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
Nexon’s stock dips following rumors that its massive buyout has been canceled
After many months of speculation on who exactly would be allowed to bid on Nexon by buying out its founding family's controlling stake in...
Black Desert’s new Shai class (and her donkey!) has officially launched today
If you rolled a Shai during her preview week in Black Desert, then good news for you today: You can actually play her now,...
Star Trek Online rescinds plan to use controversial audio emote in summer festival
A brief kerfuffle over an emote planned for Star Trek Online's Risian Lohlunat Festival has already come to an end. As players on Reddit...
The MMOs of the Steam Summer 2019 Sale
Valve's summer Steam sale is once again upon us, this year with a cute racing theme and minigame for folks into that. Here's what's...
Conan Exiles’ Warmaker’s Sanctuary dungeon patch has launched on PC
Conan Exiles' next big thing is here in the form of a new patch launching on PC today (and consoles later). It features the...
World of Warcraft’s Rise of Azshara is live today – check out the cinematic
Today's the day World of Warcraft fans have been waiting for ever since the announcements and reveals last BlizzCon: Patch 8.2, Rise of Azshara,...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the most satisfying ‘massively’ content?
A while back, I saw a great thread on the MMORPG subreddit about "massive team PvP." The writer was looking specifically for games with...
EA’s C-suite declines executive bonuses following 2019 financial performance
EA hasn't had the best week, what with sending its representatives before a UK parliament committee to insist that lockboxes are totally fine, healthy,...
The Daily Grind: Which problems is the MMO industry never gonna solve?
Earlier in June, Wilhelm of The Ancient Gaming Noob posted a provocative article about the three problems MMORPGs are never going to solve. Fighting...
MMO Week in Review: Quite ethical and quite fun surprise mechanics
I remember when I used to worry about studios misusing words like sandbox, free-to-play, persistent world, and MMORPG. I even worried that the term...
Make My MMO: Pantheon’s Brad McQuaid is ‘feeling great’ about the game’s progress
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Pantheon's Brad McQuaid posted a lengthy dev blog all about its use of Unity and how the game has...
Grab a Crossout anniversary gift bundle code from Gaijin and Massively OP!
Post-apoc MMO action game Crossout is in the midst of its anniversary month, complete with a new patch dropping five new Mass Contagion missions,...
SuperData May 2019: Overwatch returns to the top 10 as battle royales duke it out
We're nearing the end of June, and you know what that means: It's time for SuperData to peek back at the global revenue for...
Star Citizen talks PTU flow for alpha 3.6.0, plus snub fighters and trains
Cloud Imperium is back with another Inside Star Citizen video this week, this one focused on the PTU - the public test universe. As...
Star Wars Galaxies Legends is working on Felucia – a new planet with new houses, player cities, and space zone
The upcoming addition of true Bespin content to Star Wars Galaxies rogue servers like the NGE-based SWG Legends has been a big deal for...
Interview: Camelot Unchained’s Mark Jacobs on the state of the beta and the NDA
We've been watching Camelot Unchained ever since its original Kickstarter in 2013 - and a lot has changed in the ensuing six years, including...
Grab a key for next week’s Astellia Online closed beta 1 courtesy of Barunson and MOP
As we noted yesterday, Astellia Online is preparing to launch its first closed beta here in the west next week, beginning on Tuesday in...
The Daily Grind: Do you care whether MMORPGs have seasons and diurnal cycles?
In a recent One Shots, MOP's Justin asked readers to offer up their screenshots of MMOs with diurnal cycles - that is, games with...
Massively Overthinking: The worst MMO cash shop trickery
Last week, games psychologist Jamie Madigan tweeted an underrated comment about how psychological tricks used in restaurant menu design are also found in video...
MMO Star Conflict is celebrating 50 years since the Apollo 11 moon landing with a Moon Race event
This right here is why we need more sci-fi MMORPGs: We're coming up on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing next...
