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
PlanetSide 2 admits to delays for its US merges and Infiltrator rework
The Daybreak contractors still working on PlanetSide 2 are back with another monthly dev letter for fans that should add another layer of reassurance...
Pantheon’s Druid class is launching on March 5 – here’s the new trailer
Pantheon Rise of the Fallen players have been for a while that the Druid is on the way to the game, but as of...
NC America has officially launched Blade & Soul NEO in NA, EU, and SA
As promised, NCsoft is officially launching Blade & Soul NEO in the west for PC players today, so if you made a character in the...
Raph Koster’s Stars Reach has launched its $200,000 crowdfunding campaign (and now it’s fully funded)
If you're seeing these words, then the Kickstarter for Stars Reach is finally live.
Longtime readers will know we've been covering this game since...
Champions Online is losing its last known Cryptic developer this week
We've been focused on the transition from Cryptic to Deca for Star Trek Online and Neverwinter, but Cryptic other MMORPG, Champions Online, often gets...
The Daily Grind: Does your MMO have a feature that is both its biggest strength and weakness?
A couple of weeks back, MOP reader and Elite Dangerous podcaster PhoenixDfire dropped a comment that leaped out at me - so I want...
Dauntless is officially sunsetting following the layoff of the team back in January
I'm sorry to report this afternoon that Phoenix Labs' Dauntless is closing down.
The sunset news came in the form of a brief tweet this...
Funcom has already patched Dune Awakening’s demo and character creation
Last week, we covered the news that Dune Awakening was both targeting May 20th for its launch and opening up a free-to-try demo that...
The Daily Grind: What are the best MMO in-game communication tools that aren’t chat?
Way back in the heyday of Star Wars Galaxies, the game introduced a new concept that never really took off to the same degree...
MMO Week in Review: Dune Awakening dated, Blade & Soul Neo dawning
The MMO genre is fixing to have an interesting spring, thanks to the arrival of Dune Awakening, which is finally rolling out on May...
Make My MMO: The impending Stars Reach Kickstarter and the latest loss of Legends of Aria
Welcome back to Make My MMO, MOP's long-running column where we keep track of crowdfunded MMOs, both brand-new titles just starting their campaigns and...
Stars Reach: ‘We’re not gonna break the economy for the sake of the Kickstarter’
If for some reason were home on a Saturday watching a stream instead of playing a game, then you likely just got an eyeful...
Epic successfully sued a Fortnite cheater – and forced him to post a public apology video
Ten years ago, then-Daybreak-president John Smedley created some fun MMO drama when he went on Twitter and ranted his heart out over the nearly...
Among Us VR is coming to PC as Among Us 3D – and the demo is playable next week through Steam Next Fest
It's still wild to me that one of the most maliciously cute murder simulators around has the most wholesome dev team ever, so I'm...
Nightingale’s first birthday patch has arrived with dye and customization for wearables
Believe it or not, it's actually been a full year since survival sandbox Nightingale hit early access, which means Inflexion Games is back heralding...
Project Gorgon’s latest update is here with a new region and the Vampirism skill
When Project Gorgon's Sandra Powers passed away last month, her husband and co-developer, Erim Heimburg, told fans it would take a little bit longer...
The Daily Grind: Where do you stand on randomized content in MMOs?
Back in January, Justin wrote an innocuous piece about an even more innocuous statement from a Lord of the Rings Online developer about randomized...
Massively Overthinking: The things we wish we didn’t know about the MMO industry
A few weeks ago, the MOP writers were sitting around in Discord avoiding work when the subject of a certain industry website's known pay-for-play...
Skull & Bones teases ‘ambitious plans’ and changes to its ‘seasonal formula’ for its Year 2 content
Every time we post about Ubisoft's Skull & Bones, we get a rash of comments dooming about the game, but that still seems premature,...
Throne & Liberty’s latest video teases Talandre content – and raid frames
The latest Throne & Liberty team video is upon us, and it dives immediately into the Wilds of Talandre expansion, now just two weeks...
