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
Bless Online’s Rift of Space and Time update is live with new endgame content
If there's an honest to goodness rift in space and time, you should probably not be wasting your precious seconds left in the universe...
So here’s the tea on Guild Wars 2’s bubble tea promo – and why EU players are now being excluded
Last week, we covered Guild Wars 2's bizarre but fun promotion with bubble tea vendor Kung Fu Tea. As originally announced, the promo was...
Star Wars The Old Republic announces massive fall update, Jedi Under Siege
I feel so much better about an MMO's longevity when its studio is putting out regular updates and roadmaps heralding those updates. That's exactly...
Standing Stone says that new LOTR MMO will have no impact on Lord of the Rings Online
Are you concerned over the announcement of a new Lord of the Rings MMORPG? Welp, you're not alone. As we covered yesterday, Leyou Technologies,...
Black Desert counts 10M global registered users, plus news on today’s patch, Pearl Abyss benefits, and the Drieghan teaser trailer
Remember last week when Pearl Abyss and Kakao claimed Black Desert's playerbase had seen a "massive surge" thanks to the game's visual remaster? "Black...
Old School RuneScape’s mobile version launches October 30
Just in time for Halloween, Old School RuneScape will be formally launching for mobile. Jagex announced this morning that OSRS will land on both...
The Cycle plans September closed alpha, offers new gameplay trailer
We've been following YAGER's upcoming online shooter The Cycle all summer; as we put it in July, it looks like a survival sandbox with...
Hardcore ‘MMOPEG’ sandbox Codename Reality has failed to fund on Kickstarter, vows to continue
Just about a month ago, we covered a brand-new Kickstarter from a brand-new MMORPG called Codename Reality. Actually, European developer Orode Productions called it...
Destiny 2’s Forsaken DLC is officially live today – are you going back?
It's happening! Destiny 2's Forsaken expansion is rolling out today - right as this post goes live, in fact, at 1 p.m. EDT and...
Esports in the Olympics isn’t happening any time soon thanks to ‘killer games’
Over the last year or so, the idea of bringing esports to the Olympics has begun to sound more plausible. In 2017, the co-president...
Pirates of the Burning Sea is closing down, but the community might be able to save it
Bad news, but maybe also a tiny bit of good news too, for Pirates of the Burning Sea: Over the weekend, Portalus Games announced...
The Daily Grind: How patient are you when playing an MMORPG for the first time?
How many times have you seen this kind of advice from fans of an MMO? "You have to get past the first 10 hours...
Worlds Adrift’s 26th update is due to launch tomorrow with the alliance system
Worlds Adrift players should prepare for incoming... an incoming patch, that is. Last week, Boss brought a functioning build for Update 26 to the...
Sony explains its crossplatform hangups, Fortnite decides tourney qualifier field by coinflip
Everybody's got an opinion on why Sony won't play nicely with the other platforms, like the Switch, in regard to Fortnite, but how about...
Riot Games says it’s proud of workshops designed for women and non-binary prospective devs
Online gaming watchers will recall that League of Legends studio Riot Games has sustained heavy fire this summer over sexism and misogyny allegations from...
PAX West 2018: Anthem shuns content paywalls, lockboxes while embracing ‘reactive storytelling’
More information from BioWare's Anthem presentation at PAX West this weekend has continued to roll out, bolstering the gorgeous trailer and potentially worrisome story-related...
One of the Madden tourney shooting victims is suing EA
If EA thought that setting up a victims fund for the gamers killed and wounded at the Jacksonville Madden esports tournament would shield it...
PAX West 2018: Ashes of Creation maps out its alpha testing for the next year
If you missed the Ashes of Creation panel at PAX West on Saturday, you'll be forgiven - and richly rewarded all the same, as...
MassivelyOP’s complete PAX West 2018 coverage
Massively Overpowered was on the ground in Seattle for PAX West 2018, bringing you expert MMO coverage on Elder Scrolls Online, Anthem, Torchlight Frontiers, and everything...
The Daily Grind: What major blunders in MMORPG history should future devs study?
A week or so ago, Justin penned another entry in his long-running City of Heroes historical pieces, and down in the comments, a reader...
