Justin Olivetti
Senior Reporter
A casual gamer and long-time MMO fan, Justin is often heard yelling, "Player housing for all!" in the Massively Overpowered offices. In addition to news, he tackles LOTRO Legendarium for LOTRO, The Perfect Ten, Jukebox Heroes, the retrospective Game Archaeologist series, One Shots, and the Massively OP podcast.
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Lord of the Rings Online begins testing Update 40’s load balancing changes
Even as Lord of the Rings Online's 17th anniversary gets underway this week, Standing Stone Games is already laying the foundation for the MMO's...
Elder Scrolls Online hands out a generous compensation package for locked accounts
In one of the darker chapters of Elder Scrolls Online's history, this past week saw the game lock down and roll back many accounts...
Sea of Thieves marks 40 million players to date as it preps its PlayStation 5 launch
Many live service games would give anything to see success numbered in the tens of millions, which makes Sea of Thieves' current accomplishment that...
World of Warcraft adds videos and Q&A on the War Within, dynamic flight, and more
We hope you World of Warcraft fans brought a big appetite for The War Within this week because Blizzard doesn't seem in the mood...
Lord of the Rings Online patches up ahead of tomorrow’s hamster event I mean anniversary event
It looks as though Lord of the Rings Online is closing a small loophole that allowed players to fish out a legendary tracery by...
Neverwinter previews Adventures in Wildspace’s new dungeon, heroic encounters, and more
Following a worrying bit of silence and slower development on Neverwinter's front, it's certainly good to see that a huge module is heading our...
Casually Classic: Four lessons we’ve learned from WoW Classic’s Season of Discovery so far
As I write this, we're still a long way off from the end of WoW Classic's Season of Discovery. A final stretch of leveling...
The Daily Grind: What are the most intimidating bears in MMORPGs?
Last week I was in Montana to go fly fishing, and I was told that it was bear season. All the grizzlies and black...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 465: Remixing Pandaria
Justin and Bree discuss WoW's Mists of Pandaria remix, new progression servers for EverQuest and EverQuest II, WoW Cataclysm Classic pre-patch, Blizzard's return to China, Blizzard's new mystery game, FFXIV's Dawntrail benchmark, Sky Childreon of the Light, Palia layoffs, and the Stop Killing Games game preservation movement, plus adventures in LOTRO.
Grand Theft Auto Online hikes its optional monthly subscription fee GTA+ by two bucks
Stealing cars, gunrunning, and building a criminal empire in Grand Theft Auto Online is about to become more expensive.
Starting on June 11th for existing...
Overwatch 2’s Season 10 arrives with spunky archaeologist hero Venture
Not every archaeologist is Indiana Jones; some are actually more destructive and insane as they plunder ruins for trinkets and treasures. One such figure...
World of Warships adds the historical USS Wisconsin – and funds the restoration of the real deal
World of Warships is bringing an absolute unit of a ship to bear with its April patch. Update 13.3 arrived a few days ago...
Survival MMO Myth of Empires hopes to make ancient Greek armor cool again
Two months out from launch, survival sandbox Myth of Empires is ramping up for post-release civilizations. One of those is Greece, which is slated...
SMITE 2’s founder’s editions will get you into this spring’s alpha tests
Momentum is gathering behind SMITE 2, Hi-Rez's next entry in its hit MOBA franchise. One sign of this is the sale of Founder's Editions,...
Blizzard’s return to China has already counted over two million interested WoW players
After over a year of bad blood following the removal of most all Blizzard's games from China, the World of Warcraft studio is poised...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that earned a notorious reputation
Nobody wants a bad reputation. I mean, you can't make everyone everywhere approve of you, but you also don't have to go out of...
The MOP Up: Guild Wars 2 and FFXIV boost their soundtracks
Where are my MMO soundtrack lovers today? Guild Wars 2 announced that it's going to be selling a vinyl edition of its Secrets of...
Three-hour LOTRO dev interview looks at the past and future of this MMO
If you got to sit down for three hours with one of the key developers of your favorite MMO, what would you talk about?...
One Shots: Infinity pool of Tamriel
Bree's steamy overdose of hot tubs last week drew out one commenter to share another cool-looking pool in an MMO. If you thought infinity...
LOTRO Legendarium: Lord of the Rings Online’s Corsairs of Umbar is a vacation into the unknown
Those of you who follow this column know that I'm never in a particular rush to plow through Lord of the Rings Online expansions...
