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
RuneScape developer Jagex sees leadership reshuffle
RuneScape developer and publisher Jagex has a new bossman today: The company announced that former VP Phil Mansell will take over for Rod Cousens...
Eternal Crusade’s fourth patch in a week has arrived
Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade has been patch-happy this week: Behaviour Interactive says that yesterday's 1.2.2.4 is its fourth in a week, resulting in just...
Blizzard will integrate EU English realm with EU Spanish realm group queues next week
Earlier this week, Blizzard told EU players that it will essentially be integrating World of Warcraft's English-speaking EU grouping queues with Spanish realm queues....
Aion’s 5.3 update boasts a 384-man PvE instanced battleground
Aion announced this week that it's preparing for the 5.3 patch to head to the North American servers. The update will add an "illustrated...
Guild Wars 2’s living world season 3 episode 4 will launch in February
Guild Wars 2's next living world episode is due in February, ArenaNet's Mike O'Brien told players on the forums today.
"We’re wrapping up work on...
Ship of Heroes’ character customization already looks amazing
If you're a superhero fan who loves hair -- and you probably are, if our City of Titans commenters yesterday are any guide --...
The Daily Grind: Will Turbine announce something big for Asheron’s Call next week?
Asheron's Call is sunsetting next week -- that much we know. But beyond that, we don't know a whole lot about the rushed circumstances...
Massively Overthinking: Death and dying in MMORPGs
In March of last year, MOP's Justin wrote a detailed guide to the most common death penalties in MMORPGs. Last September, Gamasutra pulled seven...
Heroes and Villains explains its goals for seamless zoning
Heroes and Villains was one chunk of the original trifecta of superhero MMORPGs that sprang from the grave of City of Heroes, but it's...
We’re gonna have gorgeous hair in City of Titans
A few weeks ago, the Massively OP writers were hanging in the news room on a tear about mohawks. We're not against mohawks. Mohawks...
Mark Kern offers Em-8ER credit to Firefall players and founders
If you're a former Firefall player -- or a current one, since technically it's still alive -- and you are looking forward to Mark...
Star Trek Online’s Season 12 Reckoning is live today ahead of 7th anniversary hoopla
Season 12: Reckoning is live in Star Trek Online today, just a few days ahead of the iconic MMO's seventh birthday. "To commemorate this...
SuperData: Pokemon Go sinks during record-setting December sales season
The analysts at SuperData have released to the public part of a report on December 2016's gaming industry today, calling December a "weak month...
Black Desert’s GMs ran some epic live Margoria events yesterday
Missing studio-led MMORPG events in your games, especially as Asheron's Call goes dark next week? Kakao apparently did too, as the launch of the...
Multiplayer survival sandbox Hellion will launch Steam early access on February 24
On Monday, we reported that survival sandbox Hellion had delayed its planned early access from January to February. Today, Zero Gravity has further clarified...
Blade & Soul’s Wings of the Raven February 8 update includes two huge raids
Two weeks from today, Blade & Soul is getting what surely has to be its thousandth patch by now since launching here in the...
Star Trek Online’s Agents of Yesterday expansion debuts on console February 14
Star Trek Online's Agents of Yesterday, last summer's nostalgia-drenched expansion, will warp from PC to console on Valentine's Day, a press release from PWE...
Daybreak: ‘We have not given up’ on H1Z1’s console launch
Daybreak has posted up an H1Z1: King of the Kill Q&A last night that sheds some light on the state of the game, in one...
Black Desert’s Margoria expansion sends gamers to the high seas today
Suit up and man the decks, me hearties: Black Desert's Margoria expansion is going live today.
"The Margoria Expansion pushes the limits of what is...
Mei’s slim waistline is a bug, Overwatch team says
If you're a big fan of Overwatch's Mei, you might have noticed that following yesterday's big Lunar New Year patch, Mei's Chinese New Year-themed...
