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’s the best pay-to-win MMORPG?
Here's an odd question from a Massively OP reader: What's the best pay-to-win MMO on the market?
I know pay to win is a dirty,...
Massively Overthinking: Just how massive is massively multiplayer?
Recent tweaks to the taxonomy structure of Massively OP and coverage of what we formerly called "Not-So-Massive" games prompted a resurgence of internal discussion about the types...
The Crew’s first big post-Wild Run patch arrives this month
Two months into its Wild Run expansion, racing MMO The Crew is plotting another big patch.
Ubisoft says that January 25th will introduce a new Speed...
Eternal Crusade preps for Steam early access launch
Eternal Crusade is preparing for Steam early access, says Behaviour Interactive Senior Producer Nathan Richardsson.
"We are now preparing to fully move over to the...
WildStar’s latest patch adds cash shop quest, PvP matchmaking tweaks
WildStar patched in a quick update yesterday, with tweaks to multiple classes, the housing interface, and quests. Reddit can't decide whether it's grumpy about...
Tibia publishes first trailer ever while prepping Steam launch
Free-to-play, top-down, 2-D MMO Tibia is closing in on two decades of operation, and it's just released its very first trailer. The game pubbed...
2015 was TERA’s biggest year to date, but players aren’t appeased
TERA Senior Producer Matthew "Denommenator" Denomme has the honor of penning TERA's 2016 community address this week. In the post, he tells players that...
Forsaken World’s Awakening expansion launches next week
PWE's Forsaken World is due for another big update this month. Awakening, dubbed the game's 16th expansion by PWE, launches on January 20th and carries...
Worlds Adrift is hosting a creative writing contest
Worlds Adrift is hosting a creative writing contest whose winner will find his or her work included inside the game itself.
To celebrate the launch...
Ultima Online is looking for fresh staff to run live events
Ever wanted to try your hand at writing content for a production MMO on the fly? Appreciate old games that still maintain staff to create...
NCsoft addresses Blade & Soul gamemaster name reservation controversy
The Blade & Soul subreddit has been in an uproar the last few days over accusations that NCsoft EU GMs pre-claimed popular character names,...
World of Tanks debuts on PS4 January 19
Wargaming has just announced that World of Tanks is all ready for its formal PlayStation 4 debut next week -- January 19th, to be...
Activision-Blizzard’s TV and movie studio taps creative lead
Back in November, Activision-Blizzard announced it was launching a TV and movie studio to build out its franchises. Former Disney exec Nick van Dyk...
Crowfall on experimental design and ship dates for crowdfunded MMOs
In January's Crowfall Q&A video, Design Lead Thomas Blair and Founder/Art Director J. Todd Coleman discuss Crowfall as an "experimental project." So many game design...
WoW celebrates Diablo III’s latest patch with Demon Hunter tmog gear
In honor of Diablo III's latest patch, Blizzard has something special in store... for World of Warcraft players who also play Diablo III:
We’ve added something...
Das Tal plans major PvP feature additions for April alpha
Das Tal is due for a new round of alpha testing "for all testers" come April.
Fairytale Distillery's Game Direct Alexander Zacherl explained to fans...
The Elder Scrolls Online’s 2016: DLC, housing are in; veteran ranks are out
ZeniMax Game Director Matt Firor has just posted a dev blog outlining The Elder Scrolls Online's gameplan for 2016. "With the millions of players that...
Elsword revamps two characters this week in its ‘Rebirth’ season
Elsword is in the midst of rebirth. Specifically, it's launching the second chapter of its "Season 2: Rebirth" rollout tomorrow, and with that chapter...
The Repopulation will announce new development plans this month
The Repopulation is making plans, and they aren't plans to shut down.
The sandbox studio Above and Beyond became ensnared in HeroEngine's financial problems last fall...
The Daily Grind: Are you a one-MMO gamer?
A year ago, Kotaku published a piece called The People Who Only Play One Game. The author was talking about the rabid, cult followings that blockbuster...
