Justin Olivetti

Justin Olivetti
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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.

Personal blog: BioBreak
Twitter: @sypster

Realm of the Mad God begins testing a sweeping ‘Rework’ overhaul

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Deca Games' Realm of the Mad God is that game you forget exists until someone reminds you about it, then you go "oh YEAH"...

MapleStory gears up for its 19th anniversary, launches MapleStory Worlds in Korea

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While MapleStory 2 has become a distant memory for many of us, the MapleStory franchise is still going strong in 2024. In fact, Nexon...

LOTRO continues Update 40 testing with underground side quests and bog-guardian shrinkage

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Now that Lord of the Rings Online players have spent a half-year getting to know the alleyways and warrens of Umbar Baharbêl, the studio...

Tamriel Infinium: Will Elder Scrolls Online Gold Road’s spell scribing be a gamechanger?

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All the way back in 1996, Bethesda introduced an interesting feature with its second Elder Scrolls RPG. Daggerfall included "spellcrafting," a system that allowed...
This waste was made by you and me.

Fallout 76’s population spikes to one million players in one day thanks to the TV series

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The Fallout franchise really is taking the world by storm this month, largely thanks to the super-successful Amazon Prime series (which already has been...

Perfect Ten: Great MMO April Fools’ Day pranks from back in the day

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There are two types of people on April 1st: those who are annoyed and indifferent to the tomfoolery going on all around them, and...

Community-led Infantry Online, SOE’s 25-year-old shooter, marches its way onto Steam

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It's quite likely that we have several veterans of Infantry Online in our Massively OP audience. After all, this was a Sony Online Entertainment...

The Daily Grind: Transform an MMO into a better game by changing one letter in its title

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Last week, all productivity in the MOP office ground to a halt when we started playing a game to change an MMO's title into...

Runes of Magic drops its high-level Shadows over the Altar update this week

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At 15 years old, Runes of Magic has to keep working hard to retain player interest and challenge those who think that they've seen...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 466: Elder Scrolls Offline

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Justin and Bree discuss PlanetSide 2's new developer, Elder Scrolls Online's rollback situation, the revival of Life is Feudal, and the resurrection of Legends of Aria Classic, with adventures in LOTRO, ESO, and World of Warcraft, plus mailbag topics on Palia, Blade and Soul, Dragons Dogma Online, and MMOs that would work offline.

RuneScape’s latest quest has players tracking down an undead dragon

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You know how it's a bad idea to plunge into a dangerous animal's lair? That rule clearly doesn't apply to a massively powerful undead...

Dark Age of Camelot invites MMO gamers to its 11th Caledonia leveling catch-up event

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Sharpen your pitchforks, dust off your billy clubs, and restock your quiver -- Dark Age of Camelot is calling you into action once more...

Sony shuts down LittleBigPlanet 3 for good, along with all its online player-created levels

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The only thing worse than your favorite online game getting a sunset is seeing it abruptly shut down with no warning while taking everything...

Dune Awakening explains why ‘spice is power’ for this upcoming survival MMO

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Even those most tangentially aware of the Dune franchise are aware that everyone in that setting is pretty crazy about spice. This resource fuels...

The MOP Up: FFXIV recaps its PAX East appearance

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In case you missed it in person, you can catch up with all of Final Fantasy XIV's PAX East 2024 developments in a recap...

Torchlight Infinite skyrockets to its best numbers in over a year thanks to its Whispering Mist season

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It may prove to be a momentary blip in the scheme of things, but a resurgence of interest in Torchlight Infinite has returned this...

One Shots: From sunrise to sunset

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When the sun peeks over the horizon and another promising day is upon the MMORPG traveler, certain protocols are to be observed. Potions are...

Space exploration sandbox Starship Simulator successfully funds at over $497K

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Getting to command, tinker, fix, explore, decorate, and control your own detailed virtual spaceship looks even more promising with the recent news that FleetYard...

LOTRO Legendarium: Looking back and ahead at LOTRO’s 17th birthday

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At the start of Fellowship of the Ring, Bilbo Baggins famously celebrates his 111th birthday (alongside Frodo's own 33rd birthday). He looks back at...

The Daily Grind: How important is music to your MMO experience?

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It's hard for me to fathom going anywhere or doing anything without music as part of the background of my life. That's certainly true...

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