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
Elder Scrolls Online’s new trailer lampoons ‘that guy’ in your group
You know that guy who's always screwing around, fishing and reading books during raid boss encounters? His name is Tony, and he's the unwitting...
The Daily Grind: Should mature MMOs consider crowdfunding?
Massively OP commenter The_Grand_Nagus recently pointed us to a conversation on the Star Trek Online forum where a Cryptic Studios employee discussed the studio's games' revenues...
Massively Overthinking: The language barriers of MMORPGs
This week's Massively Overthinking topic comes from Kickstarter donor XanadoX, who wants us to talk about "playing MMOs in another language: Korean, Japanese, or even...
Snag a SMITE Xbox One closed beta key from Massively OP [All gone now!]
The Summer of SMITE is upon us! New playable character Ratatoskr, the Sly Messenger, went live with yesterday's patch, and the formerly PC-only MOBA...
Win a Wizard101 Aztecan Builder’s Bundle from Massively OP
Kid-friendly MMO Wizard101 is debuting a brand-new bundle pack this week for denizens of the Spiral. The $39 Aztecan Builder's Bundle includes 5000 crowns or...
Infinite Crisis is shutting down on August 14th
DC-themed superhero MOBA Infinite Crisis is shutting down on August 14th, according to an announcement posted on the front page of Turbine's official site.
After...
The Daily Grind: How would you run an ethical MMO cash shop?
Today's Daily Grind topic comes to us in a roundabout way from Kickstarter donor Le Entrepreneur, who asks,
Why do MMOs use cash shops they know...
MMO Week in Review: WildStar is saving itself (May 31, 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!
Just...
Gandalf kicks ass in new Black Desert trailer
Still keeping an eye on hyperrealistic sandbox Black Desert? Last night Daum posted a new trailer for the MMO, this one focusing on the...
The Daily Grind: Will you play WildStar once it’s free-to-play?
Ever since the rumors began that WildStar was about to flip the switch on a new free-to-play business model, I've been pondering whether I'll...
Massively Overthinking: When IPs are wasted on mediocre MMOs
This week's Massively Overthinking question comes to us from Kickstarter donor Aldranis, whose query neatly dovetails with the IP-related question we answered on the...
Win an Armored Warfare early access key from Massively OP [All gone now!]
Armored Warfare, Obsidian Entertainment and My.com's tank MMO shooter, entered early access yesterday and had already counted a million registrations. Let's add a few more...
Working As Intended: Sex, love, and MMOs
In the ongoing, neverending sandbox-vs.-themepark MMO debate, the folks on the side of sandboxes want one thing: more. Actually they want a lot more. They want...
Win a Stronghold Kingdoms gift pack from Massively OP [All gone now!]
It's been a while since we've talked about Stronghold Kingdoms, a veteran MMORTS our writers have previously praised for its casual-friendliness, community, and stability....
Elder Scrolls Online announces console digital preorders
Getting pumped for The Elder Scrolls Online's console launch in two weeks? Of course you're not; you're an MMO player, so you've been playing...
The Daily Grind: How can MMOs design for both vets and newbies?
This morning's Daily Grind question comes to us from Kickstarter donor Specus, who asks,
I've seen many games where new players have trouble joining a...
MMO Week in Review: Blizzard doesn’t want your money (May 24, 2015)
Too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMOÂ news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered's Week in Review!
Were you one...
Win a Moonrise stress test key from Massively OP [All gone now!]
Undead Labs' OARPGTCG -- I'm totally coining that -- Moonrise is due to hit Steam early access next week on May 27th. It's launching...
The Daily Grind: Would you play a World of Warcraft progression server?
Classic servers and progression servers are on my mind lately. EverQuest just got yet another progression server; it had launch issues, but it's up...
Massively Overthinking: Nasty labels for players in MMOs
This week's Massively Overthinking topic comes to us from an anonymous Kickstarter donor, who wanted to talk about excessive namecalling jargon as it pertains to groups...
