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
WoW emulator Nostalrius’ sunset renews calls for retro WoW servers
As we reported last night, Blizzard lawyers issued a legal threat against popular vanilla World of Warcraft emulator server Nostalrius, propelling its administrators to begin...
Blizzard’s legal threat shuts down WoW emulator Nostalrius
Another World of Warcraft emulator bites the dust this week. Year-old "Progressive Vanilla" WoW emu Nostalrius announced on its official website that pursuant to a...
Neverwinter’s Maze Engine expansion launches for Xbox One May 3
Good news for Xbox One players who love Neverwinter (and there are apparently a lot of you): The game's Maze Engine expansion, which launched...
SMITE’s Escape from the Underworld event forges new skins for five gods
SMITE is launching a new event revolving around the addition of new skins -- some of them much-wanted by the community -- to the...
Webzen’s MU Legend is definitely launching in the west
If you've been wondering why Webzen has been hyping MU Legend over here when it's ostensibly heading into closed beta only in Korea, wonder...
Blizzard confirms BlizzCon dates: November 4th and 5th
Blizzard has just confirmed that this year's BlizzCon is on for November 4th and 5th in Anaheim. That means it's almost time to fight to...
The Repopulation spin-off Fragmented launches early access this month
Earlier this year, the team behind The Repopulation faced down its HeroEngine difficulties with an ambitious plan to port the entire sandbox MMORPG to...
Blizzard swapped Tracer’s butt pose in Overwatch with a… different butt pose
We're sure you're all still watching Overwatch's #tracergate with keen anticipation, so you'll be pleased to know that Blizzard replaced Tracer's infamous "butt pose"...
En Masse confirms TERA layoffs
MMORPG.com reports that layoffs have struck TERA's western developer En Masse Entertainment. The official statement from En Masse reads,
"The gaming industry is a fast moving,...
Post-apoc MMO Crossout’s closed beta has begun
Gaijin Entertainment and Targem Games are driving Crossout into closed beta today. Crossout is a post-apoc vehicle combat MMO, say the studios, and it's...
ASTA plots new arena map and raid difficulty modes for April 19 update
ASTA: The War of Tears and Winds announced today that it's planning the game's first content update for April 19th. "We still have some...
Saga of Lucimia shines a light on its darkness mechanics, seeks ‘photogenic’ unpaid CM
Upcoming hardcore fantasy MMORPG Saga of Lucimia has two videos up this week, both on darkness. The first covers the basic mechanics around the...
Crowfall’s healer/nuker Druid archetype isn’t a ‘firehose healer’
Crowfall devs confirmed today that they are indeed working on the Druid archetype. In fact, ArtCraft's goal is to integrate the Druid into the...
Atlas Reactor launches Vive preview, EVE Gunjack launches on Vive, EVE Valkyrie confirms Vive arrival in 2016
If you're not quite sure you'll want to play Atlas Reactor when its closed beta launches on April 14th, then today's playable preview might...
Daum EU confirms Black Desert figures: 400K Western sales, $12M revenue in first month
In a piece published earlier today, MMO Culture claimed a number of Black Desert statistics gleaned from last week's Daum Korea press conference:
400,000 US/EU...
The Daily Grind: What’s the ‘deadest’ live MMORPG out there?
If you were all prepared to troll with a sunsetted game or say "anything by Daybreak or Trion or whatever studio that's popular to hate...
Grim Dawn teases free Hidden Path update
Multiplayer ARPG Grim Dawn has been teasing modding tools, but there's more on the way in the form of a free content update called...
Paladins’ Illusionist Ying creates explosive prisms of pain
Teased last week, Paladins' latest revealed character - illusionist Ying, the Blossom - got a full ability scope-out video over the weekend. Illusory Mirror shoots...
The Island is a small-scale co-op survival game
You know what I love about foreign video game press releases? They are very often free of bullshit. So it is with a PR...
WildStar’s Arcterra Q&A says Carbine is working on LFG queueing
Carbine has posted a video version of its WildStar Arcterra Q&A from Friday for those who missed it. Community Manager DD "Sunshine" Hollis and Game...
