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
RuneScape Classic is sunsetting this August thanks to instability, bots, and bugs
RuneScape has wound its way through many revisions and editions over the years, but Jagex usually left the original versions standing - or in...
H1Z1 launches open beta for PS4, is swarmed with over 200K concurrent players
It's been a long time coming, but H1Z1 finally hit open beta on the PlayStation 4 last night. If you forgot the game was...
Worlds Adrift admits early-game PvP griefing is a big problem and vows to address it
In Andrew's hands-on with Worlds Adrift published Monday, he expressed some serious concerns over the title's approach to PvP. Even as a hardened sandbox...
Survival MMORPG Next Day Survival has launched on Steam
Conan Exiles isn't the only survival game that knows how to leave early access and actually launch! Next Day: Survival has done the same...
Shroud of the Avatar’s upcoming R54 includes new house deco, heraldry items, and lots of polish
MMOs dressing us as murderhobos wouldn't be so bad if we were super stylish murderhobos, right? Shroud of the Avatar plainly agrees, which is...
Overwatch’s second anniversary event, new FFA Deathmatch map, and new lootboxes are live
As promised, Blizzard is dropping a big anniversary event for Overwatch starting today as the game turns two, complete with sales and new loot....
The Flower of Knighthood has launched a $600,000 Kickstarter, is still discussing female toons
A couple of weeks ago, we wrote about The Flower of Knighthood, a hyper-realistic MMORPG set in the European Middle Ages. And I do...
RuneScape fans can start buying RuneFest 2018 tickets… now
Jagex's RuneScape-themed fan festival, RuneFest 2018, is locked in for October 5th-6th this year, and tickets are officially on sale as of 11 a.m....
Elite Dangerous has big plans for a Memorial Day weekend bonus event
Frontier isn't exactly known for running bonus weekends, but it's doing just that in Elite Dangerous as it joins the throng of online games...
The Daily Grind: Do you feel an obligation to ‘finish’ the MMOs you start, even if it feels like ‘homework’?
A quote from legendary filmmaker Guillermo del Toro I saw on Twitter the other day is fast on the way to becoming my mantra. io9 transcribed...
Conan Exiles defies the odds to regain most of its early access playerbase
Launch has been kind to Funcom's survival sandbox Conan Exiles. According to GitHyp (via VG247), the game has defied the odds to rebound.
"Most games...
SMITE says it’s banned or suspended 20,000 toxic players in season five alone
Toxic players, beware: Hi-Rez may not be talking to its Hand of the Gods players, but it's cracking way down on SMITE miscreants. The...
Ship of Heroes discusses milestones and communication, plus we’ve got new day/night screenies
The transparency that comes with crowdfunded and indie MMORPGs is awesome - when everything is going to plan. But what about when it isn't?...
Wild Buster will reboot as Champions of Titan under new owners to get back on Steam
Back in February, Valve took action on MMO studio Insel Games, which published hybrid MMOs Wild Buster and Guardians of Ember, booting the company...
Bless Online details its massive taming system and 660 tame-able critters
One of the three core content pieces in Bless Online is its taming system, though it was only lightly on display for press during...
MMO Week in Review: Roadmaps for LOTRO and SWTOR, multiplayer for No Man’s Sky (May 20, 2018)
Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered’s Week in Review!
Roadmaps!...
Make My MMO: Albion Online hits Steam, Camelot Unchained tackles crafting (May 19, 2018)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, buy-to-play sandbox Albion Online, which launched back in 2017, formally landed on Steam, bringing its blend of PvP warfare...
Massively Overthinking: On slavery mechanics in MMOs
Polygon recently had an interview with Conan Exiles creative director Joel Bylos focused on the game's slavery mechanics, a "feature" I had entirely forgotten...
Star Citizen: Around the Verse covers shopping as the community debates pay-to-win
This week's episode of Star Citizen's Around the Verse is all about shopping, and I mean the fun kind of shopping where you spend...
No Man’s Sky is really truly getting ‘full’ multiplayer in July
MMO players have nice long memories, so I'm sure you'll recall that way back in 2016, No Man's Sky ticked everyone off and even...
