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
MapleStory 2’s Skybound part 2 launches as Nexon bans exploiters and shuffles the classic team
MapleStory 2 got another big content infusion this week in the form of the second part of its Skybound expansion.
"The update introduces the Fortress...
Ashes of Creation Apocalypse is holding an open beta this weekend – here’s how to play
If you missed out on Ashes of Creation Apocalypse while it was live back in December, you're getting another crack at it this weekend....
The Daily Grind: What’s the most expensive MMO to play at the start of 2019?
2018 was an odd year for MMO monetization. Oh sure, we saw Star Citizen offer things like $27,000 ship packages, but obviously most people...
Massively Overthinking: Hopes and fears for MMOs in 2019
With nearly all of our end-of-2018 content finally and blissfully behind us - seriously, I always breathe a huge sigh of relief when it's...
Activision is transferring Destiny publishing rights back to Bungie
Still more big changes are afoot at Activision: Bungie just announced that Activision is transferring publishing rights for Destiny back to Bungie.
"We have enjoyed...
What Destiny 2 could’ve learned about community puzzle gating… from Star Wars Galaxies
Say you're the developer of an online shooter, but you really want to add something that challenges the players in a world where they...
Grab a key for AVA Dog Tag’s second closed beta test, planned for January 18-31
Back in September we covered the resurrection of Alliance of Valiant Arms as AVA Dog Tag by its original developer, South Korean studio Red...
Ashes of Creation’s new community head is already fielding player questions
Ashes of Creation's new community marketing lead Margaret Krohn is already on Reddit answering player questions on a range of topics from payment plans...
Red Dead Online’s beta expands with battle royale mode Gun Rush as Rockstar eyes griefing fixes
We've known since at least November that Red Dead Online, the in-beta multiplayer component of Red Dead Redemption 2, was due for a battle...
Epic and Improbable pledge $25M to rescue MMO studios affected by Unity’s SpatialOS license suspension
We've continued updating this post at the end as more events unfold, including Unity's rebuttal and Unreal's intervention. The original post from 9:55 a.m....
Blizzard’s Mike Morhaime will leave planned advisory role in April
Back in October, Blizzard announced that Mike Morhaime was stepping down as president of the company after 27 years working there. While World of...
Gamevil has begun Talion’s global rollout with Australian registrations
Man, we just did our "mobile games to watch this year" piece, but we forgot about this one: It's called Talion, it launched in...
Elder Scrolls Online is hyping its next chapter with a clicky Stream
Stoked for the Elder Scrolls Online chapter announcement next week? Already spoiled, or aiming to stay spoiler-free? Well, Bethsoft's promo right now on Twitch...
Elder Scrolls Legends is revealing Isle of Madness Friday as Chinese alpha begins
The Elder Scrolls Legends MMOTCG is getting a new content expansion called Isle of Madness! According to the announcement-of-an-announcement, Bethsoft will apparently be revealing...
The Division 2’s Steam landing page is nuked as Ubisoft joins team Epic Games Store
The Epic Games Store vs. Valve (vs. Discord vs. GOG, we suppose) showdown just got a bit more interesting.
Readers will recall that in December,...
Bless Online’s latest content update adds the Wise Ones’ Mausoleum elite dungeon for endgamers
If you're one of the couple thousand folks still playing Bless Online and hoping Neowiz can turn the game's fortunes around, then rejoice because...
Daybreak’s new video show how it’s retooling classic weapons and vehicles in PlanetSide Arena
Daybreak's just posted a new video on PlanetSide Arena, this one focusing on the game's vehicles and weapons, and yes, there's plenty of gameplay...
Working As Intended: The MMOs we lost in 2018
While we lost several painful MMOs in 2016 and 2015, 2017 was noticeable chiefly because we lost a large number of small MMOs, perhaps signalling a...
No, Funcom is not losing the Conan IP, but it did just invest in a Portuguese studio
Earlier this week, Marvel's website released a post positively crowing about the "return" of Conan to the ubiquitous superhero label. "Gather 'round, followers of...
Robot Entertainment is shutting down multiple online games, including Orcs Must Die! Unchained
They weren't big games on MMO websites, but online multiplayer fans will still be sad to see them go: Orcs Must Die! Unchained, Hero...
