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
Beta testers actually used Overwatch’s commendation system for good
Still feeling bereft of Overwatch in this period between the beta and the launch? Can't help you there, but Blizzard has expounded on its...
Enter to win a Riders of Icarus founder’s pack from Nexon and Massively OP
In celebration of Riders of Icarus' closed beta and brand-new trailer, Nexon has granted Massively OP three legendary founder pack keys for Steam for our readers.
The...
Trion CM Celestrata has big plans to clean up ArcheAge’s ‘toxic community’ image
ArcheAge Senior Community Manager Seraphina "Celestrata" Brennan has this week unveiled serious plans to clean up her game's community image. In the first of what...
Destiny poster leaks ‘Rise of Iron’ DLC
A photo of a promotional poster for Destiny popped up on Reddit last night, likely spoiling the name of the game's future DLC: Rise...
The Daily Grind: Is MMO ‘open’ development really good for the genre?
Massively OP's Andrew Ross and I were recently discussing how to approach an opinion piece on Chronicles of Elyria when he reminded me that...
Massively Overthinking: Playing the game of timers in MMOs
Massively OP reader The Chief Turtle recently sent us a question that I think ties in neatly to the daily quests Overthinking we discussed a few...
Spiral Knights, Puzzle Pirates to be preserved by former devs’ new company
Fans of tiny older MMORPGs on the verge of extinction have cause for a bit of celebration this spring: A new patch to five-year-old...
Champions Online begins Nightmare Invasion event
Champions Online has just kicked off a new Nightmare Invasion event for teams of 3 to 5 superheroes over level 10.
"Strange otherworldly creatures have...
Funcom’s Q1 2016 revenues, costs decline
Funcom's first quarter 2016 financial report is unlikely to shock anyone who read the 2015 annual report a few weeks ago. Revenue fell by...
Albion Online on hardcore-vs.-casual player sandbox synergy
Just a day after launching its massive Darian patch, Albion Online has posted up a Q&A video and roadmap summary for its summer goals....
DC Universe Online’s GU60 launches today with new raid and duo
DC Universe Online officially launches GU60 today along with its 24th episode. In addition to bug fixes and tweaks for the Celestial powerset and the...
Linkrealms launches Steam early access today
Linkrealms is launching into Steam early access today. If you're thinking, "Hasn't that game been around for a long time?" know that you're not...
Elder Scrolls Online’s Matt Firor on game population, not going F2P, and defining MMOs
ZeniMax Online’s Matt Firor told players back in April that the console versions of The Elder Scrolls Online had "opened the game up to...
CCP announces Gunjack Next for Google Daydream
EVE Gunjack is getting a sequel, and it's an exclusive for Google's Android-based Daydream VR platform, which itself was announced just today. Gunjack Next --...
RIFT launches a sentient 10-man raid; here’s the trailer
Live in RIFT's patch today is a brand-new 10-man raid called The Comet of Ahnket. A lore piece last week revealed that the eponymous...
Blizzard and Twitch address harassment defiling game event streams
In case you had forgotten since yesterday's news that RuneScape had to ban players for running around in-game wearing KKK costumes and shrieking racial...
HEX has purged inactive accounts, but don’t despair yet
If you woke up this morning to an email in your inbox telling you your HEX account has been permanently deleted, you're not alone,...
Sword Coast Legends launches Rage of Demons DLC, delays console ports
Sword Coast Legends is launching new free DLC for its players today. Called Rage of Demons, the update includes a new Drizzt-themed campaign, the...
Black Desert expands world and PvP with Valencia, refuses costume alteration refunds
Black Desert is getting a massive update on June 1st when the first chunk of the Valencia update is launched. According to Daum, Valencia...
Square-Enix sunsets Lord of Vermilion MOBA in June
We're sorry to report today that Square-Enix is sunsetting Lord of Vermilion Arena. We first covered the MOBA, which was based on the Lord...
