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
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: TERA Origin, Astaria, NosTale, and Veloren
Welcome back to another brief roundup of MMOs and other online games you’ve (probably) never heard of!
Let's kick off our roundup with something for Japan...
Nepal has outright banned PUBG over addiction concerns
With Fortnite and then Apex Legends eclipsing PUBG here in the west and its own original lead designer departing for greener pastures, it might...
Enter to win a Skyforge New Horizons PC Mechanoid War Pack from My.com and MOP! [NA only]
Skyforge made headlines this week for its latest expansion, New Horizons, with its new planet, new enemies, and overhauled scaling system intended to help...
Adorable retro sandbox Staxel has officially launched today with a huge update too
We've been covering the supercute voxelbox Staxel for the last year of early access, so what a joy to get to say that it's...
After two months, Shroud of the Avatar has removed its controversial cash-shop buff bonuses
Back in February, Portalarium raised eyebrows when with Shroud of the Avatar's release 62 it added a controversial cash shop item: a buff for...
Albion Online’s free-to-play relaunch is going well in spite of lag, queues, and duping
We don't get a lot of buy-to-play or subscription-based MMOs going free-to-play anymore, chiefly because most of the ones likely to make the jump...
Red Dead Redemption 2 and The Pinkertons have settled their legal feud, no shootout required
One of the stranger lawsuits we've seen - not just this year, but ever - involved The Pinkertons. Yes, the real Pinkertons, the modern-day...
The Daily Grind: Do you have a ‘port in the storm’ MMORPG?
Yesterday, we covered the news that Elder Scrolls Online is actually implementing queues and adding more capacity and new hardware to handle what its...
Otherland is working on finishing its current storyline after its latest patch
It's been a few months since we checked in on Otherland - in fact, the last detailed post we did was last November, when...
Black Desert says it’s finished its Shadow Arena-related ‘false bans’ investigation
Since March, we've been covering a hacking wave and the ensuing fallout in Black Desert, as cheaters swarmed the now-defunct Shadow Arena battle royale...
MMO Business Roundup: Funcom financials, NetEase, Improbable’s BioWare roots, and a real-world battle royale
Welcome back to another MMO business roundup! Business business business!
If you've been watching Funcom's financial reports since 2017 or so, you know that the...
The Division 2 mops up exploits and announces a PTS in its latest state-of-the-game
With launch and its first big patch under its belt, The Division 2 team has delivered a state-of-the-game address about what it's doing next.
Notably,...
Star Wars The Old Republic’s guild sigils are live today in 5.10.2: Heralds of Victory
It's patch day for Star Wars The Old Republic! BioWare is patching in 5.10.2: Heralds of Victory today, complete with the guild heraldry system...
Elder Scrolls Online implements temporary queues for EU megaserver thanks to burgeoning playerbase
Generally speaking, all MMORPG developers seek more players. More players means more money, right? Except when it means server problems.
That's exactly what's been going...
Atlas rolls out new public test server and ‘megapatch’ with multiple PvP and PvE modes
Wildcard's early access pirate MMO Atlas entered a new phase this past week: It's finally got a public test realm.
"It’s here! Our Public Test...
Check out Star Citizen’s new ‘environmental AI bounty hunting’ in action
It's still not really ready for primetime after some much-deserved delays, but Star Citizen's 3.5 alpha features a big chunk of content aimed squarely...
TERA is rolling back all progress since yesterday’s patch thanks to a nasty economy exploit
Yesterday's TERA Skywatch: New Heights update brought along a bit more than En Masse bargained for, and now the servers will see a rollback...
Black Desert deletes Shadow Arena, compensates players, and opens the Egg Hunt
The day has come, folks: Shadow Arena is officially patched out of Black Desert today, after hackers and banwaves and what had to be...
Elite Dangerous announces April 23 update with newbie tweaks and new pilot modules
Frontier has just announced Elite Dangerous' next big update is launching on April 23rd.
"As mentioned in the beginning of March, this year's initial updates...
Albion Online is officially free-to-play today – and already ‘under heavy load’
Fancy getting your peekay on in an actual PvP sandbox? Albion Online is officially free-to-play today, meaning you can swarm the game without paying...
