beta ends as PC players ‘burn the night away’
It's patch day over in the many formats of Black Desert. Let's start with the PC side, where gamers are still frolicking amidst summer...
Former Riot devs form well-funded Singularity 6 to build a ‘virtual society’ MMO
MMOs are dead, huh? No less than the likes of ex-Riot Games devs say not so fast. New(ish) studio Singularity 6 - led by...
Recapping the whole 38 Studios mess as Curt Schilling contemplates run for Congress
You folks remember 38 Studios, right? The studio at the heart of one of the most scandalous fiascos in the whole MMO genre? It's...
Gamigo is up to something next week – is it related to ArcheAge?
Gamigo's dropping something new next week, according to a tweet the company just sent out. MMO players will recall that Gamigo's the German company...
Neverwinter’s Uprising module officially launches today for PC
Neverwinter's next big thing has arrived in the form of its new module, Uprising, which has officially launched for PC as of today (consolers...
DayZ will be censored globally over Aussie ban, and nobody will say it’s because drugs, but it’s probably because drugs
Remember last week when we mentioned that DayZ was running into regulatory problems down under? The reigning Australian games rating board - the newly...
Queues for WoW Classic’s name reservation are probably a good thing in spite of player rage, right?
So WoW Classic opened name reservations last night as promised. Currently subbed players were allowed to log in and grab three of their favorite...
The Daily Grind: Is the MMO genre dead or dying – or something else entirely?
PC Gamer made waves across the MMO genre this week with an article provocatively titled "For MMO diehards, there's only one conversation: is the...
MMO Business Roundup: Threats on Square Enix, Netmarble’s weak Q2, and Steam’s Workshop scammers
Welcome back to another roundup of business tidbits relevant to the MMO industry!
Square Enix: First up, another edition of why we can't have nice...
City of Heroes’ Homecoming Team finally posted a new beta patch after months of public quiet
Apart from its brief announcement last week, City of Heroes' Homecoming Team has been relatively quiet the past few months. Where once the rogue...
Fortnite hit with data breach lawsuit, Fortnite champ is swatted live on stream
Epic Games and Fortnite are not having the best week. First, according to Polygon, the company's been hit with a class-action lawsuit in North...
The Daily Grind: Are there MMOs you’ve bought and never played?
It's sort of a running joke in the gaming world, especially for folks whose gaming revolves around Steam, that we all buy games cheaply...
MMO Week in Review: Where Blizzard goes, the MMO genre follows?
Hear that rumble off in the distance? It's WoW Classic, and it's only two weeks out now, as all the infodumps and server plans...
Path of Exile previews the upcoming ExileCon event in New Zealand
Fancy a trip to New Zealand this fall? Path of Exile's real-world ExileCon is happening in Auckland this year, and let me tell you,...
