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
Pantheon highlights non-instanced dungeon group gameplay
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen's livestream Thursday night took a deep look into the gameplay possible in the pre-alpha client. Visionary Realms' Brad "Aradune" McQuaid...
EverQuest II is getting two new servers and a $400 guildhall
Following in its older sibling's footsteps and making good on its May promises, EverQuest II has finalized its plans to introduce two new server...
Exclusive: Riders of Icarus demos its most entertaining mounts
Riders of Icarus is zooming on to its July 6th open beta (and yes, founder's packs are available). In the lead up to that...
Lord of the Rings Online explains how it’s building its first raid in nearly three years
Well here's a nice Friday surprise: A Lord of the Rings Online dev diary, all official-like!
Turbine Content Designer Ryan “Pinion” Penk previews the raid...
Ask Mo: Was Star Wars Galaxies really that great?
This round of Ask Mo features a question from BalsBigBrother that I've shamelessly poached from the Massively OP Podcast mailbag. The truth is, we've...
Star Citizen’s Around the Verse teases 2.5 and character concepting
In this week’s 99th episode of Around the Verse, Star Citizen’s Sandi Gardiner and Ben Lesnick tease the in-development 2.5 patch. (Episode 100 next...
The Daily Grind: What’s the longest leveling grind in an MMORPG?
I really, really do not like long leveling grinds.
Let me rephrase. I don't mind long leveling paths where the levels don't actually mean much in...
Pantheon demos surprise dungeon on tonight’s stream
Brad McQuaid's Visionary Realms is planning to demo its pragmatic throwback MMORPG Pantheon tonight live on stream.
"After much glee and celebration of first...
Massively Overthinking: Is every MMORPG with a cash shop pay-to-win?
This week's Massively Overthinking comes to us from one of our dear Patreon Patrons, Duane.
"There seems to be an ever broadening attitude towards what...
Albion Online reveals guild vs. guild content rework
Albion Online is in the middle of a big revamp ahead of its beta later this summer -- new weapons, new maps, new biomes....
Gigantic plans June 30 stress test under PWE’s stewardship
Gigantic hasn't had the best year, what with two rounds of layoffs, the loss of a community manager, and a major delay. The gorgeous...
Black Desert postpones its siege schedule over bugs
After numerous delays, Daum implemented the "rehearsal" version of Black Desert's siege system last week, but it's already decided to postpone the real deal.
"Unfortunately the...
The MMORPGs of the Steam 2016 ‘Summer Picnic Sale’
Get out your wallets, my darlings, because the Steam sale has arrived, and it's hungry. Yes, everyone's favorite summer event for the most frugal gamers...
Revelation Online clip demos control swapping
Upcoming MMORPG Revelation Online has a fresh video out this morning, this one on the game's three-tier control system. Be warned, though: It's possibly...
Guild Wars 2’s World Championship e-sports tourney will feature $200K prize pool
ArenaNet has just announced details of the Guild Wars 2 World Championship in partnership with ESL.
"On Saturday, September 17, at the ESL Studios in...
Livelock launches for PC and console on August 2nd at $19.99 price point
Perfect World's Livelock has a release date: August 2nd.
The studio announced today that its top-down MMO shooter will land on PC, Xbox One, and...
Shroud of the Avatar fans plan Baltimore SOTA con for November
Shroud of the Avatar players are attempting to put together a SOTA convention this fall. Spearheaded by player Violation Clauth, the first annual event...
RuneScape celebrates 15th birthday with cabbages and kings
In celebration of RuneScape's 15th birthday, Jagex is throwing a quest party for its original founders. The Gower brothers - Andrew, Paul and Ian...
Black Desert promises fixes for last patch, plans mobile version
Friday's massive Black Desert patch was a messy one, hence this morning's minor update. The chief changes are a small nerf to tamers and...
New players join The Elder Scrolls Online’s NA megaserver today with Japanese launch
The Elder Scrolls Online expands again today, this time with a launch in Japan. Game Director Matt Firor writes that ZeniMax and DMM have...
