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
Shroud of the Avatar’s new ‘outskirts’ maps should be a big help for newbies
Shroud of the Avatar's latest newsletter -- its 220th for those keeping track at home -- got a fresh coat of paint to celebrate,...
Ashes of Creation really wants you to grok its node system
We've teased upcoming Ashes of Creation for its "nodes," and apparently Intrepid Studios agrees that they're confusing, as the MMORPG has released a dev...
Destiny 2 is official as Bungie posts logo tease
Of course, Destiny 2 was already official for anybody who could read an investor call transcript. But now it's officially official, as Bungie slipped...
World of Warcraft 7.2 Tomb of Sargeras survival guide and patch notes
Blizzard has just dropped its official survival guide and patch notes for World of Warcraft 7.2: The Tomb of Sargeras, which is loading for...
Mark Kern’s Em-8ER on omniframe classes, THMPR animations
Mark Kern's crowdfunded MMO-shooter Em-8ER has a slew of new videos out this week featuring animations for the THMPR, finishing off the mech's "basic...
Kickstarter celebrates 10,000 funded games projects
Kickstarter announced last week that donors have officially backed 10,000 funded games projects.
That's almost 2.5 million people pledging $613 million; more than half of...
Project Gorgon adds bards, reduces group sizes
Ever wonder what use "vocabulary" and "poetry appreciation" would be in Project Gorgon? The game's latest alpha snapshot has a good answer: barding!
Yes, Eldergame...
Boob-addled MMORTS Evony was hacked, compromising up to 33M accounts
We're all sure you never played Evony, the bland, top-down MMORTS once notorious for its bizarrely sexualized ads ("Start your journey now, my lord!"...
The Daily Grind: Where do you stand on depictions of animal cruelty in MMORPGs?
Last week, when Guild Wars 2 revealed its latest minipet, there was a minor squabble on the forums as some players objected to it....
MMO Week in Review: City of Heroes necromancy (March 26, 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!
Much-loved...
Make My MMO: Star Citizen’s subber promo, Planet Nomads’ early access, Project Gorgon’s bards (March 25, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen capped off a week of DirectX revelations and mega map explanations with a round of celebrations -- for its...
Gigantic has plans for bot matches, accessibility, and Windows 7 support
Motiga Community Manager Evan Teicheira has a new state of the game post up for Gigantic today -- a most welcome one as the...
Dark and Light soldiers on past delays with new game previews
In the brief time since its Chinese branch announced another delay, Snail Games has put out a pair of previews for its upcoming reboot...
Battlenet’s slow retirement, Overwatch toxicity, and Blizzard’s legal history with ‘modding’
Last night's update saw the end of the Battle.net branding on the Blizzard launcher. You probably shed your tears back in September, when the...
Kickstarted survival sandbox Planet Nomads hits early access on April 18
Planet Nomads is one of those gorgeous sci-fi multiplayer survival sandboxes that's been kicking around on our Make My MMO list for so long...
Star Citizen’s Around the Verse on the benefits of the ‘mega map’
Try saying "mega map" 10 times fast! This week's Around the Verse does indeed cover the heck out of Star Citizen's mega map. Lead Gameplay...
Super Adventure Box returns to Guild Wars 2 next week!
Every time my 5-year-old sees the extra portal in Guild Wars 2's Rata Sum, I have to tell him it's for Super Adventure Box...
NCsoft rep says bringing City of Heroes toons to Master x Master was his ‘passion project’
We've been speaking with NCsoft West off the record this week, agitating for publicly printable answers on the Master X Master decision to implement City...
Warframe counts 30M registered players on its 4th birthday, basically adds bards
Happy fourth birthday, Warframe! It may not be a traditional MMORPG, but it's still one of those rare online MMOs that's actually doing better...
Blizzard is raising prices for World of Warcraft and Hearthstone players in the EU
If you're playing World of Warcraft or Hearthstone overseas, know that a partial fee hike is in your future.
While subs to WoW and the...
