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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Star Trek Online’s Season 13: Escalation arrives with war games and a new episode
Just when one war seems to wrap up in Star Trek Online, the devs seem to scrounge up another. Today, Cryptic pushed out Season...
VR MMO MetaWorld plans summer early access launch, seeks financial support
Hoping to see a full-fledged MMORPG with virtual reality take off in your lifetime? We may be witnessing the start of one with MetaWorld,...
Bless Online shuts down Russian beta for revisions, preps Japanese test
There's something a little hinky going on with Bless Online's beta test over in Russia. MMO Examiner reports that 101XPÂ was not pleased with the...
What’s John Smedley building for Amazon Game Studios?
Here's the million-dollar question of the day: What is John Smedley making for Amazon Game Studio's San Diego branch? Ever since being handed the...
Shroud of the Avatar preps two more beginner zones, asks for localization help
This Thursday, Shroud of the Avatar will be pumping out its latest monthly update, Release 41. There's a lot in store for the patch,...
RuneScape’s Jagex flourishes under Chinese ownership
Following Jagex's sale to China's Fukong Interactive Entertainment back in 2016, there's been some concern and curiosity over the fate of the studio and...
Neverwinter makes a big to-do about its newest lockbox mount
In lockbox vernacular, there's usually something called a "chase" item. This is the ultra-rare, ultra-desirable reward that just about no one will ever see...
Team Obey wins $180,000 in H1Z1’s TV tournament
This week, one H1Z1 team is sitting pretty on a pile of $180,000 and fame, thanks to winning the televised H1Z1: Fight for the...
Guild Wars 2’s new art director talks about continuing the legacy of his father
As we reported back in February, long-time ArenaNet artist Daniel Dociu left the studio after many years of helping to shape the distinctive visual...
The MOP Up: Aion has spring fever (April 23, 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...
Saga of Lucimia plans alpha troll-hunting expedition
Time to check back in with that most groupy of group-centric upcoming MMOs, Saga of Lucimia. You know, if this game was a fish,...
Master X Master unlocks all characters for beta finale
Live in the moment even more than usual, because when April 27th rolls around, Master X Master's beta won't be around to keep you...
One Shots: Lights, camera, frogs!
Just because you happen to be a humanoid frog doesn't mean that you've lost at the lottery of life. On the contrary, you have...
Camelot Unchained continues its ‘interesting and longer-than-expected journey’
Swinging axes, autumn in the spring, and new office space: This is just another week in the life of the Camelot Unchained team (they...
Netmarble raises $2.3B in IPO while Uncharted Waters Online goes steampunk
The top publisher of online games in South Korea now boasts the second-largest initial public offering in the country's history.
Netmarble, a Tencent subsidiary, raised...
LOTRO devs address anniversary event uproar
While Lord of the Rings Online players are flitting all around Middle-earth to complete the brand-new scavenger hunt cards, not everyone is happy with...
Secret World Legends still hopes for a spring release, will expand beta to include Egypt soon
Our latest glimpse at the reworked universe of Secret World Legends came yesterday courtesy of an hour-long livestream on Twitch. For those of us on...
LOTRO Legendarium: A marvelous decade of Middle-earth
The first I ever heard of Lord of the Rings Online was flipping through the pages of some gaming magazine back in early 2007....
The Daily Grind: Do you want weekly MMO quest releases?
In the next week or so, Lord of the Rings Online will be kicking off its 10th anniversary with a new "scavenger hunt" that...
Darkfall: Rise of Agon is free to try for the next few days
As you might recall, Darkfall: Rise of Agon is set to launch in early May, which means that its beta program is currently winding...
