Bree Royce

Bree Royce
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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: Skycandy
Twitter: @nbrianna
Favorite MMOs: Star Wars Galaxies, City of Heroes, Lord of the Rings Online, Guild Wars, Guild Wars 2, Ultima Online

Accused Call of Duty swatter charged with involuntary manslaughter

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Just before the new year, the gaming community was mortified to learn that an innocent Kansas man had been shot by police following a...

EVE Online players beg CCP to address botters after gamer takes down eight botter ships

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Is there a quota for how many sci-fi spaceship MMOs with playerbases angry over exploits we can cover in a week? Because if so,...

Crowfall explains its fun-first class balancing philosophy

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Earlier this week, ArtCraft posted up its monthly ACE Q&A for Crowfall, and there are some juicy nuggets to behold within! Design Lead Thomas...

Chronicles of Elyria is dropping virtual world platform SpatialOS

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Chronicles of Elyria's latest dev blog is out, and it's more than just a recap of 2017 and look ahead to 2018, although it...
Farmville!

Grand Theft Auto Online just hit peak monthly concurrency – and it’s five years old

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There aren't many online games that can honestly say they're still growing and setting records years and years after their launch, but that's exactly...

Elite Dangerous drops the first part of Beyond this quarter, with beta launching January 25

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We're guessing there are lots of new Elite Dangerous players roaming around now, what with the game having been just 7 bucks on Steam...
Ultima Online

The Daily Grind: What MMO will be the next to change up its business model dramatically?

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You may not like it, but the vast majority of MMORPGs are free-to-play or buy-to-play as of 2018. EVE Online went free-to-play at the...

Massively Overthinking: What’s the smallest MMO you’re willing to play?

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A comment on Reddit about the current size and viability of Kritika Online got me thinking about MMO playerbases in general lately. We all...
we wanted to love you

Monster Hunter World’s PC launch is delayed for pretty mundane reasons

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Monster Hunter World hits PlayStation 4 later this month. But it's not coming to PC until next fall. What's the deal, Capcom? Turns out...

Neverwinter announces Lost City of Omu for February 27; check out the new trailer!

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Perfect World has just announced a new update for Dungeons and Dragons MMO Neverwinter - its first big update of the year and another...

WHO attempts to defend its proposed ‘gaming disorder’ classification

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At the tail end of last year, we caught wind that the World Health Organization is planning on classifying gaming addiction as a "gaming...

Pokemon Go will end support for pre-iOS 11 Apple devices by March

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Mobile users are probably used to the eventual demise of their phones and the nonfunctionality of apps they bought long ago, no matter which...

Conan Exiles’ huge combat overhaul is destined for player testers in February

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The Funcom team is back in business after the winter holiday, and that means a fresh Conan Exiles newsletter for the community. What's on...

Black Desert kicks off New Year’s event, adds outfit mixing feature

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Move over, winter - Black Desert is done with you. But the New Year's festivities are just getting started! As part of today's patch,...

Smed’s secret Amazon game is hiring a level designer

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It looks as if John Smedley's new game is about to begin hiring in earnest. "We are going to be looking for an experienced...

Lineage 2 Revolution counts 5 million players in 2 months

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Still scoffing at the idea of mobile MMOs? They're catching on anyway. Netmarble announced this week that five million people globally have signed up...

Creditors lay claim to nearly $700,000 in Gazillion assets in bankruptcy case

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We named the sad death of Marvel Heroes the greatest MMO disappointment of 2017, and it appears it's not even over yet. Redditors noticed that on...
Hate the player, not the game! It's not the player's fault that they're in the game as it is.

Leaderboard: What’s the most vulnerable Daybreak MMO in 2018?

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It's tradition around here to take stock of Daybreak's MMO offerings every year, thanks to the fact that one of the first big stories...
THIS IS CHARITABLE

Elite Dangerous denies player allegation that it’s not addressing combat logging exploits

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Most online games have rules governing running from a fight, abandoning a team, or exiting the game to avoid gameplay, be they MMORPGs or...

Guild Wars 2 overhauls its lockbox mechanics and adds gardening plots

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We don't often cover cash shop updates for MMOs, and lockboxes are not our favorite thing, but Guild Wars 2's cash shop and lockbox...

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