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, Guild Wars, Guild Wars 2, Trove, Glitch, Elder Scrolls Online, Ultima Online

EVE Online compensates players with 200k skill points for server move downtime

Bree Royce - March 1, 2016

EVE Online Executive Producer Andie "CCP Seagull" Nordgren has addressed EVE players in a new video posted to the official site. Nordgren...

The Division releases US launch trailer

Bree Royce - March 1, 2016

Fancy some eyecandy to go with your apocalypse? Ubisoft has posted the US launch trailer for online shooter The Division, and...

Neverwinter promises June campaign, Icewind Dale stories

Bree Royce - March 1, 2016

Cryptic Studios has just released a positively massive state-of-the-game letter for MMORPG Neverwinter. Executive Producer Rob Overmeyer begins by recapping 2015,...

PWE shooter Livelock reveals trailer for player Vanguard

Bree Royce - March 1, 2016

Perfect World's upcoming robot-vs.-robot co-op shooter Livelock has a new video today showcasing the player Vanguard. "Quiet, diligent and calculated, Vanguard joins the...

Camelot Unchained passes ‘send more programmers’ stretch goal

Bree Royce - March 1, 2016

Camelot Unchained just announced that it's passed its "$3,900,000 - Send more programmers" stretch goal, which enables City State Entertainment...

The Daily Grind: If an MMO has a cash shop, when should it launch?

Bree Royce - March 1, 2016

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Massively OP reader Leiloni pointed out to us something unusual about Black Desert: Its much-talked-about cash shop wasn't originally going to open until March...

RuneScape’s DarkScape will sunset in March

Bree Royce - February 29, 2016

Jagex is retiring RuneScape's DarkScape "experiment" at the end of March. "DarkScape offered an intriguing twist on the traditional RuneScape gameplay, and...

Perfect World’s Arc platform now offers its own daily quests

Bree Royce - February 29, 2016

Perfect World's Arc platform is getting a big facelift, which is good news for anyone confused by the old layout and navigation, but...

MMORPGs celebrate The Revenant’s Oscars

Bree Royce - February 29, 2016

If your MMORPG has a Revenant class, you'd best not be missing the opportunity to plug it today, as the movie celebrates its...

Elder Scrolls Online DLC adds loot NPC, reinstates RvR forward camps

Bree Royce - February 29, 2016

ZeniMax has a few last bits of PvP info to push out before The Elder Scrolls Online's Thieves Guild DLC goes...

How player healers will cure disease and set bones in Revival

Bree Royce - February 29, 2016

In my very first MMORPG, I was obsessed with the idea of becoming a healer -- not someone who cast healing spells but someone...

Daum compensates Black Desert players for headstart server mixup

Bree Royce - February 29, 2016

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A goof-up on the Black Desert headstart servers over the weekend saw some North American players unintentionally placed on the wrong servers,...

The Daily Grind: Is MMORPG voiceover/voiceacting worth the cost?

Bree Royce - February 29, 2016

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Last week, Justin and I answered a podcast listener question about voiceover localization in MMORPGs, and I thought it dovetailed nicely with a question...

MMO Week in Review: Black Desert’s headstart is here (February 28, 2016)

Bree Royce - February 28, 2016

Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered’s Week in...

Leaderboard: What do you think of Black Desert so far?

Bree Royce - February 28, 2016

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Headstart for Black Desert's began this morning, at least if you preordered. Are you watching from the sidelines or already lost to the grind? If you're in...