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
The Daily Grind: Is it time to move on from PvP ‘factions’ in MMORPGs?
I'm think I'm over factions in MMOs. I get why RvR games need them, and I'll grudgingly concede that the average player is far better...
Runewaker’s Guardians of Ember is getting a relaunch in the west thanks to Gameforge
It's been a weird 2018 for Guardians of Ember. Back in February, Valve booted its publisher, Insel Games, off Steam, citing review manipulation in...
Endless Trials seeks $66K on Kickstarter to build a semi-hardcore endgame PvE MMO that omits grind
Here's a new one for us, and if you like it, you can throw money at it right now: It's called Endless Trials, and...
Trove has been down since the crack of dawn thanks to an economy-breaking dupe exploit
Bad stuff is happening in Trove. Or was happening. Right now, nothing's happening at all because the servers came down early this morning, and...
PUBG developers embark on three-month ‘FIX PUBG’ campaign in which they are doing the fixing
Make no mistake: PUBG Corp. and Bluehole really do understand the flaws in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, and the studios are focusing on fixing them. That's...
Blizzard teases ‘multiple Diablo projects in the works,’ with reveals ‘later this year’
It's not exactly a secret that Blizzard has been working on something Diablo-related for a while as we've been tracking the company as it...
Ashes of Creation lays out its phased alpha roadmap, plans more hires this month
Ashes of Creation's latest newsletter has a few bits of interest for those watching the game from afar. For starters, Intrepid says it's now...
Interviewing the Bless team on the Assassin, merges, PvP, and concurrency as the patch goes live today
Bless Online is rolling out a hefty content update today as promised, including the Siege of Castra PvP battleground, the faction-based open-world Capital War,...
Revelation Online has officially launched on Steam with free welcome packs
Happy Steam launch, Revelation Online! Yep, as promised, My.com has ported the free-to-play game to Valve's popular platform all official-like as of today. And...
Hearthstone’s Boomsday Project expansion has launched – log in for your freebie card packs
Hearthstone's Boomsday Project expansion is live today with its typical goofy scenario, this one revolving around World of Warcraft's Netherstorm zone and a gobbo...
Black Desert and Ascent Infinite Realm publisher Kakao is investing in esports
Kakao is a massive South Korean company, and as most MMO fans reading blogs probably know, video games are just one element of that...
H1Z1 has officially launched on the PlayStation 4 as Jace Hall joins the H1Z1 PC team
Daybreak's battle royale game H1Z1 has been through more ups and downs and ups again in the last few years than most games see...
SWTOR’s Rishi stronghold and PvP tweaks are live today with the 5.9.2 update
Multiple goodies are coming to Star Wars The Old Republic today via its previously delayed but now launching 5.9.2 update. The headliner content is...
The Daily Grind: How do you define ‘hardcore’ gaming?
Quantic Foundry's latest report from its gamer motivation study is well worth your time to read, but for this morning's Daily Grind, I want...
Check out the winningest EVE Online propaganda from CCP’s latest contest
Against the backdrop of yet another massive, hyped-up in-game gang war, EVE Online's propaganda machine is constantly churning, sowing chaos not just for players...
Warframe outlines melee revamp, channeling changes, and Nyx and Vauban tweaks
Warframe players who've been following the game's development meta already knew that melee was due for a rework, but Digital Extremes brought some solid...
Chronicles of Elyria on character family influences and playable instruments
The latest production update from Chronicles of Elyria is going to make those of you who are super into detailed and meaningful character creation...
Gloria Victis’ latest patch introduces proper crop farming and camping placeables
This past weekend, Gloria Victis received what it's calling one of its biggest updates ever; specifically, it allows players to add interactive objects to...
Trove is adding 162 player-designed wearables in tomorrow’s update
Trove is gearing up for what it's calling a major quality-of-life update tomorrow. Bomber royale - that's the voxelbox's battle royale mode - is...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever had an MMORPG-related dream?
A real dream, not just a dream to top the raid leaderboard.
MOP reader CamelotCrusade submitted today's whimsical Daily Grind topic. "The other night I...
