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
Enter to win a set of Star Trek Online PS4 faction packs from PWE and MOP
In honor of the launch of Star Trek Online on console this month, PWE has granted Massively OP 75 PlayStation 4 faction pack codes -- 25 apiece of the Starfleet,...
Chronicles of Elyria teases online store, taiga biome
Chronicles of Elyria's weekly update to Kickstarter watchers is brief, but it heralds the 2.1 release of the website, which now includes a private...
Fragmented makes Xbox One plans, experiments with VR
The Repopulation's spun-off survival sandbox, Fragmented, is pivoting in a big way, MOP reader DK pointed out to us over the weekend.
In a message...
Shroud of the Avatar teases Halloween content, Estgard, and SOTAcon
Shroud of the Avatar has the honor of being one of the first MMORPGs to tease Halloween content this year, meaning it's only about...
Guild Wars 2: Eternal Coliseum PvP and the original Ring of Fire
Who's ready for Guild Wars 2 to open up a whole new landmass for us tomorrow? Yep, the Ring of Fire maps -- well,...
The Daily Grind: Should MMORPGs levels be used for gating content?
Massively OP reader Sally Bowls recently pointed us to a blog post by Dr Richard Bartle about the leveling mechanic in RPGs -- and...
MMO Week in Review: Farewell to WoW’s old guard (September 18, 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!
Already...
Leaderboard: What’s the very best zone added in WoW Legion?
Last week, Massively OP's World of Warcraft columnist, Eliot Lefebvre, came damn close to coaxing me back to WoW with his piece rating Legion's...
Make My MMO: Indiegogo campaigns for Mark Kern and John Smedley (September 17, 2016)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news was one of the biggest we've had all year for crowdfunded games. Former Firefall boss Mark Kern made...
WoW loses three more developers: Craig Amai, Tyson Murphy, and James Waugh
Looks like Blizzard has lost more than just Chris Metzen this week; MMO Champion reports that World of Warcraft Lead Quest Designer Craig Amai has...
Here are the virtual goodies BlizzCon attendees will take home in November
If you're headed to BlizzCon this year -- virtually or in the flesh -- you're surely anticipating the swag, much of which comes in...
Project Gorgon revamps armor bonuses and food perks
"I'm hip-deep in changes to all kinds of systems," says Project Gorgon's Eric Heimburg in a blog post this week, "and still trying different...
Elite Dangerous’ 2.2 The Guardians hits PC beta next week
Frontier announced in this morning's newsletter that the beta for Elite: Dangerous'Â 2.2 patch, dubbed The Guardians, will kick off next week.
"We’re thrilled to let...
Enter to win a Neverwinter 30-day PS4 VIP key and hamster minipets (!) from PWE and Massively OP
Hamsters yeah! To celebrate this week's announcement that there are two million people playing Neverwinter on the PlayStation 4, PWE has granted Massively OP PS4 30-day VIP keys...
Ascent: The Space Game’s got a new trailer, ‘and it’s not hideous!’
"Throw away your old screenshots! We've got a new video!" Ascent: The Space Game's James Hicks declared in note to press this week. "And...
Star Citizen: Around the Verse teases Citizen Con, Roberts endorses Dual Universe
On this week's Around the Verse, Star Citizen's Chris Roberts and Sandi Gardiner are back and teasing Citizen Con, which kicks off October 9th. The...
Paladins hits open beta on Steam today – pick up a Cassie key from Hi-Rez and MOP
It's official: Hi-Rez's shooter hybrid Paladins is leaping into open beta on Steam today, complete with Steam achievements!
"Some of the newest features of the Paladins...
The Daily Grind: Do MOBAs and shooters compare with modern MMORPGs when it comes to social play?
Last month in an Overthinking topic, Massively OP's Andrew Ross issued what I thought was a provocative opinion:
"I'd argue Heroes of the Storm, Hearthstone,...
Marvel Heroes is getting a massive simplification overhaul
Marvel Heroes is due for a massive overhaul, one Gazillion is calling "the biggest systems update in the history of" the game.
Lead Systems Designer...
Massively Overthinking: Prestige systems in MMORPGs
Last week, an interesting question dropped into our team inbox. It was from a game developer -- I don't know for which game --...
