Bree Royce

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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: Skycandy
Twitter: @nbrianna
Favorite MMOs: Star Wars Galaxies, City of Heroes, Lord of the Rings Online, Guild Wars, Guild Wars 2, Ultima Online

Camelot Unchained busts out a new stretch goal

Bree Royce - March 10, 2015 60

Camelot Unchained reached the $3,225,000 "Hug the World" stretch goal in its ongoing crowdfunding campaign last night, meaning that City State Entertainment will hire or...

The Daily Grind: If your MMO were a movie, who would play your main character?

Bree Royce - March 10, 2015 112

Massively Overpowered community, today I present you with the best road trip game ever: the who-should-play-what-character-from-a-beloved-book game. Only I'm not asking about a book;...

HEX is finally getting dungeon PvE

Bree Royce - March 9, 2015 17

When Cryptozoic's MMOTCG HEX went to Kickstarter almost two years ago, it promised that it would combine its TCG sensibilities with "the amazing community and storytelling aspects of...

MMO Week in Review: March 8, 2015

Bree Royce - March 8, 2015 16

Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered's Week in Review! This...

Guild Wars 2 teases upcoming WvW borderlands map

Bree Royce - March 8, 2015 44

Congratulations to European Guild Wars 2 PvP team Orange Logo, who polished off ArenaNet's ESL World Tournament at this year's PAX East last night by upsetting...

The Daily Grind: Have you ever rage-deleted an MMO character?

Bree Royce - March 8, 2015 164

During our insane streamathon on Friday, Massively OP's Jef confided in us that he ragequit Star Wars Galaxies after the NGE hit -- and worse, he deleted...

WRUP: Ninja WRUP

Bree Royce - March 7, 2015 113

Welcome back to What Are You Playing, the game where we tell you what we're playing this weekend and you cackle madly with me, for I...

The Daily Grind: Should MMO customer service repair player mistakes?

Bree Royce - March 7, 2015 236

In the comments of our article discussing Daybreak's move to reduce gamemaster support for player "gameplay errors," I was surprised to see a few of...

Thank you from the Massively Overpowered team

Bree Royce - March 7, 2015 110

Last night, 12 hours into an insane streamathon, our 28-day Kickstarter to fund Massively Overpowered's reroll drew to a close with some of our very dearest...

PAX East 2015: MOP’s Eliot Lefebvre will guest on MMO community panel

Bree Royce - March 6, 2015 59

January's Where Did Multiplayer in MMOs Go? panel did so well at PAX South that the organizers have decided to go for an encore at...

Betawatch: March 6, 2015

Bree Royce - March 6, 2015 14

After a brief delay, Camelot Unchained's alpha went live this week; City State Entertainment even threw in a builder tool to sweeten the pot....

PAX East 2015: Hearthstone’s Blackrock Mountain adventure arrives in April

Bree Royce - March 6, 2015 18

The rumors were true: Hearthstone is getting a new adventure in April. Blizzard formally announced the new content at PAX East this morning. The Blackrock Mountain adventure...

Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns beta is on the way

Bree Royce - March 6, 2015 47

Are you revved up for Guild Wars 2's upcoming Heart of Thorns expansion? How about revved up enough to test it? If that sounds...

The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMO for actual roleplaying?

Bree Royce - March 6, 2015 176

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I was a cantina rat. I would spend the first part of my daily gametime...

Massively Overthinking: Meaningful MMORPG mentors

Bree Royce - March 5, 2015 36

We grouse endlessly when MMORPGs omit mentoring or sidekicking systems -- but what about real mentors? Have you ever had a mentor in an MMO, someone who...

Daybreak now has two G.I.R.L. scholarships for 2015

Bree Royce - March 5, 2015 67

After this week's Storybricks drama and today's brutal cutbacks of customer service and forum support, the company formerly known as SOE could really use some good...

Valiance Online seeks developers

Bree Royce - March 5, 2015 27

Want a job? Silver Helm Studios has posted a notice today declaring that it's looking for remote developers on its City of Heroes-influenced indie superhero MMORPG...