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
Albion Online is giving some chonky skill bonuses ahead of Abyssal Depths
With just one week to go before Albion Online's Abyssal Depths finally arrives on June 30th, Sandbox Interactive is a flurry of posts and...
Adorable VR MMORPG Eldramoor launched a $25,000 Kickstarter that’s already funded
Back in April, we first covered a new-to-us MMORPG: Eldramoor, a virtual reality title that reminded us more of OrbusVR than anything. And now,...
New World’s Faction Fest this weekend is actually a competitive PvE dungeon event
You might think that Amazon is doubling down on its PvP scene in New World with the announcement of Faction Fest running this weekend,...
Daybreak is chasing EverQuest emulator operators from The Heroes Journey in court
Never let it be said that nobody cares about classic EverQuest: Half a dozen readers tipped us last night about a legal mess brewing...
Riot’s Minecraft-inspired Hytale MMORPG has been canceled – its studio is closing too
If you can remember just four months ago, MOP's Chris did some digging into Hytale, an MMORPG whose development we'd been covering since 2018....
The Daily Grind: Which MMO would be most improved by an engine overhaul in 2025?
On MOP, we can seldom go a single day without someone in the comments wondering when a specific MMO will get an engine upgrade...
Black Desert sets PS5 and Xbox X|S native launch for June 26, teases new content ahead of Heidel Ball
Remember all the way back in March, when Pearl Abyss confirmed that it would be launching native support for Black Desert on PlayStation 5...
Funcom is retooling Dune Awakening’s PvP endgame to be more PvE-friendly after all
Dune Awakening is on the move, fam, and Funcom doesn't mean to let anyone forget it. This morning, the studio released a launch infographic...
The Daily Grind: How much do you care about getting through your MMO backlog?
The idea of a gaming backlog is not a new one and not at all uncommon even among MMO players, or so I'm led...
MMO Week in Review: The fate of EVE Online, the preview of Chrono Odyssey
The MMO industry isn't slowing down as the summer progresses. This week was headlined by the news that Pearl Abyss is trying to sell...
Fractured Online’s revamp will swap prefab player housing to a fully modular building system
It's not every day that an MMO launches twice and closes down twice and then launches again after being bought by another company and...
Chrono Odyssey’s beta is underway with no NDA, lots of bugs, and the promise of more invites and capacity
Eager fans hoping for a crack at the Chrono Odyssey beta this weekend are finally getting their wish as the event is finally underway....
MMORPG sandbox BitCraft will launch early access tomorrow after all, not next week
We're back and forth and back and forth on BitCraft's $30 early access: It's been undelayed and is now launching tomorrow. Readers will recall that...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the best mascot?
A recent Black Desert tweet using the creepy Black Spirit mascot got me wondering why more MMOs don't have mascots. I mean, BDO deploys...
Massively Overthinking: Finding flow states in MMORPGs
In this week's Massively Overthinking, I want to talk about flow in MMOs - the psychology concept, not zone or progression design flow. Here's...
Greg Street explains how Project Ghost’s proc-gen blue zones will give Grizzly Hills vibes without the expense
Episode the third of Fantastic Pixel Castle's aptly named Ghost Stories has arrived today, allowing studio boss Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street more space to discuss...
Star Wars Galaxies Legends kicks off Empire Day and Pride events and adds three new houses
You might not realize it, but Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends is actually first out of the gate with its Independence Day...
Elder Scrolls Online is putting you to work during the Zeal of Zenithar event next week
Elder Scrolls Online is putting you to work - literally - with its next in-game event. When the Zeal of Zenithar goes live next...
Almost-28-year-old MMORPG Ultima Online just opened a Discord and patched in a new event
The grandfather of MMORPGs has fallen! No, I don't mean Ultima Online is sunsetting, heaven forfend. I mean it's opened an official Discord.
"We have...
Anti-P2W MMO Lionhearts is on Kickstarter selling duchies and duke titles for $10,000
A few weeks back, we covered a new-to-us strategy MMO, Lionhearts - a game effectively spun out of a Roblox game by indie studio...
