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
Study claims playing Pokemon Go is associated with happiness attributes
A research team from the University of Wisconsin–Madison has a paper out this month purporting to show that Pokemon Go play essentially makes people happier,...
Watch the Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns orchestral performance in its entirety
A few weeks ago, we mentioned that Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns music would be featured in concert in Seattle -- not so...
Pantheon explains its crafting, harvesting, and perception systems
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen's April newsletter has arrived, and in my mind it's one of the better ones in recent memory, but that's...
Rend aims to boost its survival sandbox community with three-faction PvP
Frostkeep Studios has another dev blog out this week explaining how Rend will improve on traditional survival sandboxes. How? Factions.
The studio's Jordan Leithart argues...
Snag a Twin Saga key from Aeria and Massively OP in honor of the Monk patch!
Twin Saga rolled out a truly massive patch this morning, introducing a brand-new Monk class to the cutesy Aeria MMORPG, along with a new story...
SkySaga prepares to shut down alpha servers ahead of soft launch
Take a last long look at SkySaga's alpha servers because they won't be around much longer. In a good way! Smilegate announced today that...
Trove’s 2017 patches will catch console up to PC, add sub-classes for everyone
Trove is in the midst of a changing of the guard at Trion, as Producer Andrew "Avarem" Krausnick hands over the reins to his...
Black Desert’s Dark Knight awakens as spring blossoms with new goose egg event
As promised, the popular Dark Knight class has awakened in Black Desert with today's weekly update. "Her awakening weapon, named ‘Vediant’ is a set of...
Carbine cracks down on WildStar Primal Matrix exploiters
Let this post serve as another reminder that cheating is bad, and if the game is too hard or time-consuming for you to win...
Grab a Brawl of Ages loot key from Massively OP and S2 Games
Yesterday, S2 Games -- best known for Heroes of Newerth -- launched Brawl of Ages, a new online collectible card game, into early access....
Life is Feudal patches its survival sandbox variant with (some of) its MMO features
We don't often see co-developed MMOs and survival sandboxes where the game that's smaller in scope gets the content second, but that's exactly how...
Stardew Valley launches boxed console collector’s editions, still no sign of multiplayer
Adorable retro sandbox Stardew Valley is releasing a boxed collector's edition today. Expect the original game, plus a soundtrack disc (hey Justin), a guidebook,...
Neverwinter’s Cloaked Ascendancy arrives on consoles today
Happy Neverwinter patch day, console fans -- you're getting closer and closer to catching up with the PC master race today as Cloaked Ascendency...
Overwatch Uprising event is live today
So it's not called Insurrection. It's called Uprising. English has a lot of words that mean the same thing, so we'll forgive the leakers. Yep,...
Elder Scrolls Online bets you’re gonna roll a Warden in Morrowind
Even if you don't care a fig for the province of Morrowind or Elder Scrolls nostalgia -- in which case, what sort of alien...
S2 Games launches Brawl of Ages online CCG in early access today
If you were ever a fan of MOBAs Strife and Heroes of Newerth, you're definitely going to want to keep an eye on S2...
The Daily Grind: What gaming mouse do you use for MMORPGs?
A couple of months ago, I went on a tear desperately trying to find a new mouse both for work and for MMOs and...
Heroes of the Storm crowns a dorm champ, catalyzes a wedding
Congrats are due this week to the University of Texas at Arlington, whose Heroes of the Storm e-sports team pretty much walked away handily...
Shroud of the Avatar talks outskirts, plans summer telethon
Today brings to a close Shroud of the Avatar's most recent free trial, but the newsletters keep on rolling. This weekend's update dives into...
Rumor: Overwatch leak reveals Insurrection PvE event launching tomorrow
Who had "PvE event" in the Overwatch teaser rumor pool? Oh, everyone? OK then, you all win, because that is indeed what appears to...
