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
Dual Universe’s new crowdfunding portal is now live
Didn't get around to backing Dual Universe back when it busted through its Kickstarter goal? Novaquark announced today that it would still like your...
Elder Scrolls Online offers Xbox One free-play through Thanksgiving weekend
Did you miss The Elder Scrolls Online's PC/PS4 free-play event last weekend? Great news: There's another one this weekend -- but only on Xbox One...
Hearthstone retires ‘Heroes of Warcraft’ subtitle
Blizzard appears to be tinkering with its branding: Redditors noticed over the weekend that Hearthstone's official site has lost the "Heroes of Warcraft" subtitle...
Massively OP’s 2016 gift guide for the Guild Wars 2 fanatic
The best holiday of the year is almost here! I'm talking about Black Friday, of course, that magical day when everything is on sale! I'm...
MMO Week in Review: You get an expansion, and YOU get an expansion! (November 20, 2016)
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!
It's...
Ultima Online’s publish 95 introduces December crafting festival and holiday rewards
Ultima Online's publish 95 is live this week in the 19-year-old MMORPG. The headline features are the Artisan Festival and holiday rewards, which aren't...
The Daily Grind: Do you make use of your MMORPG’s public test realms?
The patch server. The PTR. The PTS. Whatever your MMORPG calls it, it's probably got one: some sort of publicly accessible server that gets the...
Make My MMO: Camelot Unchained likes big bots and it cannot lie (November 19, 2016)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, City State Entertainment posted a happy update for Camelot Unchained: Not only has the studio fixed the chat server problems...
Black Desert guild heraldry sparks questions over offensive symbols
This past week, an interesting guild situation arose in Black Desert. A Massively OP tipster was surprised by an unusual symbol above the entrance to a...
Star Citizen plans to share internal timelines, justifies ship sales as not P2W
Star Citizen's latest newsletter does three things: celebrates the fourth anniversary of the game's Kickstarter, explains why you still don't know when the game...
Black Death’s Providence update adds animal husbandry, treasure hunts, and better NPC AI
Indie survival sandbox The Black Death has a big patch out this week called Providence with a ton of new features and skills. Players...
Australian consumer group demands hefty fine for Valve
You're all in the wrong business: You should have become lawyers working for Valve. The company has been the target of more than one...
Guild Wars 2 addresses raiding tiers and accessibility
In response to players agitating for improving raiding in Guild Wars 2, ArenaNet Game Designer Crystal Reid has addressed both tiers and accessibility for...
Wanna play Cloud Pirates over Thanksgiving? There’s a key for that
If you've been thinking that flying your dirigible around and blowing up the enemy might sound like a fun way to spend Thanksgiving, Cloud...
The Daily Grind: Are you going back to RIFT for Starfall Prophecy?
After a briefly delayed beta event last month, RIFT's Starfall Prophecy expansion launched this week. RIFT is Trion Worlds' crown jewel, and this third expansion...
Massively Overthinking: The many ‘NGE’ moments across MMORPG history
Eleven years ago this week, the New Game Enhancements patch descended on Star Wars Galaxies, forever changing the trajectory of the game, SOE, and...
Webzen releases G-Star trailers for MU Legend and Azera: Iron Heart
Going to Seoul for G-Star next week? Probably not, but if so, I'm jealous. If you were going, you'd be able to check out...
Shroud of the Avatar tackles combat and crafting in today’s 36th update
Shroud of the Avatar's Release 36 lands today, a little bit early because of next week's major holiday, Black Friday, which is preceded by...
Gamers rally behind Pokemon Go player mugged and left for dead in North Carolina
If there's one thing I've learned from Pokemon Go, it's that staying home and playing MMORPGs from the comfort of my pajama pants is...
Twitch-centric Streamline is free on Steam for the next 24 hours
Remember back at the turn of October, when Amazon Game Studios and Twitch announced the Twitch Prime mélange and promised everyone tons of free...
