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’s Valencia II, desert PvP system, and Warrior Awakening arrive today
Part II of Black Desert's Valencia expansion releases today alongside the Warrior class Awakening, which allows level 55+ Warriors to unlock the Greatsword weapon....
The Daily Grind: Do you play MMORPGs as a single main character or as a stable?
Long ago, I used to be a two-character kind of MMORPG player. I had a main, and then later I'd make a chief alt,...
Livelock is live on PC and console today
Perfect World's co-op shooter Livelock has formally launched today on PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 after a brief delay from its original planned...
H1Z1: King of the Kill launches for PC on September 20, ‘pauses’ console development
You might have thought zombie survival sandbox H1Z1 had already launched, considering you probably paid for it back in January of 2015 when it hit early...
Firefall appears to have silently sunsetted (Update: Or maybe not?)
Update, 8:39 p.m. EDT: The game and site are back online now, still with no explanation or clarification from The9 whatsoever. Hopefully it stays up for...
Otherland hits open beta today, launches free-to-play on September 8
The Tad Williams-inspired sci-fi MMO Otherland shuts down today for a week of open beta. When it returns for its planned September 8th launch, it...
Skyforge’s Ascension expansion promotes casual-friendly changes, new map, Outlaw class
Allods Team and My.com have announced a "massive" new expansion for Skyforge due out this fall. Called Ascension, the update includes a badass new...
Shroud of the Avatar is working on new city templates, lot raffling system
Shroud of the Avatar's latest newsletter celebrates the additional $200,000 in crowdfunding raised during the latest telethon and recaps the launch of the 33rd...
Guardians of Ember hack’n’slash MMO launches early access next month
You might remember InselGames as the studio that tried to bring back L.A.W. as Trinium Wars, which didn't go well in the west and...
That World of Warships Steven Seagal thing is getting weirder
Remember last week when we wrote about how Wargaming has picked up actor Steven Seagal as its spokesman -- I'm sorry, "personal Heroic Battle...
New report says South Korean MMORPG companies are ‘facing a crisis’
The Financial Times blog has a doom-and-gloom report out this week on the gaming market of South Korea, specifically the MMO genre.
"The country’s online...
World of Warcraft: Legion launch trailer and launch schedule
Tick, tock.
World of Warcraft's Legion expansion drops in eight hours for EU players, 17 in the US -- which of course is the middle of...
Funcom’s Q2 2016 financials show revenue dip, debt repayment, new titles
Funcom's second quarter financials for 2016 rolled in over the weekend. Of note, revenues are down 36% compared to the same quarter last year...
The Daily Grind: How long should refund grace periods for video games be?
Over the weekend, Redditors began claiming that Valve is intermittently allowing people to request and be granted Steam refunds for No Man's Sky well past the...
MMO Week in Review: Guild Wars 2 celebrates four years (August 28, 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!
Guild...
H1Z1 King of the Kill touts ‘completely redesigned’ interface
H1Z1: King of the Kill's development updates are coming as fast as the game updates, as there's a new producer's letter out this week...
Leaderboard: Which gaming genre do you play most often besides MMORPGs?
My earliest PC games were space sims, 4X games, and then, naturally, RPGs -- especially sandbox RPGs. MMORPGs seemed like a natural evolution for...
Make My MMO: Ever Jane’s beta, Project Gorgon’s dancing, Star Citizen’s $120M (August 27, 2016)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Project Gorgon received a big quality-of-life patch this weekend. Of note, the game now offers synchronized dancing! "If three or...
Divergence Online introduces Operator profession, land and air vehicles
Divergence Online posted a big update yesterday bringing land and air vehicles to testers along with a brand-new biome called Anduine, an area ripe...
Why Eternal Crusade is launching on Steam first
Last week, Behaviour Interactive and Namco Bandai announced a release date for Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade -- September 23 -- but it surprised gamers...
