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
PAX East 2019: Bless Unleashed’s overview trailer actually looks good
Bless Unleashed has been rolling out class videos over the last couple of months, but now, Bandai Namco is dropping a more generalist trailer...
Guild Wars 2 is working on multiple fixes and features for the new warclaw mount
It's a big week for Guild Wars 2 since Super Adventure Box today. But that's not all the studio's working on. MMO gamers will...
Dragon Nest’s European servers are sunsetting in May
Ah dang, it's been ages since we've talked about Dragon Nest, so I'm sorry this post is gonna be a downer: The game is...
Bethsoft has just launched Elder Scrolls Blades into mobile early access
Did not see this one coming, but in retrospect, it makes sense: The Elder Scrolls Blades has apparently just launched into early access on...
Reddit is aflame over the ban of a popular bug-exposing YouTuber from ARK Survival Evolved
Since this article's publication, Wildcard has walked back the ban. We've updated with the whole story at the very end.
Not quite a year ago,...
Black Desert mass-bans Shadow Arena hackers as True or False patch goes live and Black Desert Mobile is teased
If you've been keeping an eye and ear on Black Desert's battle arena mode Shadow Arena, you probably know that the game's been plagued...
MMO Business Roundup: Philly’s Overwatch arena, the PUBG Netease settlement, and GDC’s record showing
Welcome back to the MMO Business Roundup!
Remember about a year ago when the battle royale industry started trying to sue everyone into oblivion? PUBG...
Super Adventure Box is live this week in Guild Wars 2 with new racing adventures
When ArenaNet announced last week that Super Adventure Box was returning to Guild Wars 2 this week, it wasn't entirely clear that new content...
Electronic Arts lays off 350 people from multiple teams, draws down presence in Japan and Russia
EA is undergoing major layoffs today. The nicest thing we can say about them is that at least it's "only" 350 out of 9000...
Indie hacking MMO Spycursion admits defeat on Kickstarter, but game development will continue
We've been tracking the Kickstarter for upcoming hacking MMO Spycursion for several weeks now, and it's coming down to its last two days. And...
No Man’s Sky Beyond will include free virtual reality support this summer
Earlier this month, we learned that Hello Games still has huge ambitions for No Man's Sky; it's planning to turn the game into a...
Funcom’s next horror game, Moons of Madness, is set in the Secret World universe
It was an open secret that Funcom was working on a new game targeted for Halloween - in fact, Funcom and its subsidiary and...
Path of Exile officially launches on the PlayStation 4 today, having doubled playerbase since 2017
It's a huge day for Path of Exile, as the popular MMOARPG finally launches on PlayStation 4 today; it's already live for Europe, and...
The Daily Grind: What are you looking forward to the most in WoW Classic?
After all the PR mishaps and layoffs Blizzard's had since last fall's BlizzCon, I wouldn't have been too surprised to see the company delay...
Apple reveals Apple Arcade, yet another subscription service for games
File this one under things you probably didn't ask for: At its conference today, Apple announced Apple Arcade, a multi-platform sub service "that will...
Guild Wars 2 begins return-to-Tyria initiative with free episode and big Path of Fire sale
At the end of last week, ArenaNet announced its plans for a new five-week Guild Wars 2 initiative that's intended to bring players back...
The Daily Grind: Is it possible for an MMO to make you feel like a kid again?
Last month on /r/mmorpg, there was a thread about finding MMOs that will make you feel like a kid again. You can probably guess...
MMO Week in Review: Albion free-to-play, WoW Classic, EVEsterdam, and FFXIV Tokyo
'Twas another huge week for the MMO industry: Albion Online announced it's going free-to-play, Blizzard teased news for WoW Classic, Daybreak's Columbus Nova ties...
Here’s a quick glimpse of Star Wars The Old Republic’s new guild heraldry and character preview tools
When 5.10.2: Heralds of Victory launches in Star Wars: The Old Republic next month, it'll drop some quality-of-life tweaks that were originally promised in...
Make My MMO: Project Gorgon’s cash shop isn’t horsing around, Star Citizen’s playable female characters are finally here
This week week in MMO crowdfunding, beloved indie MMO Project Gorgon raised a few eyebrows this week by announcing a microtransaction cash shop that...
