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
My.com is porting its pirate MOBA here as Cloud Pirates
Remember back in July when we wrote about Pirates: Allods Online, a 10v10 shooter/MOBA/thing that landed in beta in Russia? I have good news...
Twin Saga enters open beta today with Dragonknights, level cap of 65
Aeria's Twin Saga MMORPG enters open beta in the west as of today. The company says that closed beta saw 700,000 logins and 250,000...
Pokemon Go dataminers predict buddy system
Dataminers have uncovered a new upcoming system lurking in the code of Pokemon Go's 0.35.0 update: a buddy system.
No, you won't be teaming up with...
Titan Quest launches 10th anniversary edition, free to Steam owners
Ten years ago, I became absolutely addicted to Titan Quest. It's not an MMORPG or even an MMO; it's an ARPG with online multiplayer...
Stronghold Kingdoms plans to let players delete their own server
Stronghold Kingdoms developer Firefly Studios claims to be making history today by becoming "the first developer to place the fate of entire game worlds...
Guild Wars 2 lore introduces new Asuran protagonist and her pink moa
ArenaNet has a Guild Wars 2Â lore piece out today that was crowdsourced, in a way, by gamers like you. Narrative Director Leah Hoyer and...
Camelot Unchained continues ‘re-abilitation’ project ahead of beta
7400 words: That makes this month's Camelot Unchained newsletter one of the shortest to date, but it's still packed with info. "In brief, a...
France wants to clear Pokemon Go out of schools because of creepers
Won't someone think of the children? The French education minister does because that's kinda her whole job. As the AP reports, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem explained...
EVE Online is getting an optional free-to-play mode
EVE Online is going free-to-play -- kinda. CCP is being careful not to call it that, saying that its plan is "for a new...
Black Desert’s Valencia II, desert PvP system, and Warrior Awakening arrive today
Part II of Black Desert's Valencia expansion releases today alongside the Warrior class Awakening, which allows level 55+ Warriors to unlock the Greatsword weapon....
The Daily Grind: Do you play MMORPGs as a single main character or as a stable?
Long ago, I used to be a two-character kind of MMORPG player. I had a main, and then later I'd make a chief alt,...
Livelock is live on PC and console today
Perfect World's co-op shooter Livelock has formally launched today on PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 after a brief delay from its original planned...
H1Z1: King of the Kill launches for PC on September 20, ‘pauses’ console development
You might have thought zombie survival sandbox H1Z1 had already launched, considering you probably paid for it back in January of 2015 when it hit early...
Firefall appears to have silently sunsetted (Update: Or maybe not?)
Update, 8:39 p.m. EDT: The game and site are back online now, still with no explanation or clarification from The9 whatsoever. Hopefully it stays up for...
Otherland hits open beta today, launches free-to-play on September 8
The Tad Williams-inspired sci-fi MMO Otherland shuts down today for a week of open beta. When it returns for its planned September 8th launch, it...
Skyforge’s Ascension expansion promotes casual-friendly changes, new map, Outlaw class
Allods Team and My.com have announced a "massive" new expansion for Skyforge due out this fall. Called Ascension, the update includes a badass new...
Shroud of the Avatar is working on new city templates, lot raffling system
Shroud of the Avatar's latest newsletter celebrates the additional $200,000 in crowdfunding raised during the latest telethon and recaps the launch of the 33rd...
Guardians of Ember hack’n’slash MMO launches early access next month
You might remember InselGames as the studio that tried to bring back L.A.W. as Trinium Wars, which didn't go well in the west and...
That World of Warships Steven Seagal thing is getting weirder
Remember last week when we wrote about how Wargaming has picked up actor Steven Seagal as its spokesman -- I'm sorry, "personal Heroic Battle...
New report says South Korean MMORPG companies are ‘facing a crisis’
The Financial Times blog has a doom-and-gloom report out this week on the gaming market of South Korea, specifically the MMO genre.
"The country’s online...
