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

One Shots: MMOs are serious business

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As we all well know, MMORPGs are a Serious Business indeed. We must treat them reverently and with our utmost due diligence as we...

Ashes of Creation meets Underrealm stretch goal, eyes $2M in crowdfunding

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With well over two weeks to go in its Kickstarter campaign, Ashes of Creation has already outpaced similar efforts from Chronicles of Elyria ($1.36M...

The Game Archaeologist: When Hellgate London got Flagshipped

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It seems that it really wasn't too long ago that I was filling in the time between night classes by boning up on video...

The Daily Grind: Was The Sims Online a good idea done badly?

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As a gamer, I have many regrets that certain projects never came to fruition or the ones that did ended up not being quite...

NetEase has a smashing good first quarter 2017 thanks to mobile sales and Hearthstone

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Chinese operator, developer, and publisher NetEase posted its Q1 2017 financial report this week, and the news is quite good for the company. NetEase...

Dual Universe hits another stretch goal, shows seamless interplanetary travel

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Thanks to pledges through its website, Dual Universe recently crossed the €650,000 line and hit another stretch goal. Now the game will include combat constructs,...

Shroud of the Avatar stops supporting DX9

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Hope Shroud of the Avatar players weren't too attached to DX9, because the API collection is now being exorcised from the upcoming MMO. This...

Neverwinter to be part of D&D’s June story reveal event

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Wizards of the Coast is putting out the call for streamers, movers, and shakers to assemble in Seattle, WA on June 2nd and 3rd...

Broke Protocol is Minecraft meets Grand Theft Auto

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If you took Grand Theft Auto and molded it into the visual style of Minecraft, would it have crowd appeal? Cylinder Studios sure hopes...

Microsoft is working on a secret VR MMO

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Microsoft and MMORPGs haven't had the best of relationship in history, with the company approving and then canceling several promising games over the past...

Virtual world creator Improbable receives $502M investment from SoftBank

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Here's another reminder that we really shouldn't take our eyes off of Improbable Worlds, even for a second. The five-year-old software company, which is...
This town is, in fact, big enough for the both of us. We need a fourth.

Wild West Online announced for later this year, Kickstarter coming soon

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If you've been wishing for horses and western MMORPGs, then saddle up par'dner -- we're about to ride off into a glorious sunrise. PC Gamer...

One man, one MMORTS, one early access release

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After seven years of development by a man named Robert Basler, The Imperial Realm: Miranda has finally released into early access. Miranda was inspired by...

Conan Exiles goes nuts with home decoration and defense

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If interior decoration gets your motor running, then Conan Exiles is about to become your favorite haunt. The survival sandbox just unloaded a slew...

Ashes of Creation targets underwater mount stretch goal, shows off Predator class

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Over 9,600 fans have donated to Ashes of Creation's Kickstarter so far this May, which is more than enough to put the campaign over...

World of Warcraft floats away in its Balloon Festival

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Stressed out with life? Feeling like everything is dragging you down? Then take a break from your worries and float away on a hot-air...

Absolver demonstrates its flexible combat system, plans August 29 debut

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"Combat is your art. And mastering the medium is essential to becoming an Absolver." Multiplayer action RPG Absolver is putting great stock in its flexbile...
A guardian angel with a rifle.

Overwatch players rack up 145.5M Uprising matches

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Now that Overwatch has wrapped up its two-month Uprising campaign, how did it fare? Quite well, as probably anyone could have told you. The...

See the differences between classic Morrowind and Elder Scrolls Online’s version

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Due to the reverential status given to 2002's Morrowind by many Elder Scrolls fans, interest in seeing what ZeniMax is doing with this June's...
Ink?

Rend’s reputation system is your shield against same-side griefers

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As a faction PvP sandbox, Rend is going to attract certain types of players... and one of those types is certain to be the...

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