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
Check out post-apoc sci-fi MMORPG Trinium Wars’ reveal trailer
Sci-fi and fantasy post-apoc fans are in for a treat today as Hanmaru Soft and InselGames have formally announced Trinium Wars for PC. Touting...
Working As Intended: What Star Wars Galaxies got wrong
If you've listened to Massively's staff and readers talk about Star Wars Galaxies a little bit, you might come away with the impression that...
Here’s what you can do with the Black Desert character creator
Yesterday's release of the standalone character creator for Black Desert has prompted the internet to play dress-up dolls en masse, some in the service...
Pixelart OARPG Dragon of Legends launches on Kickstarter
Smed's not the only one launching a pixelart OARPG on Kickstarter today: Thrive Games has just revealed Dragon of Legends.
Dragon of Legends is an...
Eternal Crusade’s Steam early access program isn’t a ‘cashgrab,’ says Behaviour
Following its announcement that it will discontinue Eternal Crusade's founder pack program in favor of a Steam early access launch on January 25th, Behaviour...
Interview: Fantasy author Patrick Rothfuss is working on Smed’s OARPG, Hero’s Song
Among the dream team John Smedley assembled for Hero's Song -- studio Pixelmage's new 2-D open-world ARPG -- is Patrick Rothfuss, an acclaimed fantasy author who rocketed to stardom...
Exclusive Interview: John Smedley reveals Hero’s Song, his new open-world OARPG
Today, we finally learn what John Smedley has been working on since he resigned from his decades-long role at Daybreak.
The industry veteran has founded indie...
Giveaway: Clash of Avatars open beta bundle keys
A few weeks ago, we mentioned that Clash of Avatars, a cutesy anime browser MMORPG, had entered alpha, and today, it's heading into open beta....
Blade & Soul is live; here’s the launch roundup, gallery, and trailer
NCsoft's Blade & Soul formally launches in the west today, having spent the last few days in headstart. To celebrate how far it's come in...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG for shy gamers?
A few weeks ago, Massively OP's Eliot Lefebvre wrote about the intersection of social anxiety and MMOs. It was a surprisingly popular article, with gamers...
Wild Terra discusses dynamic world maps and PvE safe zones
Wild Terra's server structure is undergoing a transformation.
In a new dev blog, the developers explain that the sandbox's servers will each boast a unique,...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best pet class in an MMORPG?
I hated pets when I first got started in MMORPGs. Pets in early MMOs had such terrible AI and were such a nuisance to...
MMO Week in Review: Blade & Soul’s headstart
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!
Blade...
Star Conflict’s latest patch introduces badass player-made destroyer ships
Building on its December Age of Destroyers patch, Gaijin's space sandbox Star Conflict has this week patched in that very ship class for players to create.
"The first...
Make My MMO: Shroud of the Avatar preps release schedule (January 16, 2016)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Shroud of the Avatar broke $8 million in crowdfunding thanks in part to a crazy telethon in which...
City of Titans teases its superhero character modeling
Missing Worlds Media's Warcabbit is showing us how the superhero sausage is made in a recent post on the City of Titans forums.
The in-development...
Crowdfunded indie MMO TheWorld in ‘limbo’ as lead dev goes MIA
A Massively OP reader has tipped us off to trouble brewing over in TheWorld, an ultra-indie MMORPG we've never before covered. Staff and moderators...
Champions Online’s Teleios Ascendant update is on the way
PWE and Cryptic Studios have just announced that Champions Online's latest content update will land on the public test server today. It's called Teleios...
Black Desert explains how both of its cash shops will work
Black Desert rep Belsazar has posted a lengthy missive from the Pearl Abyss developers explaining the details of the game's cash shop and announcing...
Leaderboard: Are you playing Blade & Soul?
Blade & Soul formally launches in the west next week, with its headstart period for preorder buyers opening up today. MMORPG players talk a...
