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
Pokemon Go: Building bridges, crashing cars, and whitehat hacking
I almost start to worry about Pokemon Go when we have only a few stories to report and not so many that I am...
Hearthstone’s new adventure is called One Night in Karazhan
Early this morning, Blizzard formally announced Hearthstone's next adventure: One Night in Karazhan. Yep, tuggin' on the ol' WoW nostalgia heartstrings! If you're a...
Mark Kern to Ember followers: ‘I feel a profound sense of responsibility for what happened to Firefall’
In the wake of the apparent complete emptying of the Red 5 Studios offices this week, former Firefall founder Mark Kern is forging ahead...
The Daily Grind: How important are MMORPG playerbase metrics to you?
While playing Overwatch with guildies the other night, my husband turned to me with a hypothetical. The guys were speculating on World of Warcraft's...
Massively Overthinking: Starting over with MMORPGs
This week's Massively Overthinking topic is from a reader named Yasser, who asked us:
"If you had to pick one MMO to experience all over...
Ghost in the Shell: First Assault is now in open beta
Online shooter Ghost in the Shell: First Assault: Stand Alone Complex Online is going to take home this year's award for most unwieldy title...
Pokemon Go: Drones, Tesla autopilot, finding Ditto, and dirty cheaters
Hands at 9 and 3, Poke trainers, and no cheating!
If you're too lazy to actually go play Pokemon Go but don't want to...
Grab a freebie Marvel Heroes hero box from Gazillion and MOP [All gone!]
Did you get a freebie hero last weekend for logging into Marvel Heroes? Me too. The game boasts 58 playable characters so far, and I've...
Guild Wars 2 now allows guilds to memorialize their fallen members
Buried at the bottom of the recent Guild Wars 2 patch notes and presented entirely without hoopla was a note about new monuments now...
Shroud of the Avatar raised over $130,000 last night; the not-a-launch launches today
Shroud of the Avatar's telethon yesterday raised over $130,000, Portalarium's Richard Garriott told twitter today. "Best single day ever," he wrote. "Thank you VERY...
Lost Ark’s Korean beta begins August 24th
The Lost Ark beta teased yesterday is now set in stone: It's coming August 24th, with signups beginning next week on August 3rd.
Do note that we're...
Skyforge video explores the upcoming Divine Specialization system
One of the key features of Skyforge's Journey of the Divine update is Divine Specializations -- that is, "unique extensions of a God’s abilities...
Fragmented’s latest patch centers on player housing, drops price to $9.99
Above & Beyond Technologies patched Fragmented with its 16.7.2 build today with a focus on housing and player-constructed bases, complete with a new UI...
DC Universe Online launches new duo and raid today in Episode 26
DC Universe Online's 26th episode is live for all players today, playable by subbers and purchasable by everyone else in the market.
"Episode 26 features the...
Pokemon Go: Swatting, Fukushima, pay-to-win, and accessory delays
Still playing Pokemon Go? You and 75 million other people, apparently.
Colorado Twitch streamer Summit1g was swatted while streaming his Pokemon Go play when...
What we know about Age of Wushu 2
In March of last year, rumors that Snail Games was working on Age of Wushu 2Â -- not just its Dynasties mobile spinoff -- began...
No Man’s Sky drops ‘Survive’ trailer
It's been an up-and-down week for No Man's Sky, developers for which this week announced it wouldn't require a PlayStation Plus sub and admitted...
The Division movie might be picking up big-name stars like Jessica Chastain
Back in June, we wrote about the upcoming The Division movie, which apparently has secured actor and real-life Disney prince Jake Gyllenhaal to both star...
EU gaming blogs seemingly confirm RIFT’s Starfall Prophecy expansion
Earlier this month, we wrote about a Trion Worlds video game software trademark filing for "Starfall Prophecy," which prompted speculation on whether that might...
Elder Scrolls Online previews update 11’s style parlor
The Elder Scrolls Online has a dev piece out this afternoon focused on the upcoming Style Parlor going live next week with update 11.
"If...
