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
Old School RuneScape has officially launched on mobile today
Is RuneScape a mainstream PC MMORPG? Even as big as it is, I might not have applied that moniker before, but Jagex has done...
Black Desert: DDOS attacks, South Korean lawsuit, and Halloween
If you've been having problems with your Black Desert server crashing this week, you're not alone. Kakao seems to be suffering a wave of...
World of Warcraft factionless player Doubleagent hits 120 after years of picking herbs
World of Warcraft "celebrity" player Doubleagent has done it again: leveled to 120 solely on harvesting without ever picking a faction in the eternal WoW...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most important example of death spiral development in MMOs?
A couple of weeks ago, Justin reminded me of a Guild Wars 2 panel from many years back where ArenaNet addressed Charr armor clipping.
"A Charr...
Star Wars Galaxies’ original emulator teases Jump to Lightspeed space content
One of the reasons I favor the Star Wars Galaxies Legends emulator is that it's a late enough build of the game that it...
New World leaks make it sound more and more like a real MMO sandbox, not a survival game
The weird thing - or clever thing - about Amazon Game Studios' New World alpha is that seemingly everyone is in it, so nobody...
SuperData: World of Warcraft’s expansion surge ends as Destiny 2’s expansion surge begins
Dungeon Fighter Online is continuing its run raking in more money than League of Legends, but World of Warcraft's expansion blast seems to be...
ArcheAge consumer lawsuit hits snag: Trion Worlds’ corporate dissolution
Remember that player lawsuit lodged against Trion Worlds back in 2015? The one where ArcheAge players Aaron Van Fleet, Paul Ovberg, and James Longfield...
Lost Ark is still on track for a November 7 South Korean open beta; here’s the epic trailer
If it seems like we've had our eye on Lost Ark forever, that's because it's been at least half of that. It was first...
Call of Duty swatter slammed with 46 new charges on top of involuntary manslaughter
Wired has a big piece out on the fresh charges now lodged against the chief defendants in the Call of Duty swatting incident from...
Anthem’s PGW stream and Q&A covers the Storm, pets, and soloable world events
Paris Games Week hasn't brought much news for MMOs, but it did include a hefty video from BioWare's Anthem. It's not the best quality,...
Check out the Fallout 76 live-action trailer from the sportsball game as Pete Hines talks MTX
If you're not into fall football, you likely missed Bethsoft's big reveal: a live-action Fallout 76 trailer shown during the Saints vs. Vikings game....
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPGs should be preserved in the Video Game Museum?
In returning to the video game preservation debate this week following the DMCA exceptions granted to museums and archivists allowing them to archive online...
MMO Week in Review: Trion’s tribulations
It's the end of an era for MMO players this week, as Gamigo bought Trion Worlds. Technically, it appears it bought Trion's assets, specifically...
MMO Business Roundup: Fractured Space, Runic Games, Michael Jordan esports, Epic investment, and the China problem
Welcome back to another quick trip through some of the week's business bits and bobs.
First up, some bad news. Edge Case's gorgeous F2P MOBA...
ARK Survival Evolved is launching on the Switch November 30
Remember way back in March when Studio Wildcard announced ARK: Survival Evolved would be making its way to the Nintendo Switch? It's happening, folks,...
Even PUBG MOBILE is getting in on Halloween in time for its real-life event this weekend
PUBG MOBILEÂ has a big update out this week just ahead of Halloween, including some fresh Halloween-themed content and a real-world event on the docket.
"Players...
US Library of Congress grants DMCA exception for preserving online games
It's a win for the good guys, at least if you figure the good guys are on the side of preserving video game and...
Here’s how Elite Dangerous’ revamped states system function in Beyond – Chapter Four
Frontier is continuing its info-dump of all the goodies coming in Elite Dangerous' Beyond - Chapter Four, which is currently in beta in prep...
The Daily Grind: Are you planning to give LOTRO’s new progression server a try?
When Lord of the Rings Online announced its new progression server plan earlier this week, the LOTRO community immediately went into a state of...
