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
Path of Exile releases expansion ‘manifesto’
Path of Exile has a new "manifesto" out this week describing the full extent of the balance changes coming in the 2.3.0 patch. Of note,...
Survival sandbox Lifeless demos PvP, weapons, and grouping
Move over, H1Z1: Green Man Gaming, the company behind medieval survival sandbox The Black Death, is also working on Lifeless, a modern survival sandbox......
Life is Feudal’s MMO test is finally underway
Early in 2016, we spoke to Bitbox about Life is Feudal, an ambitious sandbox that was scaled-down midway through development to be a "pocket"...
Mark Kern says he’d buy Firefall back if it sunsets
Mark Kern, most recently recalled to MMORPG audiences for volunteering himself as a spokesperson in the Nostalrius World of Warcraft vanilla server ordeal, told...
Analyst argues game devs are abandoning free-to-play in some genres
Red Fox Insights analyst Jake Parmley has another piece on Gamasutra this week, this one arguing that video game developers are "backing away from...
Exclusive: Marvel Heroes releases Iron Man highlight trailer
Iron Man may not be a new character to Marvel Heroes, but he's easily one of the best, and if you don't agree, humor me...
Rumor: No Man’s Sky delayed at least until late summer
Kotaku is reporting that multiple unnamed sources have confirmed that No Man's Sky has been delayed "until at least July or August."
The staggeringly ambitious,...
The Daily Grind: Do we have a right to play the games we actually buy?
Yesterday's Extra Credits video sends the RC team diving into the Nostalrius issue, but don't start groaning yet: The video initially zips past the...
Aion’s Echoes of Eternity expansion bumps the level cap to 75
NCsoft announced this week that Aion's North American version is due to receive the 5.0 expansion, better known here as Echoes of Eternity. Here's...
Albion Online introduces players to the cold and grueling steppes
Sandbox Interactive has given gamers a look into Albion Online's freshest biome this week: the steppes.
"The steppes are a rough environment," writes the studio....
This is how Conan Exiles’ trailer was made
Wanna know how Conan Exiles' brutal cinematic teaser trailer was made? Stockholm-based VFX studio Bläck is the group responsible for Funcom's video work there...
Istaria adds new questline and icon revamp with Niesa’s Fate update
Istaria, which you might remember as Horizons way back in the day, has this week released Niesa's Fate, the 16.1 update for the dragon-encrusted...
Wild Terra begins Steam Greenlight campaign and key giveaway
In celebration of its Steam Greenlight campaign push today, medieval sandbox Wild Terra has released a brand-new trailer showing off its construction and combat mechanics --...
Bless will be down to two Korean servers after its next round of merges
Back in February, Bless underwent a merge of its servers -- sorry, a "server integration" -- over in Korea. According to Steparu, June will...
Crowfall says it’s retooling its ‘test cadence’
ArtCraft says it's "shifting gears" and recalibrating Crowfall's "test cadence."
"Over the next few months, we are going to adjust our test cadence and gauge...
Tree of Savior is temporarily blocking new players
If you're planning on hopping into Tree of Savior and haven't done it yet, better get on it quickly. IMCGames has announced today that it's...
WildStar is apparently hitting Steam on June 1st (Update: Maybe not?)
WildStar's Steam page has been updated with an apparent launch date: June 1st.
The Steam page itself went live sans promises back in April, but...
Das Tal seeks feedback on settlement buildings, announces clan alpha contest
A lot of MMOs talk big about giving players a say in their development, but few deliver the way Fairytale Distillery is by way...
Skyforge goes on a nerfing-and-buffing spree with Cybernetic Alliance
As part of its upcoming Cybernetic Alliance update, Skyforge's dev team is taking on the daunting task of rebalancing all of its classes, with...
The Elder Scrolls Online’s getting extra character slots and expanded crafting inventories
ZeniMax has a shortish dev piece out today running down the chief cash shop and sub changes coming when The Elder Scrolls Online's Dark Brotherhood...
