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
Niantic’s banhammer smashes Pokemon Go GPS spoofers and botters
Bye, Pokemon Go cheaters.
Niantic confirmed in a blog post last night that it's cracking down not just on the cheat apps but on the...
Former H1Z1 developers join John Smedley’s Pixelmage Games
John Smedley's Pixelmage Games has gotten a few devs richer at H1Z1's expense. Massively OP reader Kinya pointed us to the Twitter feeds of...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the best inventory system?
Video game packrats, obsessive compulsives, and that one guildie of mine whose MMO inventory literally has everything he's ever looted: Today's Daily Grind is...
Massively Overthinking: The best combat systems in MMORPGs
One of the big problems in the MMORPG genre as I see it is game studios' inclination to prioritize combat above all else, turning...
Pokemon Go has broken five Guinness World Records
Gaming research firm SuperData has teamed up with the Guinness World Records organization to award Pokemon Go a number of records and accolades. According...
Gamescom 2016: Overwatch’s Last Bastion short
Live at Gamescom today, Blizzard pushed out another animated short for Overwatch as promised. Called The Last Bastion, it covers... well... Bastion. Or uncovers him,...
Neverwinter’s invocation rewards change provokes gamer philosophy row
One of the changes PWE implemented in Neverwinter's Storm King's Thunder release was a simple overhaul of the Invocation system rewards. But apparently, that...
Gamescom 2016: Elite Dangerous demos Port Variant and route plotting
Frontier has a bundle of new Elite Dangerous videos out in honor of Gamescom.
First up is the newest pair: a look at the upcoming Port...
Gamescom 2016: Star Citizen’s free-fly event
Cloud Imperium is on the Gamescom show floor this week demoing Star Citizen for press and fans alike. If you're wishing you could join...
Gamescom 2016: WoW Legion’s first patch, Return to Karazhan, will include 5-man Kara
At the Legion Cafe event at Gamescom today, Blizzard confirmed that World of Warcraft: Legion's first patch (7.1) will include an epic five-player dungeon...
Echo of Soul’s Wrath of the Goddess update has arrived
Echo of Soul is getting a big update today in the west, which is good news for fans of the game worried about its...
This French village has had enough of Pokemon Go’s anarchy
People around the globe are becoming less and less amused with the messes created in their neighborhoods by Niantic's Pokemon Go app.
The AP reports...
Blade & Soul’s Desolate Tomb update arrives next week
NCsoft is springing another content update on Blade & Soul players already gleefully splashing in a long stream of updates this year. It's called...
Enter to win a Neverwinter 7-day VIP key for PC from PWE and Massively OP
To celebrate the launch of Neverwinter's Storm King's Thunder expansion this week, PWE has granted Massively OP 100 VIP keys to give away to our readers -- 80 in...
Gamescom 2016: Black Desert’s video avalanche
Black Desert devs have unloaded a bundle of new trailers on Gamescom-goers and -watchers alike. Let's take a look! First up is a two-parter...
Pantheon’s Brad McQuaid on MMO sunsets and handing players the keys to the game
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen's Brad McQuaid, known for his roles on both EverQuest and Vanguard, put out an interesting post overnight on the...
Gamescom 2016: Bungie previews Destiny’s Rise of Iron DLC
Get ready, pseudo-MMO players: Destiny's Rise of Iron DLC-expansion lands on September 20th on both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and Bungie's at Gamescom this...
The Elder Scrolls Online’s Shadows of the Hist DLC is live on console
The Shadows of the Hist DLCÂ released to Elder Scrolls Online players on PC earlier this month is live for console players on PS4 and...
No Man’s Sky’s procedurally generated rods, tools, and junk
One of the things that always drives me nuts (pun intended) about user-created content in video games is the automatic assumption people have that...
WildStar’s Sim-Chase event returns this weekend
Carbine has resurrected WildStar's Sim-Chase event.
First run back in January, the event challenges players to complete Adventures on both sides of the factional divide...
