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
LawBreakers highlights Enforcer characters in new video
In is latest character video for LawBreakers, Nexon is featuring the Enforcer role. "Whether you are a LAW or BREAKER, get your run n’...
Survival sandbox Fragmented adds vehicle weapons, ruleset GUI for custom servers
Patch 16.7.1 is live on the Fragmented servers today. The Repopulation-themed survival sandbox is getting two big improvements as part of the update, chief among...
Wizardry Online to sunset in Japan
Hardcore perma-death MMORPG Wizardry Online just can't catch a break: MMO Culture reports today that the game is shutting down in Japan, five years...
Pokemon Go Game of Thrones and other Pokemon news
As Pokemon Go continues its rollout across the world, you might be wondering why it's not in Japan yet. It's because Japan is even more...
The Daily Grind: What do you expect from MMORPG expansions in 2016?
I ran across an intriguing chunk of comments down below Justin's impressions piece on Star Trek Online's latest expansion. One reader said he was...
MMO Week in Review: Pokeymans (July 17, 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!
Captain's...
Leaderboard: Is Pokemon GO an MMORPG?
Earlier this week, one of the founding designers of the MMORPG genre, Raph Koster, penned a blog piece arguing that alternate reality games like...
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...
