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
Game industry unionization: Game Workers Unite, IGDA, and GDC
Earlier this week, we covered the emerging Game Workers Unite organization, something many folks in the games industry considered tantamount to unionization, which multiple...
Black Desert’s next patch will alter weight penalties, fort construction, and monster drops
Pearl Abyss Executive Producer Jae-Hee Kim has a new Black Desert letter out for western players - apparently he's aiming to make the letters...
Sea of Thieves says 5000 people logging in per minute – 1M users total – are why the servers are struggling
No MMORPG player will be surprised to hear that Sea of Thieves' biggest problem right now is that too many people are wanting to...
Trion plans Defiance 2050 closed beta for April – here’s how to sign up
Defiance players itching to give the game's reinvention as Defiance 2050 a spin are going to get that chance in April.
"We’re thrilled to announce...
The Elder Scrolls Online announces Summerset chapter for May 21 for PC and June 5 for console
Maybe you saw it coming, maybe not, but it's official now as it's just been announced on the stream: The Elder Scrolls Online's next...
Elder Scrolls Online’s new chapter is about to be revealed on stream – watch here!
Update 4:30 p.m. EDT: It's Summerset! Full details now here.
It's the big day: The Elder Scrolls Online is just about to reveal its next...
Black Desert harvests a spring event, fixes wheelbarrows, and compensates players for outages
It may not look like it in the real world, but it's spring, you guys, and Black Desert is going to make sure you...
Bless Online interview: On soft launch, monetization, classes – and no lockboxes
Earlier today, we posted up Bless Online's new trailer and big news: That's it's launching on Steam early access as a buy-to-play title this coming...
Skyforge announces Overgrowth expansion, coming April 11
Skyforge is embracing spring with the announcement of a brand-new and rather leafy new expansion. It's called Overgrowth, and you can expect it on...
Bless Online hits Steam early access in May – here’s the new trailer
Thanks to an unfortunate leak, it's almost old news now, but we can now officially confirm that Bless Online is launching in the west...
Conan Exiles talks currencies, map rooms, and the armor rebalance
If you missed last week's Conan Exiles stream, you actually missed some good stuff. The big news centers on the economic system en route...
Grab your free skins in Closers’ brand-new Pandimensional update
Closers fans are being kept busy today thanks to En Masse's latest endeavor. The latest patch is called the Pandimensional Update, and it's got...
RuneScape invites you to play pirates in ‘Pieces of Hate’ content update
Not playing Sea of Thieves for its launch today? You can still get your pirate on in an MMORPG: RuneScape has rolled out the...
Titan Quest launches on console, Grim Dawn teases Forgotten Gods
Multiplayer ARPG Titan Quest has been on an absolute tear the last couple of years reinventing itself: First, it got a mobile port; then...
Super Adventure Box returns to Guild Wars 2 on March 29, balance patch lands March 27
My kid has been pestering me about Super Adventure Box for months now, and finally I'll be able to tell him just when the...
Warframe launches Zephyr Prime warframe as part of ‘prime access’ program
If you haven't paid any attention to Warframe's Prime Access program, now might be the time. Digital Extremes' rotating monetization system essentially allows players...
GDC 2018: Game developers push for unionization in Game Workers Unite
Back in 2016, we covered the voice actors guild strike against multiple game companies in its an attempt to secure better compensation and working...
The Daily Grind: Are you playing Sea of Thieves?
It's officially Sea of Thieves day; the game launched here in the US in the wee hours of this morning. During our awards rollout...
NCsoft Q1 2018: NCsoft has hired 1000 employees in the past few years, considers VR and ARG titles
Everybody saw NCsoft's financials last month, I'm sure - Guild Wars 2 bouncing back thanks to Path of Fire, Lineage M driving revenue, and...
Fortnite dominates iOS mobile charts, PUBG soft launches in North America, and somebody stabs somebody else over PUBG
Fortnite's mobile version is already kicking butt and taking names, even landlocked to iOS. According to app-tracker SensorTower, the game is ranked #1 for...
