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
Make My MMO: Descent Underground (July 16, 2016)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Descent: Underground released a major AI update this week -- the Moon Collider’s advanced Kythera AI system -- plus...
Giveaway: Das Tal summer alpha keys from Fairytale Distillery and MOP [Over now!]
Indie sandbox Das Tal's summer alpha kicks off tomorrow morning on July 16th. Fairytale Distillery plans to cut the rope on the servers at...
Trion’s Scott Hartsman on Trove’s console launch, fighting lag, and whether RIFT is next
Following Trion's announcement earlier this week that its cutesy voxel sandbox MMORPG Trove had registered five million players in its first year and that...
The Daily Grind: Are you a fan of underwater combat in MMORPGs?
Earlier this week, MOP's Andrew Ross mentioned in his writeup of Guild Wars 2's Out of the Shadows episode that he was disappointed that...
Massively Overthinking: The best MMORPG trailers of all time
This week's Massively Overthinking should be a fun one -- and hopefully it'll contrast nicely with the Game Archaeologist column we ran last week, which...
Star Citizen rep: ‘Nothing special’ about $3000 Kickstarter refund
A Star Citizen backer who says he believes the game is a "scam" now says he's successfully procured a series of refunds for his Kickstarter pledge...
Trove’s handing out free mounts, level boosters, and lootboxes for its birthday
As part of its birthday celebration -- oh yeah, and to commemorate its recently announced plan to launch on consoles -- Trove is rolling...
Jagex confirms sale to Chinese company
Back in March, we reported on the rumored sale of Jagex to Chinese company Shandong Hongda, a company known chiefly for its mining operations. The...
Guild Wars 2’s Taimi pens a log from Rata Novus
ArenaNet has a Guild Wars 2 lore teaser up on the official site today in the form of a scholar's log penned by the...
Mmrllglglrrgllgrllgr: Hearthstone is getting another murloc, sorta
Hearthstone is handing out free Murlocs, but only if you help Blizzard swell its playerbase. Yes, the massive online TCG's latest patch introduces a...
Black Desert begins new fishing event, buffs elephants, promises free character slot
Black Desert is back online this morning with its interim patch. Of note, Kakao has tweaked the Sorcerer, added new crystals and cash shop...
Devilian, Defiance community staffers shuffle as Trion seeks new hires in Austin
An anonymous reader tipped us off to possible staffing shifts at Trion Worlds this week, and now Trion's Garth Chouteau has confirmed to Massively OP...
Devilian launches Alvir’s Legacy today with new dungeon, level cap increase
Alvir's Legacy goes live in Devilian today. Trion says that the 1.4 update includes its "most intense challenges yet" with a bump to the...
Aeria says it’s launching Twin Saga for the West in August
First announced for the west back in April, the class-swapping, portable-housing-laden anime MMORPG Twin Saga is now on the way for westerners in August, Aeria Games...
Trove is headed to console as it celebrates 5M players
Here's some happy news for this week's birthday game: Trion is launching voxelbox Trove on PS4 and Xbox One later this year and touting...
The MMOs with deals on Amazon Prime Day
The second-biggest holiday of the year has arrived: I'm talking about Prime Day, of course, the summer's Black Friday, when Amazon puts a ton...
Black Desert’s Ninja and Kunoichi arrive July 20, siege system July 17
The Ninja and Kunoichi are coming! This would probably be bad news for you in real life, but it's lovely news for Black Desert...
The Daily Grind: When has going back to an MMO gone wrong for you?
I'm a big supporter of walking away from MMORPGs when they don't work for you, especially at launch -- but I always stay open...
Elite: Dangerous postpones CQC tournament in favor of PvP Icarus Cup
Frontier has canceled the Elite: Dangerous CQC tournament intended to run this year, at least as it was originally planned. Head of Community Zac...
Leaderboard: Are you preparing for WoW Legion?
Legion is coming.
Last week, Blizzard began pushing out the pre-patch for pre-launch events for World of Warcraft's Legion expansion. That means Demon Hunters are...
