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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Cozy van camping game Outbound enters alpha testing following last year’s successful Kickstarter
That overwhelming feeling to hop into a decked-out camper van and cruise into nature for a slice of serenity is hard to ignore but...
Diablo IV now has a WhatsApp for some strange, unknowable reason
Wrangling a video game's social media circus is more of a full-time job than ever before, considering all of the various options out there....
Wild Terra 2 asks players to pony up $1800 per month for server costs
Have you ever thought about the actual cost of operating an MMO server -- and what would happen if the studio weren't making enough...
MechWarrior Online devs delay April patch: ‘We’re still 100% committed to supporting MWO’
Do the steely pilots of MechWarrior Online's giant technological death machines cry real tears? It seems that the developers are trying to find out...
The MOP Up: Villagers and Heroes celebrates 11 years on Steam
A very happy birthday to Villagers and Heroes, an underrated MMORPG that's pushing 14 years old - 11 of them on Steam: "Throwback to...
One Shots: That’s a whole lot of WD-40
Let's be real: A giant, city-destroying robot is going to require lubrication by the tankful. And some poor sap is going to have the...
The Soapbox: I am just about done with MMO epic storylines
I'm not here to flash my MMO credentials at you because (a) you don't care and (b) you probably top me. That's fine. All...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs have the best combat sound design?
Way back when I first dipped into MMOs with Anarchy Online, I remember being vastly underwhelmed by the lackluster sound design of that game's...
ARK: Survival Ascended debuts its Eggcellent Adventure event for Easter
ARK: Survival Ascended is taking a brief break from dino survival to hop into something a little more seasonal. The prehistoric sandbox debuted its...
Aion Classic readies two new high-level dungeons for next week’s Wrath update
Are you ready for some good old-fashioned wrath? It's OK, Aion Classic isn't really mad at you; it's merely puffing itself up to look...
Fallen Earth’s been offline over two months now, but Little Orbit isn’t giving up on its return
So here's an out-of-nowhere thought for the day: Did Fallen Earth ever come back online since its abrupt closure in early February? And it...
Dungeons and Dragons Online drops another new quest, Toil and Trouble, in Update 73.1
Don't expect to binge Dungeons and Dragons Online's latest quest pack because Standing Stone Games is holding back all of its goodness from your...
Eternal Tombs apologizes for silence and shares progress so far this year
While we're still waiting to hear the "huge news" that Eternal Tombs has planned for fans this year, at least the studio has emerged...
WoW Factor: Six things I really don’t like about World of Warcraft’s War Within
With that rager of a negative title hanging over this column today, I want to start by saying that overall I generally like World...
LOTRO and DDO devs host a meet-and-greet at PAX East
Any Lord of the Rings Online or Dungeons and Dragons Online fans heading to PAX East next month (or happen to live in the...
Among Us 3D brings its party paranoia to PCs next month on May 6
It was probably inevitable that the hit paranoia franchise Among Us wouldn't be contained forever by its mere two dimensions, so the February announcement...
Perfect Ten: Early versions of MMOs that were rougher than you remember
Despite our nostalgia goggles and cries for legacy versions of MMORPGs, the real truth is that most 1.0 versions of our online games were...
Albion Online releases on the Epic Game Store with free gifts – including a Mistbison mount
Albion Online's march toward universal MMO domination progressed this week as the PvP MMO officially launched on the Epic Game Store as of this...
The Daily Grind: Are MMO festivals a relief valve from too-serious content?
The other day I was listening to an SSG video that promoted the viewpoint that MMO festivals actually function as a "relief valve" from...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 514: Elder Seasons Online
Justin and Bree discuss Elder Scrolls Online, Classic Guild Wars, LOTRO, abd Defiance, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, and Diablo III, plus a mailbag topic on advice for MMO sequels.
