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
The Daily Grind: Is the future of online games dev really ‘conversation mode’ rather than ‘presentation mode’?
Last month, PC Gamer ran a piece about Anthem and EA focusing on EA's belief that the way the industry goes about releasing games...
Massively Overthinking: Does the MMO genre have too many games for its own good?
Last month I saw a video from YouTuber Josh Strife Hayes with an eyebrow-raiser of a thesis: He essentially argues that we have too...
Take-Two boss shrugs off Fortnite’s impact on the gaming industry
Thank goodness it's a sunny day out there because Strauss Zelnick brought some serious shade for the industry to Baird's 2019 Global Consume, Technology,...
Bless Online’s Japanese server is sunsetting in August
It looks like yet another version of Bless Online is calling it quits, as the Japanese server admins announced yesterday it'll close down that...
Google reveals Stadia pricing, release window, and games – including Elder Scrolls Online and Baldur’s Gate 3
Back in March (which somehow feels like a hundred years ago?), Google announced Google Stadia - not a console but a platform that will...
Interview: Astellia’s westernization covers everything from monetization and VO to dodging and grouping
It seems as if every time we write about incoming MMORPG Astellia, confusion over its guiding principles dominates the ensuing discussion. One of those...
Elite Dangerous greyhat ‘protest’ over hacking ends in player ban
You wouldn't think Elite Dangerous would be the site of so much drama, but it's offering up the goods this week. Yesterday, one of...
Destiny 2 is going free-to-play as Destiny 2: New Light as Bungie confirms Steam launch and cross-save
(This article has been updated since publication; updates are at the end, and the original is as follows.)
In what at least appears to be...
Indie MMO ‘spaceship design game’ Exocraft ports from PC to mobile today
Exocraft caught my eye earlier this year chiefly because I cannot stay away from these retro games with colorways that just glow right off...
Watch Elder Scrolls Online’s E3 presentation, get a free mount
Bethsoft's and ZeniMax's E3 presentation last year really blew away our staff and readers - I can't remember the last time a studio really...
Classic MapleStory’s new Pathfinder class is officially launching June 26
Classic MapleStory knows that you secretly want to be Legolas but cool, and it's giving your heart what it desires most: the Pathfinder class....
World of Warcraft clarifies Battle for Azeroth season timeline, still no date for Rise of Azshara
I don't know why since I'm not even going to play it, but not knowing when Rise of Azshara is launching for World of...
Path of Exile drops patch notes and a walkthrough of 3.7.0 Legion’s big changes
Grinding Gear Games' MMOARPG Path of Exile is launching its Legion expansion next week, which means the studio is cranking out info ahead of...
Black Desert has launched Star’s End, a brand-new quest zone, for PC players
It sounds like it ought to be a cantina in a galaxy far, far away, but nope: Star's End is a major content drop...
APB Reloaded launches battle royale mode APB RIOT into open beta today [Updated]
It's gonna be a big Wednesday for APB Reloaded: New developer Little Orbit is launching the biggest update the game's seen since the takeover....
Crowfall is updating its whole UI to be less flat, and it’s super pretty now
I fully admit to being obsessed with the user interfaces of pretty much everything, from my phone to my PC and of course every...
Starbase previews ships in new video and discusses its monetization plans
We've known about Starbase for just a week, and already Finnish developer Frozenbyte is amping up the hype with a third video, this one...
My.com’s tactical MMO Conqueror’s Blade has soft launched into open beta today
Conqueror's Blade officially hits open beta today, and it's essentially a soft launch, meaning everyone can leap right in to the "medieval free-to-play tactical...
Guild Wars 2 is launching the Key of Ahdashim raid on June 11 – here’s the trailer
Guild Wars 2 is kicking off the summer in a big way, especially for raiders: It's launching The Key of Ahdashim next week on...
Star Citizen pushed alpha 3.5.1 and ship customization to the PTU
It's happening: Star Citizen's next iteration, alpha 3.5.1, has rolled out to the PTU. Of course, as usual, this is for the early waves...
