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
Neverwinter’s Sea of Moving Ice patch releases November 8
PWE has just announced a new update for Neverwinter, part of its Storm King's Thunder rollout. It's called Sea of Moving Ice, and PC...
Enter to win a Revelation Online closed beta key from My.com and Massively OP
If you've got your eye on Revelation Online, we're guessing you're hoping to jump in when the western closed beta kicks off later this...
Tribes: Ascend’s last patch ushers in maintenance mode
Hi-Rez has implemented several patches since breathing life back into Tribes: Ascend last year. December's patch was its first since 2013, followed by updates...
Rumor: American McGee ARPG Akaneiro is kaput
Four years ago or so, a number of folks at Massively, including me, had their sights set on Akaneiro: Demon Hunters. It was a...
A whole bunch of people filed FTC complaints over Pokemon Go
How many times are we going to have to use the word "watchdog" this week? I believe we're on the third now, and this...
Albion Online’s ‘Elaine’ patch brings new biome and faction to beta
Albion Online might still be working its way through its final beta phase, but that hasn't stopped it from working on a content release....
Indie sandbox The Exiled hires on a new lore writing team
If you've been thinking of The Exiled (formerly known as Das Tal) as a hardcore indie PvP sandbox where the players make the story,...
Here’s how Elder Scrolls Online’s weapon ultimate skills will work in update 12
When The Elder Scrolls Online's One Tamriel and update 12 go live for PC players next week, everyone will be able to take advantage...
RuneScape dev Jagex helps form new Chinese company, saw ‘record profits in 2015’
Back in June, we were finally able to confirm the rumored $300M March sale of British MMORPG studio Jagex to China's Shandong Hongda, a...
UK watchdog group investigates No Man’s Sky advertising
Eurogamer reports today that UK watchdog group Advertising Standards Authority is investigating No Man's Sky following "several" complaints over the game's advertising practices.
Readers will...
Here’s how Marvel Heroes is upending its item system (hopefully for the better)
Earlier this month, Gazillion stunned Marvel Heroes fans by announcing it would be implementing "the biggest systems update in the history of" the game....
Black Desert’s Berserker class awakens in today’s update
The Berserker awakens in Black Desert today with the addition of his Iron Buster awakening weapon, which we're certain you'll agree is the best...
Interview: Chronicles of Elyria’s Jeromy Walsh on post-Kickstarter funding
Yesterday evening, following the news that indie sandbox Chronicles of Elyria hoped to raise an extra $3 million in addition to its Kickstarter funding,...
Mars survival sandbox ROKH delays early access to January 2017
Fans of Mars-themed survival sandbox ROKH, I have good news and slightly bad news.
Developer Darewise originally pitched a $114,803 US Kickstarter campaign back in...
Slay your enemies with their own limbs when Skyforge’s Ascension patch drops October 19
Don't call it an NGE, but when Skyforge's Ascension patch is live next month, it's bringing sweeping, casual-friendly change to the game. We've previously...
UK law enforcement agency claims game modding can lead to crime
If you've ever installed an auction hall mod in World of Warcraft or added a mood hack to your Sims 4 install, put down...
Twitter teasers suggest Amazon’s Breakaway probably isn’t what we’re hoping it is
If you're still hungering for savory facts about Breakaway, Amazon Game Studios' soon-to-be-revealed game that's scooped up so many MMORPG developers in Seattle, welp, that dinner...
Chris Roberts interviews shed light on Star Citizen launch, ambition, and CitizenCon
Gamers Nexus has a lengthy set of video interviews out covering Star Citizen this week. CIG's Chris Roberts touches on alpha 3.0, which he...
The Daily Grind: Is there an old MMO trend that’s never coming back?
Massively OP commenter BalsBigBrother made a joke the other day about wanting me to stream Ultima Online, and I replied that the game is...
Contract Wars successor Hired Ops plans Q4 early access launch
Last week, Russian games developer AbsolutSoft unveiled Hired Ops, or maybe I should say unveiled again, as it was previously known Contract Wars Standalone...
