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: Is the age of mobile over before mobile MMOs even got started?
In analyzing survey responses returned from more than 250 developers this year, the organizers of GDC Europe did everything but declare mobile dead. "PC...
Daybreak slammed with apparent DDoS attack [Updated]
The most recent updates are toward the bottom of this post. This article is still being updated as of July 12th.
Daybreak is currently suffering...
Massively Overthinking: The MMO innovation we long for (or do we?)
This week's Massively Overthinking topic comes from Kickstarter donor BigMikeyOcho, who wants to talk innovation:
"Sometimes when I play MMOs, I get the feeling that I'm...
Trion’s voxelbox Trove celebrates formal launch today
Trion's voxelbox Trove leaps from open beta to formal launch today, putting that extra server capacity Trion prepped last month to good use. "At launch,...
Smed calls out Lizard Squad e-thug convicted of 50,700 cybercrimes
The Finnish courts sentenced 17-year-old Lizard Squad member Julius "zeekill" Kivimaki today, but Daybreak's John Smedley isn't having any of it. Convicted so far of...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best storyline in an MMO?
Story is a polarizing word to MMO players: Either you love it or hate it, or maybe you just think it stinks or isn't...
MMO Week in Review: Playing devils, punching dinos (July 5, 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!
Trion...
RIFT 3.3 is going to be awesome for dimensioneers
New planar crafting mechanics aren't the only things Trion has planned for RIFT's next update. Patch 3.3 Waking Nightmares will unleash a number of new dimension keys...
FFXIV halts sales of Mac client, offers full refunds
Are you a Mac gamer who bought Final Fantasy XIV only to find that your Mac couldn't handle it? I have good news and bad news...
Reddit protest sees /r/gaming lock its doors
Remember when you were in your first raiding guild, and it was nothing but drama from start to finish on your guild forums because no...
The Daily Grind: Does knowing how the MMO sausage is made ruin it for you?
Ever have a day when a confluence of posts and quotes lead you to one big MMO-related question? This post is that question, and...
Massively Overthinking: On the doom of server-wide MMO communities
This week's Massively Overthinking question comes from KS donor Morreion, who asks,
Do you think that MMO server-wide communities will ever make a comeback?
I suppose...
Guild Wars 2 reveals Stronghold PvP Mist Champions, admits SAB is on hold
ArenaNet has just announced Mist Champions for Guild Wars 2's incoming Heart of Thorns Stronghold PvP mode. In a new dev blog released today,...
Skyforge soft launches into open beta on July 16th
Skyforge fans, get ready to get ready because your game is headed for soft launch. The open beta, which won't be wiped, begins on July 16th,...
Win an Armored Warfare early access key from Massively OP (All gone now!)
Armored Warfare, Obsidian Entertainment and My.com's tank MMO shooter, has entered its third round of early access beta this week, and that means a fresh key giveaway: We've got 1000...
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Cross-platform MMO Arcane Legends receives its sixth expansion today
Spacetime Studios' mobile MMO Arcane Legends is due for a major upgrade on PC, Android, and iOS this week. Its sixth expansion, Rage of the...
Trove discusses player housing, Steam release
Trion released a dev blog introducing sandvox Trove's cornerstone system to new players last night. Cornerstones are houses akin to a personal home base, a plot that...
Heroes of the Storm’s Eternal Conflict goes live today
Heroes of the Storm's Diablo-themed but boringly named Eternal Conflict patch goes live today, bringing with it the new Battlefield of Eternity battleground, new mercs,...
The Daily Grind: Are levels in MMOs overrated?
Today's Daily Grind question comes from an anonymous Kickstarter donor who wanted to see just how many cans of worms he/she could open in...
