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
Leaderboard: Should MMO studios be involved in their respective subreddits?
The issue of who controls MMO game subreddits is one that's just kept recurring over the years, at least as far back as when...
Camelot Unchained beta testers peek at the characters 2.0 revamp and new crafting UI
One of the things that drew me to Camelot Unchained from the very beginning was its clothing and armor, of all things. Yes, I'll...
Legends of Aria is working to fix a nasty bug putting player homes into foreclosure
If you thought you were coming to virtual worlds to avoid the stresses of real life - like, say, paying off your mortgage -...
Anthem players are up in arms over this weekend’s loot nerf
Turns out BioWare and EA didn't want to wait until Tuesday to shake up Anthem: It patched on Saturday instead, with a lengthy list...
The Daily Grind: What do you think of Torchlight Frontiers so far?
Torchlight is up there with my most favorite franchises of all time. The existing multiplayer ARPGs are just pure fun, with bubbly colorful graphics...
MMO Week in Review: The LOTRO and DDO tech team deserves a nap and a hug
Did anybody else let out a cheer when Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online finally came back up on Saturday...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Exocraft, DK Online, Lord of Chains, and Defend the Night
Welcome back to another roundup of MMOs and other online games you've (probably) never heard of (or have totally forgotten about!).
Exocraft caught my attention...
Make My MMO: Shroud of the Avatar shutters physical office, Ashes of Creation delays next alpha
This week week in MMO crowdfunding, we've seen what could be potential setbacks for two larger crowfunding MMORPGs. First, Shroud of the Avatar studio Portalarium...
Amazon’s New World MMO dispatches more alpha invites, teases locales and armor images
It's been a while since we checked in with New World's Twitter feed and... ahhh! A whole bunch of miniature videos and screenshots and other ephemera to tide everyone over. To wit: Here's an animated setting of an outpost.
Path of Exile’s Synthesis expansion is officially live
It's here! It's here! Path of Exile has officially launched its Synthesis expansion for both PC and Xbox One. Still wondering about that PlayStation...
RuneScape’s lady devs host AMA on getting started in the industry, stream abuse, and rocks
In honor of International Womens' Day, the ladies (and at least one dude) who work at RuneScape studio Jagex have graciously teamed up for...
BioWare doesn’t think Anthem’s ‘loot is lame’ – it’s fixing damage scaling bugs next week
Anthem wasn't done when it launched. Let's just get that out of the way: The consensus across journalists and players (including ours!) is that...
Star Citizen’s hair tech has come a long way, as proven in this week’s Around the Verse
Sure, obsess about your space pixels and starships, but the spacelegs content in Star Citizen is still most compelling to me, and that's exactly...
Here’s what The Division 2’s ‘living world’ endgame is going to look like
If your body is ready for The Division 2's launch, better get your mind right too: Ubisoft ran a state-of-the-game stream this week, and...
SpatialOS company Improbable reveals new AAA online multiplayer title helmed by SWTOR vet
Back in January, after the dust of the SpatialOS vs. Unity spat had settled, Improbable and Crytek made an intriguing announcement: They were partnering...
Warframe’s Operation Buried Debts, Hildryn ‘frame, and melee combat revamp are live
Digital Extremes is keeping the pressure up with Warframe's incessant content rollouts, and we are not mad about it at all. Last night, the...
Kickstarted MMORPG Ashes of Creation delays alpha one slightly for infrastructure refactoring
If you're one of the folks still wondering what's going on with Ashes of Creation since it began alpha testing a battle royale mode...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG for getting your character super drunk?
Fallout 76's dev blog a few weeks ago about its upcoming brewing and distilling skills - which are actually surprisingly detailed - got me...
Massively Overthinking: The paradox MMO
Back in February, the MMORPG subreddit offered up yet another fun thread: User Friendly_Fire told the MMO community that what it really wants is...
EverQuest II outlines progression server plans, offers paid 110 character boosters
EverQuest II's recent offerings have a little bit of something for everyone. For example, if you just want to leap to the endgame in...
