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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EverQuest II debuts its otterly adorable Oceansfull festival
Is it ever too late in an MMO's lifecycle to introduce a new holiday? We think not! EverQuest II is jazzing up June with...
SCUM shows off pre-alpha character creation footage
Who is better suited to survive a horror-filled island than a bunch of hardened convicts? Running for your life and shooting anything that displeases...
Global Chat: FFXIV re-reborn, State of Decay 2, and Dungeons and Dragons Online
With the rollout of Patch 4.3, Final Fantasy XIV is offering its players a nice big slice of content to enjoy as we head...
Neverwinter’s art team builds Castle Ravenloft block by block (and using a few tricks)
Now that you've seen (or maybe you haven't) Dungeons and Dragons Online's version of Castle Ravenloft, you can check out Neverwinter's vision of this...
One Shots: Rave on Risa
I love how in the Star Trek universe, the universal consensus on what makes for an ideal vacation spot is a planet that looks...
Legends of Aria overhauls its combat system, adds better fast travel
Fight for your right to party, kids! Or at least for your chance at loot assigned by an unfeeling, uncaring random number generator. Legends...
The Game Archaeologist: Myst Online
The impact of Myst in 1993 was akin to an atomic bomb going off in the PC gaming world. The leap forward in graphical...
Camelot Unchained ‘just barely’ on track for Beta 1
The Camelot Unchained team is racing against its self-imposed deadline to get the MMO's first beta test out the door on July 4th --...
Valve elaborates on trolling policy amid moderation criticism
This past week's announcement by Valve stating that the company would not moderate or vet games that it sold except for ones that were...
The Daily Grind: What MMO celebration do you never miss?
The first year that any MMORPG that I'm playing launches a new festival or holiday, I'm usually all over it. Sometimes I get too...
Special ops storm into Broke Protocol
Blocky and cute they may be, but Broke Protocol's special operations soldiers are not to be pinched on the cheeks or tapped on their...
APB Reloaded targets cheaters for elimination
How weird is it that we're talking about APB Reloaded and Fallen Earth in 2018? But it actually seems as though the acquisition of...
Chronicles of Elyria makes an unholy fusion of bear and otter, shows off ship designs
Cute? Terrifying? Both at the same time? Chronicles of Elyria continues to experiment with mad science and interspecies breeding by creating an "otterbear" for...
Battle for Azeroth has another cool Druid flight form and scads of island expedition rewards
Time to stoke the fires of your World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth excitement! Testers have uncovered another Kul Tiran Druid shapeshift form, this...
Dual Universe wants you to join the blue collar workforce
Flunked out of interstellar academy? Left your parents' home on Mars at 17 and decided to make it on your own? Enjoy lugging stuff...
Wild Mage successfully funds on Kickstarter and confirms multiplayer
Congratulations are in order for Luna Orion, which just saw its Wild Mage successfully fund earlier this week! The open-world fantasy game, which the...
Blade and Soul rounds out its Nightfall Sanctuary raid
What MMORPG actually releases a fully-fleshed out raid in this day and age? You have to milk that content drip by drip, giving players...
Saga of Lucimia expands its dev team and readies a June test
Chatter around the in-development Saga of Lucimia seems to have died down since this past spring, although it has not disappeared entirely. The dev...
Bless Online goes on an all-out offensive with its upcoming 140-player battle
Pushing back against poor reviews and mass refunds, Bless Online has grand plans to turn public perception of the game around with big ol'...
World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth tours Nazmir, promises global simultaneous launch
Who's excited to romp around in some swampland! Woo! Battle for Azeroth really knows how to bring the fun that will get all the...
