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

Rumor: No Man’s Sky delayed at least until late summer

Bree Royce - May 26, 2016

Kotaku is reporting that multiple unnamed sources have confirmed that No Man's Sky has been delayed "until at least July or August." The...

The Daily Grind: Do we have a right to play the games we actually buy?

Bree Royce - May 26, 2016

Yesterday's Extra Credits video sends the RC team diving into the Nostalrius issue, but don't start groaning yet: The video initially zips...

Aion’s Echoes of Eternity expansion bumps the level cap to 75

Bree Royce - May 25, 2016

NCsoft announced this week that Aion's North American version is due to receive the 5.0 expansion, better known here as Echoes...

Albion Online introduces players to the cold and grueling steppes

Bree Royce - May 25, 2016

Sandbox Interactive has given gamers a look into Albion Online's freshest biome this week: the steppes. "The steppes are a rough environment,"...

This is how Conan Exiles’ trailer was made

Bree Royce - May 25, 2016

Wanna know how Conan Exiles' brutal cinematic teaser trailer was made? Stockholm-based VFX studio Bläck is the group responsible for Funcom's video...

Istaria adds new questline and icon revamp with Niesa’s Fate update

Bree Royce - May 25, 2016

Istaria, which you might remember as Horizons way back in the day, has this week released Niesa's Fate, the 16.1 update for...

Wild Terra begins Steam Greenlight campaign and key giveaway

Bree Royce - May 25, 2016

In celebration of its Steam Greenlight campaign push today, medieval sandbox Wild Terra has released a brand-new trailer showing off its construction and combat...

Bless will be down to two Korean servers after its next round of merges

Bree Royce - May 25, 2016

Back in February, Bless underwent a merge of its servers -- sorry, a "server integration" -- over in Korea. According to Steparu,...

Crowfall says it’s retooling its ‘test cadence’

Bree Royce - May 25, 2016

ArtCraft says it's "shifting gears" and recalibrating Crowfall's "test cadence." "Over the next few months, we are going to adjust our test cadence...

Tree of Savior is temporarily blocking new players

Bree Royce - May 25, 2016

If you're planning on hopping into Tree of Savior and haven't done it yet, better get on it quickly. IMCGames has announced...

WildStar is apparently hitting Steam on June 1st (Update: Maybe not?)

Bree Royce - May 25, 2016

WildStar's Steam page has been updated with an apparent launch date: June 1st. The Steam page itself went live sans promises back...

Das Tal seeks feedback on settlement buildings, announces clan alpha contest

Bree Royce - May 24, 2016

A lot of MMOs talk big about giving players a say in their development, but few deliver the way Fairytale Distillery is by...

Skyforge goes on a nerfing-and-buffing spree with Cybernetic Alliance

Bree Royce - May 24, 2016

As part of its upcoming Cybernetic Alliance update, Skyforge's dev team is taking on the daunting task of rebalancing all of its classes,...

The Elder Scrolls Online’s getting extra character slots and expanded crafting inventories

Bree Royce - May 24, 2016

ZeniMax has a shortish dev piece out today running down the chief cash shop and sub changes coming when The Elder...

Project Genom doubles its world size and improves character progression

Bree Royce - May 24, 2016

In-development sci-fi MMO Project Genom released a big patch this week. The inconspicuously named 0.6 update, studio NeuronHaze says, represents big changes to...