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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Conan Exiles takes stock a half-year from release
There is about a half of a year, we are told, before Conan Exiles leaves the semi-shelter of early access and sees if it...
Darkfall: New Dawn tweaks colors, removes bindstones, and improves AI
Right now it is not hard to keep the two Darkfall reboot projects separated. While Rise of Agon launched earlier this year, New Dawn...
Uncharted Waters Online picks up a new publisher, plans October relaunch
Lash the sails, there be rough sailing ahead for Uncharted Waters Online! But beyond that? It could be a voyage of unimaginable bounty for...
Battleground Europe brings vintage WWII warfare to Steam
Even an old dog can find itself a fresh young pup in the right circumstances. Battleground Europe, originally known as World War II Online,...
PSA: Get your free Discovery uniforms in Star Trek Online
Did you get a chance to watch the debut of Star Trek: Discovery over the weekend? It is pretty exciting to see the first...
Age of Conan (finally) adds 720-day loyalty rewards
In one of our recent Daily Grind discussions about MMORPGs that might make it to 20 years of live operation, some of our commenters...
EverQuest II stops making older expansions free, while EverQuest hands out skeletons
Daybreak has quietly shifted one of the aspects of its free-to-play business model for EverQuest II. In response to a query as to when...
Secret World Legends rearranges the Orochi Tower while The Park spin-off goes on sale
Secret World Legends' weekly "The Buzzing" roundup has moved from Reddit to the official site, and in the most recent edition, the team covers...
Guild Wars 2 races to fix Path of Fire login and instance creation issues during launch weekend
With the popularity of this month's Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire, the pressure is on for ArenaNet to keep the game running as...
Avabel announces Steam, Switch, and PS4 import with crossplay capabilities
We are pretty used to hearing about MMORPGs that spawn a mobile version, but how about the other way around? Avabel Online, a mobile...
The MOP Up: Monster Hunter World’s Tokyo reveals (September 24, 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...
Permateam aims to reduce toxicity by avoiding random grouping in games like Overwatch and League of Legends
Players feeling the frustration and sting of random grouping in Overwatch and other e-sports games might have a new ally in the form of...
One Shots: Drop. Your. Sword.
"It's possible, pig, I might be bluffing. It's conceivable, you miserable, vomitous mass, that I'm only lying here because I lack the strength to...
Prepare yourself for World of Warcraft ilevel 1000 legendaries
World of Warcraft: Legion isn't quite finished yet. The green-tinged expansion has a few tricks left up its sleeve before players' attention turns completely...
LOTRO Legendarium: Six places LOTRO could go after Mordor
It always seems a bit unfair, a bit impatient, and a bit premature to be asking that eternal question of an MMO: "What's next?"...
Red Dead Redemption 2 kicks the can on its ‘summer’ announcement
Rule lawyers, please advise: Is it fulfilling the terms of a verbal contract to have promised more details on a delayed game by the...
The Daily Grind: Do any MMO monsters creep you out?
I can't say that I've ever encountered truly disturbing and creepy MMO mobs. I think it's by the virtue that they are in an...
ArcheAge’s mobile edition hits app stores next month
Need a little of that ArcheAge magic on the go? You won't have to wait long; starting next month, Gamevil is going to roll...
War Thunder enters the Cold War era with its latest update
While you weren't paying attention, the Cold War crept up on us all. Again. War Thunder entered a new era -- or E.R.A. --...
World of Warcraft Senior Producer Stephan Frost leaves Blizzard
One of the MMORPG industry's more prominent designers is leaving one of the MMORPG industry's more prominent games. On Friday, World of Warcraft Senior...
