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
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPGs do you play to reduce stress?
If you follow gaming research at all, you've probably heard of Dr Jane McGonigal, a professor, gamer designer, author, and pro-gaming think tank researcher....
MMO Week in Review: Amazon still believes in MMORPGs (October 2, 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!
Do...
Dark Age of Camelot welcomes old players back for its 15th birthday
Classic RvR MMORPG Dark Age of Camelot is unleashing a come-back-to-Camelot campaign in honor of its 15th birthday.
"Come back during the month of October...
Leaderboard: What’s the best ranged weapon in MMORPGs?
"You should do a Leaderboard on the best ranged weapons in MMORPGs," Justin told me.
"Oh man, I can see the 'you forgot X' comments...
Make My MMO: Elyria’s funding and Osiris’ console plans (October 1, 2016)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Chronicles of Elyria caused an unintentional stir this week when Soulbound Studios posted that it still needed up to...
PSA: Luke Cage is free today in Marvel Heroes, Jessica Jones joins the team-up roster
If you're a fan of Marvel Heroes, Jessica Jones, or the Luke Cage spinoff, listen up: Mike Colter's rendition of Luke has just gotten...
The Daily Grind: Are you tempted by Amazon’s new Twitch Prime service?
Last night at TwitchCon, Amazon and Twitch announced a new service they're calling Twitch Prime. Basically it's an added perk of an Amazon Prime...
War Thunder celebrates 10M players worldwide, adds Greek and Egyptian maps with Desert Hunters
Gaijin has reason to celebrate today: It's announced that War Thunder "now has an audience of more than 10,000,000 players worldwide across PS4, PC...
Here’s how EVE Online’s new player experience is going to flow
Andie "CCP Seagull" Nordgren has a new development video out for EVE Online players this afternoon. She explains that as part of the free-to-play...
SWTOR teases Blur trailer for Knights of the Eternal Throne
Does it drive you crazy when MMO studios make an announcement that they're going to make an announcement? What about when they post a...
Star Citizen’s dogfighting design is more about feeling right than being accurate
In this week's Around the Verse, Star Citizen's Chris Roberts and Sandi Gardiner tease CitizenCon -- now just a week away -- as team...
Superdata: WoW now charges a full monthly sub in China
Superdata's digital games market report for August 2016 landed in our inbox today. Those of you who've been consistently frustrated and confused over the...
The Netherlands is taking Pokemon Go creator Niantic to court
Pokemon Go's legal entanglements continue today as Niantic has been ordered to appear before a court in the Netherlands on October 11th. The California-based...
Battleborn boss denies free-to-play plans
Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford has denied a Kotaku report that Gearbox is about to take its flagging shooter Battleborn free-to-play within a couple of...
The Daily Grind: How long should the MMORPG genre’s hardest raids take to beat?
This week, after World of Warcraft: Legion's mythic Emerald Nightmare raid launched, a Russian hardcore guild called Exorsus had the raid cleared within 18...
So one of Amazon’s new games is an MMORPG sandbox, and it’s called New World
Those ex-ArenaNet folks won't be going to waste at Amazon Game Studios after all: One of the three games the company is working on...
Massively Overthinking: Are you suffering from MMORPG burnout?
In last week's Daily Grind about whether or not MMOs are better the second time you play them, the topic of burnout came up.
"I find...
Devilian’s mobile version has launched in eight countries
GAMEVIL announced today that it's ported Korean-born hack-n-slash MMOARPG Devilian to mobile -- at least if you live in Spain, Mexico, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, the...
Damn, Snail’s Dark and Light reboot is pretty
If you've been peering at Snail Games' Dark and Light reboot thinking, pfff, a 2006-era video game can't possibly compete in 2016, think again....
Shroud of the Avatar’s R34 delivers Halloween, culinary utility, and /pukeblood
Release 34 has launched for Shroud of the Avatar players as of this morning along with a large balance and polish pass for both the...
