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
Chris Metzen departs Blizzard, World of Warcraft for retirement
Chris Metzen announced this evening that he is leaving Blizzard and "retiring" -- and he says he means it.
Formally Blizzard's Senior Vice President of...
Worlds Adrift’s alpha playtest: Stealing boats and killing mynocks
Worlds Adrift's recent 48-hour alpha playtest has come and gone, and Bossa Studios would like to thank everyone who showed up and tried to wreck...
No need to upgrade your rig to play Smed’s Hero’s Song
Pixelmage Games boss John Smedley has issued another update for Hero's Song Indiegogo watchers, who've pushed the game to $55,000 in crowdfunding thus far....
Pokemon Go indiscriminately blocks access for rooted and jailbroken phones
Pokemon Go's latest update fixes several annoyances and introduces Pokemon Buddies, but it's also ticked off hardcore phone users: Android and iPhone players who...
Black Desert’s Pearl Abyss on consoles, swimsuits, and global reception
Dualshockers has a new interview out with Black Desert's Pearl Abyss, the Korean-based studio that develops the original game (Kakao is the western publisher,...
The Daily Grind: Is gaming being ruined by hype?
Last week, one of my favorite MOP commenters, DeadlyAccurate, linked us to a Cracked article discussing how gaming is "being ruined by hype." Using...
MMO Week in Review: WoW’s magic is back (September 11, 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!
Blizzard...
MMO hybrid Crush Online has entered open beta
Back in June, we reported on on MMO/MOBA hybrid Crush Online -- "a free-to-play PvP MMO with MOBA-style combat in a persistent world," publisher...
Leaderboard: How many MMORPGs have you played to the cap?
Massively OP reader Styopa recently posed us a question that I thought would make for a good Leaderboard since the answers can be binned...
Make My MMO: New biome for Camelot Unchained; new campaigns for Hero’s Song, Dual Universe (Sept. 10, 2016)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, our own MJ - MJ Guthrie, that is - returned from DragonCon with reports from several crowdfunded MMORPG...
Enter to win a First Assault starter pack from Nexon and Massively OP
Open beta for Ghost in the Shell: First Assault: Stand Alone Complex Online kicked off earlier this summer as a free-to-play title on Steam....
Skyforge demos Ascension’s upcoming campaign progression map
Since announcing the game-rewriting Ascension expansion for Skyforge at the end of August, My.com has been busy explaining everything the update will entail, from...
Allods Online grants all accounts a free week on its subcription-only server
Allods Online has the distinction of being one of the very few MMORPGs to launch as a free-to-play game and add a subscription-only server...
Shroud of the Avatar to issue bans for RMT outside of approved forum
Did you know that Shroud of the Avatar allows players to trade and sell virtual goods like pledges and store items - and now gold?...
Elder Scrolls Online launches gold edition, dueling guide
The Elder Scrolls Online's gold edition formally launches today for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. The $59.99 repackage of the game includes most of...
The Daily Grind: What’s your take on Dual Universe’s subscription model?
If you read Dual Universe's Kickstarter from beginning to end, you probably noticed this section about the game's planned business model:
"You won't have to...
Massively Overthinking: What’s the worst MMORPG for duos?
Massively OP reader Styopa recently wrote in to us to propose that we write about the best MMORPGs for duoing. I was all set...
CCP plans subscriber rewards ahead of EVE Online’s F2P conversion
If you are an EVE Online subber who's been feeling a bit "what's in it for me" about the free-to-play switchover happening this autumn, well,...
Smed: Hero’s Song will launch early access with 15 classes
Pixelmage Games'Â John Smedley has posted an update for Indiegogo backers and would-be backers for his MMOARPG, Hero's Song.
"As I write this we're sitting at...
Crowfall Q&A sheds light on the soft launch and the feedback process
In its Q&A session for the month of September, Crowfall Design Lead Thomas Blair and Creative Director Todd Coleman celebrate a whole year of...
