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

Perpetuum Online developer: MMO felt like a ‘no-win scenario’

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At the end of the game's life, when the lights are going out and the developers drifting off to different positions, the most interesting...

Players throw a party for this week’s Shroud of the Avatar update

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Any excuse for a large-scale shindig is a good one by us. For the players over at Shroud of the Avatar, the title's consistent...

Age of Conan’s saga server shares class distribution chart

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If you've rolled up a Dark Templar on Age of Conan's newish saga server, then just know that you're not alone. At level 80,...

Neverwinter AMA gets into the specifics of system design

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The Neverwinter system designers were on hand this week for an Ask Me Anything on Reddit about the title. Naturally, it drew a crowd...

Colony sim Seed aims to simulate life whether you’re logged in or not

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What do you get when you mash up Rimworld, The Sims, and EVE Online? Probably a big mess, but adjacent to that mess somewhere...

Twitch pushes the Overwatch League through viewer promotions

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Superheroes and streaming make for interesting bedfellows, but for fans who are used to watching a ton of Overwatch on Twitch, it's perhaps not...

TERA’s Male Brawler class gets a March 13 release date

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To celebrate the latest class to be added to En Masse's TERA, the studio released a short trailer of a gauntleted fist beating the...

Perfect Ten: What I discovered after returning to Dungeons and Dragons Online

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When I look back at last year, the most surprising turn in my MMO gaming career was staging a successful return to Dungeons and...

Conan Exiles isn’t going the lockbox and battle royale route – for now

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Are you a little sick and tired of lockboxes everywhere and all of these games desperately trying to jump onto the battle royale bandwagon?...

Valiance Online makes progress with its female heroes

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Filling out that superhero spandex isn't just a job for the guys, although so far in Valiance Online, it's certainly seemed that way. It...

The Daily Grind: What is the best-designed MMO class you’ve ever played?

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There are good MMO classes and bad classes. There are well-designed ones and ones that just never gelled. But every once in a while,...

See how World of Warcraft’s art has evolved with Battle for Azeroth’s critters

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Ever since its launch back in 2004, World of Warcraft has never boasted the most cutting-edge graphics and polygon counts. This was intentional, of...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 158: We are all heroes

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Justin and Bree discuss Final Fantasy XIV, Closers, Guild Wars 2, Trove, LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, SWTOR, Secret World Legends, and Tree of Savior, with mailbag questions on lockboxes without gambling and sunsetting working MMORPGs.
Everyone likes me, Amelie.

Overwatch is hiring a creative writer for… reasons

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Here is a riddle for you: What would Overwatch, a game that's so far featured far more backstory than actual ongoing story, want with...

Get a bird’s eye view of LOTRO’s new Mirkwood map

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Sometimes you can learn an awful lot from an in-game map. Take for example Lord of the Rings Online's Northern Mirkwood map, which testers have...

World of Warcraft player dings level 60 on boars alone

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A triumphant expression of the human spirit or a sad attempt to provide meaning in a content-mined world? You can decide where this story...

Prosperous Universe liberally borrows from Facebook for one of its systems

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With so much going on while you attempt to manage your own space economic empire, you're going to need a little help to stay...

Dark Age of Camelot lays out the groundwork for new and more frequent RvR events

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Another week, another grab bag community Q&A with the Dark Age of Camelot development team. This edition's pressing issue was the promise of more...
I have to be wasted for this.

Identity gameplay video demos your Breaking Bad fantasy

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The central tenant of Identity's concept is that this isn't going to be your run-of-the-mill combat MMO, but a life simulator that will let...

Shroud of the Avatar gives its shopkeepers a Victorian makeover

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One fact you may not know about Shroud of the Avatar is that it allows players to stock and operate their own virtual shopkeepers...

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