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
The Daily Grind: What immersive RPG elements are missing from the modern MMORPG?
This morning's Daily Grind inquisitor is Kickstarter donor Nepentheia, who wonders about the "RPG" in MMORPG:
What RPG elements that create a more immersive experience...
MMO Week in Review: Salute to Smed (July 26, 2015)
Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMOÂ news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered's Week in Review!
Daybreak...
Kevin Sorbo headlines SMITE 10M player Hercules promotion
Actor Kevin Sorbo, a '90s geek icon for his title role in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, will voice a mostly new character in MOBA...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever used performance-enhancing drugs while MMOing?
Last week, a former pro e-sports player went on the record to say that he -- and pretty much everyone else in the top...
Massively Overthinking: Dealing with toxicity in MMO communities
This week's Massively Overthinking comes to us from Kickstarter donor Dahui, who asks,
"What do you think MMO developers can do to try to minimize...
Perpetuum aims to accelerate its update cadence [Update]
Sci-fi MMOÂ Perpetuum will soon be switching from long development phases to shorter ones, says Avatar Creations in a new dev post to players today....
Dark Age of Camelot pays tribute to player’s terminally ill son
Players who've logged into Dark Age of Camelot since yesterday will have met a stylish new NPC in the Mularn, Cotswold, and Mag Mell, as Broadsword...
John Smedley relinquishes his post at Daybreak
VentureBeat is reporting that John Smedley has stepped down as President of Daybreak Game Company, the studio behind multiple MMOs, including the entire EverQuest...
Guild Wars 2 confirms the Elementalist’s Tempest elite spec
ArenaNet has confirmed the rumored next elite spec for Guild Wars 2's upcoming Heart of Thorns expansion: The Elementalist's Tempest.
The Tempest will access the...
Why WildStar needs stat refactoring and which stats are on the way out
WildStar has a major stat rebalancing patch on the way -- in fact, it's so major that it needs a whole new term: stat...
Path of Exile addresses major disconnection bug, plots new content
Not content to rest on its laurels after this month's The Awakening expansion, Grinding Gear Games has penned a quick post revealing precisely what...
Trion Worlds purges Glyph of third-party games
Trion Worlds is apparently getting out of the game distribution service, as least when it comes to games made by other studios.
Scott Hartsman has...
PSA: Grab The Elder Scrolls Online for $12 on Green Man Gaming [Updated]
See, Reddit is good for something: It's going to save you 75% on a copy of The Elder Scrolls Online today.
In conjunction with its...
The Daily Grind: What race do you wish Guild Wars 2 would add?
One of the things Guild Wars 2 players wanted in an expansion -- and aren't getting in Heart of Thorns -- is a new...
MMO Week in Review: Summer MMO launches (July 19, 2015)
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!
July...
Mark Jacobs explains Camelot Unchained’s beta delay, confirms game title [Updated]
Camelot Unchained's Mark Jacobs has admitted to backers today that the first round of CU's beta, originally planned for August, will be delayed.
Jacobs has...
World of Tanks puts tanks on the moon with Lunar Mode
Look away from Pluto for five seconds because we're approaching another big astronomy milestone: the 46th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Wargaming...
Derek Smart demands Star Citizen’s Chris Roberts resign, fronts $1M for audit
Claiming he's had "enough of the bullshit that is the 'vaporware' that RSI/CIG have foisted on legacy backers," game developer and internet...
The Daily Grind: Is the sandbox MMO resurgence the result of nostalgia?
This morning's Daily Grind question arrives from Kickstarter donor n3v3r3nder, who wants to talk sandboxes.
Do you think of the recent emergence of sandbox MMOs is...
