Bree Royce

Bree Royce
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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: Skycandy
Twitter: @nbrianna
Favorite MMOs: Star Wars Galaxies, City of Heroes, Lord of the Rings Online, Guild Wars, Guild Wars 2, Ultima Online

Skyforge’s New Horizons expansion is officially live with a new planet and catch-up mechanics

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Skyforge's next big thing has arrived! Dubbed New Horizons, the content update sends players to their first new planet ever, Terra, with all-new enemies...
Boosh.

RIFT Prime character transfers were delayed over ‘unforeseen circumstances’ as Trove loses CM

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When Gamigo announced that it was closing down RIFT Prime, the game's progression server, it told RIFT players that their characters would be safely...

Guild Wars 2: Dragon mounts in War Eternal, living world mini-event, Ritualist outfit datamining, and new short story

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Guild Wars 2 is getting yet another mount: the Skyscale. As detailed by Eurogamer today, what sets this particular dragon (yes, sorry everyone, it's a...

Interview: Astellia deep-dives its dungeon systems and Western tweaks

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Incoming buy-to-play MMORPG Astellia has been a whirlwind in 2019 as Nexon and Barunson EA have prepared the game for release in the west:...

Black Desert has 18M registered players as Pearl Abyss counts $1B gross sales

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If you're still reeling over the news that Black Desert is unceremoniously deleting its battle royale mode, Shadow Arena, from the game tomorrow, take...

Adventure Academy is an ‘educational massively multiplayer online game’ launching May 1

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Adventure Academy is going to mystify the typical gamer: There are no dragons to fight and no lockboxes to fight over. But if you're...

The Daily Grind: How much does trust for other players matter in MMORPGs?

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My husband is a dedicated Overwatch player, and lately he's been watching videos about improving his skill that frankly seem to have just as...

Pantheon devs discuss LFG tools, disposition, leveling up, and other design tenets

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Back in March, Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen's Visionary Realms studio announced its plan to begin releasing roundtable videos that were formerly for VIP...

It’s been a whole year since Perpetuum’s devs turned the game over to the community

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Back in 2017, Perpetuum Online developer Avatar Creations gave up on the game, admitting it could no longer afford to develop the title given...

Enter to win a stack of real-life Rend swag courtesy of Frostkeep and MOP! [USA only]

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Frostkeep's survival MMO title Rend has had quite a wild couple of weeks: It surprise-launched out of early access at the tail end of...

EVE Online has banned a CSM member (and real-world politician) over an NDA breach and insider trading

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Who wants some EVE Online political drama to cap off the afternoon? CCP Games announced today that it has removed a member of the...

Kakao is permanently killing off Black Desert’s battle royale mode, Shadow Arena, this week

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Dang, this was not the outcome we were expecting here: Kakao has announced it is outright sunsetting Black Desert's Shadow Arena mode. On Wednesday,...
Where now?

The Daily Grind: Which MMO handles PvE – not just PvM – the very best?

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There's a thing we do a lot when we're talking about MMOs: We elide PvM and PvE. I suppose we do it with different...

MMO Week in Review: The myth of the BioWare magic

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If you were hoping that if BioWare just kept its head down and buffed up Anthem, it could avoid the trainwrecks of some other...

Make My MMO: Oath is the latest MMORPG to launch on Kickstarter

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This week week in MMO crowdfunding, a new Kickstarter contender has entered the ring! The game is called Oath, and Ready-Up Studios is asking...
I HAVE COME AFLAME

NantG says it’s handing Z1 Battle Royale back to Daybreak – it’s not sunsetting, but there were layoffs

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Yesterday, we broke the news that Z1 Battle Royale looked to be in serious trouble based on developers stating publicly that they'd been laid...
In a big outer land, land stays with you, and also your guild.

Albion Online is getting so popular ahead of its F2P launch next week that it’s already bracing for queues

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Oberon has been kind to Albion Online. The March 20th update has apparently driven a big spike of users for the not-quite-two-year-old game, and...

Star Citizen’s Chris Roberts dishes on alpha 3.5 and 3.6, including customization, multi-crew, and persistence

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There is no Around the Verse this week, as folks tuned into Star Citizen already know - the studio announced last week that it...

The final episode of Guild Wars 2’s fourth season of living story is called War Eternal

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If you can tear your eyeballs away from Super Adventure Box for a minute, ArenaNet has some Guild Wars 2 living world content updates...

The Division 2’s Invasion: Battle for D.C. is live with the new stronghold and world tier

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The Division 2's first big thing has arrived today with the formal launch of Invasion: Battle for D.C., which is live for all regions...

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