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
Massively Overthinking: Why aren’t you playing the MMO most like your favorite sunsetted game?
This week's Massively Overthinking question comes to us from reader Smuggler-in-a-YT.
"Star Wars Galaxies had its problems, but the sense of community, purpose, and story (through...
Kickstarted sci-fi MMOFPS Pantropy will hit early access on January 31
Hey, remember Pantropy? We first began covering this sci-fi MMOFPS back in 2017; since then, it's run two Kickstarters, the first of which was...
Mobile MMORPG Rebirth M launches in North America after aborted Kickstarter
Live today for iOS and Android is another new free-to-play mobile MMO, this one Caret Games' RebirthM. The game's been playable in Brazil since last...
Daybreak is delaying PlanetSide Arena’s early access launch to March
Daybreak has announced that it's delaying PlanetSide Arena's planned early access launch from January 29th to March 26th.
"What we’ve discovered during playtesting is that...
Gaming behavior scientists gather for ‘Video Game Debate’ panel at PAX South
Depending on whom you're listening to, it's possible to think that things like "gaming addiction" and "gaming aggression" are incontrovertibly settled science. It'd also...
Sheogorath returns as Elder Scrolls Legends launches the Isle of Madness expansion
Elder Scrolls Legends has officially rolled out Isle of Madness today, the next chapter for the MMOTCG. According to Bethesda, it's the game's largest...
SMITE launches early access closed beta on the Switch ahead of planned full cross-progression
The 30 million people who've played SMITE on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation 4 are welcoming a whole new generation of Nintendo Switch gamers as...
Farming Simulator is the esports league the modern gaming industry deserves
No, it's not a joke: Farming Simulator is seriously putting together an esports league. And really, why not? This is just as legitimate as...
UK parliament committee seeks submissions about gaming addiction
Back in December, the UK House of Commons committee responsible for digital, culture, media and sport (DCMS) announced it was poised to begin an...
Post-apoc survival MMO Last Oasis plans spring early access, opens closed beta signups
You just never know with survival games that call themselves MMOs whether they really mean it, but we've caught another one today: It's called...
Trove’s Crystal Combat update is finally coming to console in February
One of Trove's best features since releasing on console years ago, in my estimation anyway, was that its PC and console updates were always...
Leaderboard: Are you all-in for Elder Scrolls Online’s Elsweyr?
Elder Scrolls Online's Elsweyr is not exactly what I wanted - I'm a Hammerfell and Morrowind girl - but we already got Morrowind, so...
SuperData December 2018: World of Warcraft returns to the rankings, Fortnite takes the year
Back in December, hearts skipped beats over the realization that not a single Blizzard game made it into SuperData's top global revenue rankings for...
Black Desert is heavily adjusting its battle royale mode based on player feedback in today’s patch
Black Desert's had a wild winter already, with an expansion, new class, and battle royale mode rolling out in just the last few months....
Improbable and Crytek team up for SpatialOS CryEngine integration and new AAA game
Improbable made headlines over the last couple of weeks thanks to its tussle with Unity over SpatialOS's integration and licensing. That tussle's since ended,...
EVE Online cracks down on cheaters, again, and contemplates more free-to-play gates
You'd think that people might think twice about cheating in EVE Online, given that in 2018 alone, the company banned tens of thousands of...
RuneScape boots player who streamed himself bullying a suicidal gamer
A game as large and old and multifaceted as RuneScape is bound to collect some bad seeds over time, and as we've seen repeatedly...
Gamigo is reversing last week’s ArcheAge unicorn mount stealth-normalization
Last week, we covered the mess over ArcheAge's unicorn mounts, which had been patched and speed-normalized without notice, leaving players angry over what they...
Leaderboard: Do you think Bethsoft is going to take Fallout 76 free-to-play?
One of the claims floating around Reddit and YouTube is the claim that stores across the globe, from the UK to Australia to even...
Elder Scrolls Online’s Wrathstone DLC has hit the PTS – here’s what to expect
Boom! Elder Scrolls Online players have known about the Wrathstone DLC for only a week, and now here we are welcoming its arrival on...
