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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Lineage 2: Revolution recruits Conan O’Brien for western domination
What is the mobile game that everyone will be talking about this holiday season? Netmarble is confident that the answer to that is "Lineage...
Marvel Heroes players seek refunds in the face of the game’s closure
With the shutdown of Marvel Heroes looming about a month and a half away, players are scrambling to see if they can obtain a...
Dragon of Legends hopes to get on Steam soon
It has been a long while since we heard anything about Dragon of Legends, a pixel art-style indie MMORPG that ran a small but...
The MOP Up: Osiris New Dawn’s terrifying space ghosts (November 19, 2017)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Global Chat: Why you need to be playing Warframe
You know what's one MMO that seems to be capturing the interest of a lot of gamers these days? Warframe. It seems to be...
ArcheAge Begins churns out its first big update, activates ‘surprise’ login rewards
Have you tried the mobile revolution that is ArcheAge Begins yet? Don't worry, we haven't either, although it does look like a heap of...
One Shots: Gassy and bloated
I do think that we, as a culture, have become disturbingly obsessed with selfies, but I will always make an exception for anyone who...
Here’s the full list of Trion Worlds’ Black Friday deals
As you plan your Black Friday shopping strategy (ours: sleeping in and lazily shopping on Amazon Prime), Trion Worlds wants to help out by...
Ashes of Creation’s city halls will be the center of player politics
With a strong focus on player government and politics, Ashes of Creation is giving careful consideration with how it will structure the leadership of...
LOTRO Legendarium: What the Amazon TV series means for Lord of the Rings Online
If you haven't been paying attention to the television market over the past few years, you might have missed the fact that we are...
WildStar teases Black Friday deals
Shh, don't tell NCsoft that WildStar is still operating! If we're all good and still, then the closure-happy studio might overlook this struggling-but-fun MMO....
World of Warcraft lead doesn’t want to talk about Classic, but confirms ‘vanilla means vanilla’
Right out of the gate in the recent World of Warcraft Q&A, Game Director Ion Hazzikostas said that WoW Classic wasn't going to be...
The Daily Grind: What’s keeping you from going back to a favorite MMO?
It's weird to think that I've been playing Star Wars: The Old Republic on and off since its release. Seems like such a long...
Paladins goes full auto with Vivian
Would you rather have a trove of ancient technology at your fingertips or a modern arsenal of rapid-fire weaponry?
Paladins' newest champion, Vivian, doesn't have...
Cadena whips her way into MapleStory
Break out the whips and chains: You've been a very good video gamer. At least, MapleStory hopes so, because you're being given one feisty...
World of Warships sails into Steam’s port
"You ain't anybody if you ain't on Steam," our momma told us when we were tykes. Of course, back then Steam had yet to...
Overwatch kicks off a free play weekend across all platforms
Destiny 2 who? Overwatch is aiming to lure in as many of Blizzard's players as possible with another free weekend. The best part? It's...
Crowfall’s action harvesting has all the swirly sparkles and powerful pips
Now that Crowfall fans have a little longer to wait before the game's soft launch, they have time to fully absorb this lengthy article...
EVE Online layoffs lead to the end of a fan tournament
While studio layoffs have an immediate effect on the people that are let go, the ramifications of such decisions can end up impacting players...
EA disables all Star Wars Battlefront 2 microtransaction crud – for now
Whenever you see a studio call fans "passionate," it's almost always shorthand for "rioting with pitchforks and torches." Guess what Star Wars Battlefront 2's...
