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
EverQuest II’s GU 125 Darkpaw Rising revives ‘the spirit of Fippy’ this afternoon
Happy launch day to EverQuest II players, who are reliving some nostalgia today in the form of GU 125 Darkpaw Rising. (A moment of...
The Fallout TV show is premiering a day earlier than expected – and a second season is already likely
The Fallout TV show is apparently already angling for a second season, even before its first officially premieres.
The news comes via a Variety report...
Gamigo launches a revitalized Bunfest event for Trove today
We may be past Easter, but Trove's Bunfest isn't beholden to your real-world calendar! Yep, Gamigo announced this morning that Bunfest is back for...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the worst localization?
Back in March, Chris covered a Mad World patch that had the both of us scratching our heads: The English translation of the game's party system UI was using the term "mob" for "party" or "group." While you can kind of see the logic, it's not something an actual professional localization team would ever do, as the word mob means something entirely different in English-language games.
Terraria’s 1.4.5 patch has no ETA – but it has rollerskates
As we've been covering, multiplayer sandbox Terraria is pushing toward its 1.4.5 launch, the next and probably not really last of its final updates,...
Can’t see the eclipse in person today? Here’s how to watch it with online with some gaming flair
As we noted on Friday, there's a major celestial event happening for North America today: A lot of you are about to see an...
The Daily Grind: Do you ever cringe at stuff you used to do in MMORPGs?
I've probably told this story before, but a whole lot of my early gaming characters from when I was younger, including in MMORPGs, were...
MMO Week in Review: Season of the Guardian
New World finally limped its way to Season of the Guardian, which frustratingly launched with a long list of bugs - but also player acknowledgement...
Make My MMO: Starship Simulator has pulled in $350K on Kickstarter so far
It's only April and we might just have our biggest MMO Kickstarter of the year in the form of the new sci-fi multiplayer sandbox...
MMO sandbox Anvil Empires previews homesteading upgrades and new crafting stations
Oh Anvil Empires, MMO players are just not paying any attention to you, but they should be, as Siege Camp's Foxhole has gained a...
NASA teams up with Epic’s Fortnite and Microsoft’s Minecraft to stream the April 8 solar eclipse
If you somehow don't know about the solar eclipse this coming Monday, then you're probably not in the US since that's all anyone here...
Classic EverQuest announces two new time-locked progression servers, Teek and Tormax, launching May 22
It'd be tempting to assume that EverQuest's producer's letter would just mirror EverQuest II's earlier this week, as Darkpaw head of studio Jenn Chan...
Palia studio Singularity 6 has been hit by layoffs – 35% of the team impacted
(This article has been updated with S6's statement at the end; the original piece is as follows.)
Palia studio Singularity 6's frustrating deceptions regarding the...
The Daily Grind: Are you looking for drama in your MMOs?
The other day in Lord of the Rings Online chat, the topic of guild drama came up and took one hell of a twist....
Massively Overthinking: Would you pay for a Guild Wars 1 revival?
WoodenPotatoes had a fun video this past weekend about Classic Guild Wars 1, and I fully admit I clicked on it just to hear...
Hearthstone launches co-op Battlegrounds Duos with April 16’s season 7
Blizzard has taken the stress-free packaging off its new Hearthstone toy, announcing the impending launch of Battlegrounds Duos, which the team first previewed at...
Elder Scrolls Online kicks off freebie Gold Road prologue quest and free-play event
As Elder Scrolls Online turns 10 years old, ZeniMax Online Studios is rolling out the red carpet for both new and old players.
For starters,...
Lost Ark debuts new video series, talks upcoming Thaemine hard mode and clear race
Amazon is clearly taking a new tack with comms on its MMORPGs, as New World's new video series Eye on Aeternum has now been...
Ankama launches DOFUS Touch on mobile as Waven adds new chapters and Wakfu rolls back a server
Ankama's MMOs have been busy this week: To start with, the French company has launched - actually, relaunched - DOFUS Touch on mobile, both...
Stop Killing Games is a modern games preservation initiative prompted by The Crew’s cynical sunset
The words "game preservation" are holy words here on MOP and in the MMORPG genre beyond, as few gaming communities understand the pain of...
