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
Black Desert promises Awakening weapons ‘quite soon after GamesCom’
In response to a player requesting hints about when Black Desert's Awakening weapon systems might drop, Kakao has dutifully produced a teaser.
"Not next week,...
Riders of Icarus plans ‘new banning initiative,’ will name and shame cheaters
Riders of Icarus' latest producer's letter makes a grim admission: "Since Head Start, Riders of Icarus has been riddled with spammers and bots."
"We understand...
No Man’s Sky tops the UK sales charts
Whether it's acknowledged as multiplayer or not -- and whether you experienced bugs and unplayability over the weekend -- No Man's Sky is already...
The Daily Grind: How do you decide when MMORPG class revisions have gone too far?
A bunch of my guildies flocked back to World of Warcraft during its pre-Legion festivities. One of them mentioned in passing that he'd been...
MMO Week in Review: One man’s sky (August 14, 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!
No...
Ultima Online’s latest patch heralds Eodon event, 19th birthday gifts
"Publish 94 is out the door," wrote Ultima Online Producer Bonnie "Mesanna" Armstrong in a newsletter earlier this week. Broadsword has added fresh anniversary...
Leaderboard: Is Black Desert destined for free-to-play in the west?
On this week's podcast, Justin and I discussed the general MMO blogger sentiment that Black Desert's recent business model drama -- specifically, the addition of...
Make My MMO: Project Gorgon plans early access, Dual Universe plans Kickstarter (August 13, 2016)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Project Gorgon announced that it's revving up for its Steam early access launch. Wipes (and nerfs) will continue...
Star Citizen’s Around the Verse on the lives of dynamic NPCs
This week's episode of Star Citizen's Around the Verse kicks off with a check-in from the Austin team, specifically PR, animation, and QA. The...
Trion is taking Trove to China, touts ‘millions’ of players every month
Trion Worlds has confirmed that it's bringing voxel sandbox Trove to China. It demoed the game last week at ChinaJoy through its local partner,...
Pokemon Go: Account auctions, ‘real world social,’ and Canadian police humor
Remember Pokemon Go, that thing everyone played before No Man's Sky took over the news cycle? Good times.
CNBC reports that y'all have way...
No Man’s Sky addresses crashes and bugs ahead of today’s PC launch
Hello Games says it's "working quickly" on issues with No Man's Sky, including crash problems and pre-order bonus mishaps, like that that whole thing...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMORPG soundtracks
MOP's Justin Olivetti created the music-centered Jukebox Heroes column back on Massively-that-was and brought it along to us here, and to this day it's...
Shroud of the Avatar urges password changes after Dota 2 forum hack
Shroud of the Avatar has not been hacked, but you should tighten your security anyway.
Portalarium writes tonight that perpetrators of the Dota 2 forum...
Star Citizen’s Sandi Gardiner vacates social media over harassment
Cloud Imperium VP of Marketing Sandi Gardiner, best known to gamers for her role as one of Star Citizen's most recognizable faces thanks to her...
WildStar previews Redmoon Terror’s first raid wing
If you missed WildStar's last livestream and you enjoy raiding, you might want to give it another look. Carbine Community Manager Jonathan Brown, Game...
NCsoft Q2 2016: WildStar up, Guild Wars 2 down
NCsoft's second quarter financials are in, and it's pretty good news for MMORPGs on the whole. Operating profit and net income are up quarter-over-quarter and...
SWTOR’s Battle of Odessen is live today for subbers
The last chapter of Star Wars: The Old Republic's Knights of the Fallen Empire series launches for regular subbers today.
"All active Star Wars: The...
No Man’s Sky original LE box touts ‘online play’
Yesterday, we wrote about the multiplayer confusion that's entangled the launch of the sandboxy No Man's Sky (commenter JonBuck called it "Schrödinger's Multiplayer"). Adding more...
The Daily Grind: Who’s the most relatable NPC in an MMORPG?
Multiple commenters in Tina's recent Guild Wars 2 column homed in on the character Taimi as being the glue that holds the game's latest...
