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: Why are you not into virtual reality?
Massively OP reader and commenter Sally Bowls pointed us to a brief post on Axios in which a VR consultant and former Oculus employee opines...
Shroud of the Avatar’s R46, free trial, community map, and $52K telethon haul
Shroud of the Avatar is full-speed ahead, looking on to R46 with R45 in the rear-view mirror. What's in R46? Lots of stuff, starting...
FTC settles CS:GO Lotto influencer corruption complaint
It's not enough for the CS:GO community to bleed players to PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds; nope, this week it's taking another blow in the form of...
Ubisoft announces hypercute retro-arena shooter Atomega
Ubisoft announced a brand-new multiplayer arena shooter today: It's called Atomega, and it's adorable, at least if you're into retro 3-D graphics and robots....
Star Citizen’s Chris Roberts is ‘fed up’ with giving 3.0 release estimates
Eurogamer's Chris Roberts interview covers why the alpha 3.0 is more like early access than beta, how making games has changed in the era of crowdfunding, and why he's tired of giving out 3.0 launch estimates - even when he's being called a liar by detractors.
The Daily Grind: When was the last time you played an MMO ‘wrong’?
Over the weekend, MMO blogger and Massively OP frequenter Wolfyseyes posted what I thought was a fantastic piece on playing MMOs "wrong." Eschewing other...
MMO Week in Review: Destiny’s child (September 10, 2017)
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!
Assuming...
Runes of Magic prepares to merge servers in the US and Europe this month
Runes of Magic fans, get ready: Server merges are on the way.
Gameforge says it's merging all of its English, German, American and Polish servers...
Make My MMO: Everybody poops in Star Citizen (September 9, 2017)
Remember a few weeks ago when Star Citizen confirmed survival mechanics like eating and sleeping? Welp, add pooping to the list. This week in MMO...
Final Fantasy XIV players to host in-game events, charity stream for hurricane relief Saturday
Hat tip to MMO blogger Aywren, who picked up on a Final Fantasy XIV-based Direct Relief charity event "to raise awareness and bolster hurricane...
Destiny 2’s Curse of Osiris DLC confirmed, Bungie responds to shader controversy
Yesterday, we touched on the controversy brewing in Destiny 2, where Bungie has begun selling one-use consumables dubbed shaders (akin to dyes) - items...
Massively Overthinking: The best and worst MMOs of 2017’s PAX West
PAX West 2017 has come and gone, and though MJ is still feverishly working on her last few articles, we wanted to pause a...
Leaderboard: Are you playing Destiny 2?
I was super worried about losing my whole guild to Destiny 2's PC beta last week, but after the beta fling, they're back to...
No, Star Citizen’s 3.0 alpha isn’t ready yet, but here’s how to ‘breathe’ while you wait
3.0 when?
We still don't know. Star Citizen's Eric Kieron Davis begins the latest Around the Verse with a Burndown segment, noting that the team's...
One of the last Asheron’s Call emulators vanished last night
When Asheron's Call shut down last winter following the spinoff of Standing Stone Games from Turbine, one of the few hopes the community had...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO studio’s finances worry you the most right now?
During this week's MOPÂ podcast, Justin and I remarked on Funcom's spectacular 2017 financial showing, particularly in light of the fact that its numbers were...
Meta: Twitch’s SUBtember promo helps Massively OP stream!
Massively OP is a Twitch Partner, meaning that our supporters are able to subscribe to our Twitch streaming channel, which puts money directly into...
City of Titans plans 2017 pre-alpha, crowdfund to ‘take things to the next level’
City of Titans studio Missing Worlds Media has just posted a recap of its presentation at last week's PAX West and a status update...
Facebook doubles down on e-sports with Hi-Rez’s Paladins Premier League contract
From FarmVille to VR to e-sports: Facebook is gunning for whatever the kids are into these days.
At least that's the takeaway from Hi-Rez's announcement...
Crowfall’s Q&A stream will address skill UI, race-class split, VIP accounts, and respecs
Crowfall, don't y'all know that Friday is the unofficial industry day to slack off and stream MMOs instead of working, not Thursday? I'm kidding (or...
