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
Glide and grapple your way through Worlds Adrift’s island exploration video
How does it feel to explore an island? That's the question Bossa Studios hopes to answer with its most recent Worlds Adrift video. The...
Guild Wars 2’s next raid wing opens March 8th
During its weekly Twitch stream, ArenaNet announced that Guild Wars 2's next raid wing will open on March 8th. "The second wing of our...
SkySaga’s alpha 7 arrives today with competitive building and selfies
Voxelbox SkySaga has just entered its seventh round of alpha, dubbed the "Settler" update. Of note, the game has been patched with a new...
Black Desert preorders close, headstart preload begins tomorrow
Who's ready for Black Desert? Daum reminds players today that preload for the headstart begins tomorrow, and the client is patchable for those who participated in the second closed beta.
Three staffers depart EVE Online after huge financial year for CCP
CCP Games staff have now seemingly confirmed on Reddit that EVE Online is about to become three people poorer. EVE is losing Lead Game Designer...
Champions Online joins the Deadpool hype with freebie archetype
Crushing on Deadpool? Champions Online clearly is too, as it's made its "Specialist" archetype, which usually costs 1150 ZEN in the cash shop, free for...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs provide in-game player performance metrics?
Today's question is inspired by a question sent into us ages ago by reader Camelotcrusade, and it centers on damage meters and their ilk.
"Should...
Massively Overthinking: The new normal of early access MMORPGs
This week's topic comes from Massively OP reader Zadira.
"Daybreak has just passed it two-year anniversary for Landmark, and it still has its early access reward options for...
ArcheAge opens paid character transfers on leap day
If you aren't happy with your ArcheAge server, then Trion has a proposal for you: You give Trion credits, and Trion moves your characters....
Das Tal plans ‘massive’ spring alpha playtest
Das Tal's devs have a "massive" test event planned for the coming season. Fairytale Distillery says that its February sneak-peek playtests will be followed...
Meta: Massively OP website maintenance this weekend
Hello, loyal readers! MassivelyOP.com will be undergoing extended maintenance this weekend beginning at 2 a.m. EST on Saturday, February 27th, 2016. Downtime is expected to be...
The Repopulation spinoff Fragmented is hunting for a few good testers
The Repopulation lead dev Joshua Halls says that Above & Beyond has opened closed testing for Fragmented to selected applicants. Interested gamers should fill...
Camelot Unchained’s Mark Jacobs explains CSE’s Beta 1 ‘hard crunch’
City State Entertainment has announced on its livestream that it's entering a "hard crunch" mode to deliver RvR-centric crowdfunded MMORPG Camelot Unchained according to...
WildStar’s PvP plan means server consolidation on PvE worlds
WildStar Game Director Chad "Pappy" Moore has big plans for reigniting the PvP flame in the beleaguered sci-fi MMO. "Increasingly over time the majority...
Scarlet Blade will sunset next month
We're genuinely sorry to report that Aeria Games has announced an impending closure for the notoriously suggestive MMORPG Scarlet Blade. Aeria broke the sad news earlier today:
"Scarlet...
The Division releases 60 FPS trailer, doom simulator ‘Collapse’
Let's get that Division hype rolling! Ubisoft has posted a new trailer showcasing the game's visual quality in 60 frames per second. Not impressed by graphics...
Turbine cancels plans for EU-based LOTRO datacenter
Turbine Executive Producer Athena "Vyvyanne" Peters has bad news for Lord of the Rings Online players in Europe: Your game servers aren't moving to...
The Daily Grind: What’s the greatest MMO innovation of the last few years?
Last week on the Massively OP Podcast, we tried to answer a question from long-time listener Spagomat, who told us he keeps going back...
Preview Blade & Soul’s Warlock class in a new overview trailer
NCsoft is hyping Blade & Soul's upcoming Warlock class with a fresh video today.
"The Warlock is Blade & Soul’s second dedicated ranged class with...
6.4 million people propelled The Division’s beta to a new console record
The Division set a record this weekend for the biggest beta in a new-brand, current-gen console game.
Ubisoft told blog readers today that more than...
