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

Path of Exile answers Fall of Oriath beta questions

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The fall is coming this summer -- The Fall of Oriath, that is. Path of Exile is preparing to launch its latest expansion pack...

Squad-based Sick City plans closed alpha for June

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Roccat may be best-known for its gaming peripherals, including headsets, keyboards, and mice. But now the German company is making the game that could be...

Crowfall expands Eternal Kingdom testing, drops yet more teasers

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Are you tired of Crowfall's string of teasers leading up to a big announcement on May 16th, or does every word and screenshot add...

Massively OP Exclusive: Hard questions about Secret World Legends

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We sat down with Funcom to ask tough questions on The Secret World / Secret World Legends transition. (Video interview.)

Steam Hammer brings survival steampunk to early access this Friday

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For those craving more Telsa coils and calculation engines than swords and spells, there's the brand-new Steam Hammer that's coming to Steam early access...

The Daily Grind: What do you want out of a space sim MMO?

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Watching the whole development and phenomenon of Star Citizen from a slightly detached perspective, I've often wondered (as I'm sure you have) what this...
This is really World of Warcraft's fault, but I have to be comprehensive here.

Star Trek Online talks about Season 13 combat balance, triggers console event

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If you didn't catch it, Star Trek Online's recent Season 13 update contained more than just another fancy featured episode. The systems team used...
The sad loser peering across the landscape photo genre.

Chronicles of Elyria runs a Kickstarter anniversary sale

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Hey! Hey everyone! Don't you remember how there was this totally awesome MMO Kickstarter campaign a year ago that rocked? No, no, don't think...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 116: Bree’s virtual garage sale

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Justin and Bree discuss Ashes of Creation, Blizzard, Darkfall Rise of Agon, Guild Wars 2, Marvel Heroes, WildStar, Neverwinter, SWTOR, and Ultima Online, with a mailbag question on sandbox MMOs.

Global Chat: Die inventory management die!

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Do you have inventory management with the passion of a thousand burning suns? Have you lost most of the vision in your left eye...

Heroes of the Storm starts testing Overwatch’s D.Va

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At this point, Heroes of the Storm really should stop pretending and just rename itself Heroes of Overwatch. Blizzard's underperforming MOBA is certainly capitalizing hard on...

Conan Exiles’ Joel Bylos talks about butt sliders and blunders

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If you're looking for candid and enthusiastic answers to burning questions to all things Conan Exiles, you can do no better than hit up...

Ashes of Creation raises over $1.5M, eyes thieves guild and Underrealm race

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Don't look now, but Ashes of Creation's Kickstarter campaign is officially on fire. In a good way. The crowdfunding effort crossed over the $1.5 million...

Ruin of the Reckless is a ‘punishing’ multiplayer dungeon crawler

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Fast, furious, and oh-so-deadly: This is the approach that Ruin of the Reckless enjoys and is not ashamed to deliver to players. Launched late last...

Dekaron drops a huge patch with a dungeon, wardrobe, and class overhaul

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This past week, "extreme action" MMO Dekaron came out with its Act 19 Part 1 update this past week, and the world was never the...

Atom Fishing 2 delivers extreme post-apocalyptic angling

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Mash-ups are a common creative exercise, especially in entertainment where authors and makers slap two different elements together to see if the result feels...

Turbine renews Asheron’s Call domain through 2022

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It's weird to think that it's already been a few months since Asheron's Call and its sequel were shut down by Turbine. Yet there's a...

Listen to these brand-new Guild Wars 2 and EVE Online music tracks

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An odd but interesting connection between Guild Wars 2 and EVE Online is that both games use Soundcloud extensively to post their soundtrack pieces...

The MOP Up: SMITE’s console mea culpa (May 7, 2017)

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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...

One Shots: Lonely hearts

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Are gamers really lonely? Do we flock to MMORPGs as a response to that? I'm pondering these thoughts today following the response of a...

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