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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Check out these jaw-dropping LOTRO panoramas
One of the true joys for many Lord of the Rings Online fans is being able to explore an intricate and often gorgeous-looking Middle-earth....
Lost Ark prepares for its final Korean closed beta test
Ready to raid Smilegate's Lost Ark? You'll still have to be this Korean to ride the ride, but if you're able and willing to...
Pantropy reboots its Kickstarter campaign a month after its last one
Give Pantropy credit for pluck: Less than a month after developer Brain Stone canceled the sci-fi shooter's Kickstarter halfway through its campaign, the game...
Project Genom prepares major alpha patch for release
Project Genom is on the cusp of bringing an extensively tested build over to its live alpha servers. As the team makes final preparations...
The Division turns up its visuals for Xbox One X players
Patch 1.8.1 has arrived in The Division, bringing with it the "Xbox One X Enhancement Patch" that adds 4K rendering and other shiny, purdy...
Ship of Heroes posts a timeline for the first half of 2018
With a combat alpha under its belt, the superhero MMORPG Ship of Heroes turns its attention to the challenges that lay ahead. The team...
Dark and Light buffs ranged attacks to counter accidental nerf
The eternal struggle between online game developers and combat balance continues, with the focus this week going over to Dark and Light. Turns out...
Star Trek Online recruits a dozen Deep Space Nine actors for this summer’s expansion
The final Deep Space Nine cast members reprising their roles for Star Trek Online: Victory is Life were announced today, bringing the total up...
Portable forts and a replay function parachute into Fortnite
Just when you thought that Fortnite's battle royale couldn't get any crazier, Epic Games keeps upping the ante with ideas like Port-a-Fort.
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Skyforge launches Overgrowth expansion and kicks off anniversary event
Spring is here, plants are growing, and Skyforge has germinated an expansion for players to harvest right now. Overgrowth is live in the game,...
Dungeons and Dragons Online meets the Disciples of Rage
The call for adventurers has gone out yet again in Dungeons and Dragons Online. Yesterday, the game pushed out Update 38: Disciples of Rage,...
EVE Online’s mobile spin-off is called EVE: War of Ascension
While the existence of a mobile game set in the EVE Online universe isn't a secret at this point -- having been revealed all...
Lord of the Rings Online celebrates its eleventh birthday
Not that Hobbits need much of an excuse to throw a party, but it just so happens to be Lord of the Rings Online's...
RIFT Prime lays out progression server plans
The path ahead for RIFT's thriving new progression server has been revealed, as Trion Worlds finally laid out plans for what's to come on...
Dual Universe gives players all of the tools to build their own galaxy
Contrary to what you may have believed, Dual Universe isn't going to limit its sandbox features to the creation and flight of personal spacecraft....
Dauntless charges into open beta on May 24
Dauntless is a game in which fleshy mortals willingly attack beasts twenty times their size, so this is not a title that deals in...
The Daily Grind: How could death be more meaningful in MMOs without being annoying?
Personally, I don't think MMO developers should ever become complacent about game systems and copying them from other titles because that's the way they've...
RuneScape needs your help to rebuild Edgeville
One of the great things about MMORPGs is how their worlds can change over time and be impacted by stories. For RuneScape, the time...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 165: Step into the Morninglight
Justin and MJ discuss Secret World Legends, DDO, WoW, Conan Exiles, RIFT, LOTRO, TERA, Ultima Online, ArcheAge, and Star Trek Online, with mailbag questions on combat combos and recapturing former players.
Skyforge introduces you to the shape-shifting Grovewalker
Think you've mastered the full roster of Skyforge's classes? You're about to have one more, and this one could give you a run for...
